2. PRESENTATION – DEVELOPMENT NOTES
(See Notes Below)
Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Mentioned in
Encyclopedia Britannica?
Relationship with his books is relationship with him.
3. Sanskrit
George L. Harte, University of California
A Rapid Sanskrit Method
Motilal Banarsidass, Dehli, 1989
4. Preface
“It [sanskrita]is, like Chinese, Arabic, Greek and Latin, one of the few
languages which has been a carrier of a culture over a long period of time.
Thus, the variety of writings in it, and the quantity of those writings are
staggering. An incomplete list of subjects treated in Sanskrit, usually with
great prolixity, is as follows:
The four Vedas
The Brahmanas and Aranyakas
The Upanisads
Grammar
Epic, puranic, literature - Including 18 major puranas, 18 minor puranas,
and hundred of sthalapuranas.
5. Works on Medicine
Logic
Astronomy & Astrology
Mathematics
Lawbooks
Architecture
Music…
On most of these subjects, there is an immense literature still extant. Indeed, a
rough estimate of the works which will be listed in The New Catalogus
Catalogorum yields a total of about 160,000 works… many so difficult that it
would take years of study to properly understand them.
…Sanskrit does have its share of great writers: Kalidasa ranks with the greatest
poets, Panini is without question the greatest pre-modern grammarian, the
Mahabharata ranks with the Iliad and the Odyssey, and the Bhagavata-purana is
among the finest works of devotion every written, being equaled in my opinion
only by other works in Indian languages.”
6. Sruti – Vedas, Upanisads
Isopanisad – (Yajur Veda)
Bhagavad-gita
Srimad
Bhagavatam
Caitanya-caritamrta
KRSNA
Supreme
Personality of
Godhead
Light of the
Bhagavata
Life and
Teachings of
Lord
Caitanya
Teachings of
Lord Caitanya
Nectar of Devotion
Nectar of
Instruction
Letters
Lectures
(SB/BG/Misc)
Room Conversations
Bhaktivedanta
Library
7. BHAKTIVEDANTA LIBRARY
TITLE VOLUMES
Isopanisad 1
Bhagavad-gita 1
Srimad Bhagavatam 36
Caitanya-caritamrta 17
Nectar of Devotion 1
Nectar Instrucion 1
KRSNA book 1
Light of the Bhagavata 1
Life of Lord Chaitanya 1
Teachings of Lord Caitanya 1
Lectures 25
Letters 7
Conversations 32
TOTAL = 125
Professional author = Two years per book.
125 Books x 2 = 250 Years.
250 / 10 Years = 25 Writers.
Caitanya-caritamrta 1.5.41 – 13 page Purport.
8. Anjana Suta Academy Curriculum
Çrémad-Bhägavatam should be introduced also in the schools and colleges,
for it is recommended by the great student-devotee Prahläda Mahäräja in
order to change the demoniac face of society.
kaumära äcaret präjïodharmän
bhägavatän iha durlabhaà
mänuñaà janmatad apy
adhruvam arthadam
(Bhäg. 7.6.1)
sankya purvaka nama gana natabih
kalavasanikrtau
(Sad-goswami astaka 6)
Example schedules for studying Srila Prabhupada’s Books.
9. Anjana Suta Academy Curriculum
Sample Lifetime
Associate of Literature
Light of the Bhagavata
Lilamrta (Srila Prabhupada Biography)
Life and Teachings of Lord Caitanya
Nectar of Instruction
Bachelor of Literature
Bhagavad-gita
Nectar of Devotion (Part One)
Isopanisad
Plus AL
Master of Literature
Srimad Bhagavatam (Part One)
Plus BL
Doctor of Literature
Srimad Bhagavatam (Whole)
Professor of Literature
Caitanya-caritamrta
Songs & Hymns
KRSNA
Srila Rupa Goswami
Vidagdha-madhava
Lalita-madhava
Bhakti-rasa-amrta-
sindhu
(Nectar of Devotion)
Upadesamrta
(Nectar of Instruction)
10. Anjana Suta Academy Curriculum
Lifetime
SAR
Srimad Bhagavatam Annual Review
12 cantos – 12 months
PdP
Pada-padma
Cantos one and two
11. Anjana Suta Academy Curriculum
Sample Day
2AM Japa – Caitanya caritamrta.
5AM – Nectar of Devotion.
7:30AM – Srimad Bhagavatam.
8:30AM – Before Breakfast Your Ever Well-wisher.
NOON – Nectar of Instruction.
4:30PM – Songs.
7:00PM - Bhagavad-gita, Isopanisad.
8:30PM - Hot Milk and Krsna Book.
12. A Pada-Padma rhythm.
Thirty Chapters – Thirty Weeks.
Four Readings at Four Levels
1) Auditor - Read all Translations and few important Purports.
Attend workshops.
2) Bachelor – Read all Translations and Purports and pass a
complete Examination.
3) Master – Guide level one and two students and do a
substantial Project such as a power-point show, drama or
thesis paper.
4) Doctor – Organize the PdP course writing the examinations,
guiding Master’s thesis.