Several devotees have now fulfilled their obligations for Associate in Bhakti Sastra;
Trino Carrera, Tamohara, Parvati dd.
You may now use the appellation ; A.Bh. S. after your name;
for example.
Trino Carrera, A.Bh.S.
or Parvati dd, acbssp, A.Bh.S.
CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some others have not been so systematic in classes, but did join classes or groups and have shown progress including regular attendance onsite or outside the site group classes system, and are steady members onsite, to the associate's level or better;
Vilija, Jeanette, Rasa Manjari, Madan Gopal, Shri Nrsngha, A.C. Seva dasa, Bhakta Lou, Suresh Anand Prabhu.
These may also acquire the certificate, as they will be granted the equivalent of five courses by membership here, articles /comments produced, and outside study.
A simple request or reply below, as a comment, will be adequate to acquire the certificate for those listed just above. In other words completion of the course requirements automatically generates a certificate. Those who wish to be grandfathered in also at this time, only, may request to do so.
A nice certificate will be sent to you in due course.
I require a mailing address from those who would like a certificate degree. Upon this exchange, they may also use the appellation A.Bh. S. behind their names, devotee or birth name.
Certificates will be issued after January 2013, but will be dated Dec 21, 2012.
Other site members may also qualify for this recognition, but hAVE not been active enough onsite for any such judgement to reasonably be made on our part. Hi Jim, etc. No offense, when you are ready and willing and able, we shall see you onsite and will provide a certificate readily . The Bh.S. , Bhakti Sastri degree, the next level in the rung, however, requires all (10) course requirements in full, onsite. In future, these courses will be charged for, so get them in now, please, while there is free tuition for our veteran site members. Also, keep in mind, you will yourselves be giving classes here one of these years, after i am dead and gone.
CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The completion of all requirements in full is requested for the Bh. S. ie Bhakti Sastri degree. Bhagavad Gita class is current, and four more classes will be required to complete the Bh.S. , ten total. Order is not a factor, one can take any ten courses in any order.
Please attend and do all reqular sastri degrees course works asked by the teachers. Although the A.Bh. S. degree is tolerant as a tree, the BhS degree does not allow for grandfathering in of site members, so all work must be done or demonstration of the equivalent.
Jaya!
Thanks! Hare Krsna
ALL Glory to Srila Prabhupada!
Ys
Tamohara dasa, acbssp, A.Bh.S.
Comments
From abhaya carana sev… to Tamohara dasa and A…
Sent 5 minutes ago
pamho tamohara prabhu agtACBSP,it's very good to to get a certificate of bhakti sastri by becoming more devotee through bhakti paresanu bhavo viraktir anyatra ca,in bhakti sastri only the attachment of the devotees is sri krsna and nobody else,thank you for your satsanga agtys ys a.c seva das haribol
Jaya Prabhu, Abhaya Carana Seva Dasa PrabhuJi;
Very good, my friend! Now, please, provide an address if possible, and i will send soon from here or from Hungary.
Do note that this is an Associate in Bhakti Sastra, a two year certificate, not yet quite a full Bhakti Sasti degree, Bh. S., which requires a full 10 courses taken onsite, more or less. We must keep a high standard to make the Bh. S. from SPI a recognizededly valuable degree, being hard enough to obtain.
Jaya AGTSP !
Both Shri and AC Seva dasa have already happily requested to be included at this graduation. We happily recognize their academic qualifications in understanding sastra and much much more, but as this is an academic degree in most part, we offer them our greatest respects, and say please, use the degree for your services, and be patient and do the course work, you will complete the Bhakti Sastri easily. You may also use the letters A.Bh.S, and are granted the degree.
Those who attend the classes find them fun, low pressure, educational. i have attended all the classes, done most of the required work, and passed the tests etc and it made me a better devotee and person. So, it is transformational, as is all pure devotional service ! Jaya !!
Do it! you will be changed for the better.
From Shri Nrsngha Dasa to Tamohara dasa and A…
Sent 50 minutes ago
Sure
From You to Shri Nrsngha Dasa
Sent 27 minutes ago
I will send them asap, from here, or from Hungary.
Also, save me some search time, as all letters are packed, give your postal address please for my mail , and also phone number for me for emergency.
One of these years, i will visit you at your place in the usa, or you will visit me, or we will meet in india, i hope .
pamho. agtsp!
Yes, Suresh Prabhu. Thank you. We have too many humble devotees onsite, but we have to set a good example for newbies and others. SP wished there should be degrees, to set a standard for brahminical training. If we do not try to educate our members in sastra, then how will they be strong and how can they defeat the impersonalists? It is our duty to preach and this is the means. Few enough are attempting same, therefore we must succeed. Thanks for your cooperative participation in site programs! Pamho. - Tamohara dasa
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada once remarked to his disciples, "You must become a general like me. I cannot be defeated."
In that case Prabhu, I'll be glad to accept whatever title you wish to confer, after any training as required, but I cannot assure spending of any time as the institute gives us enough work to cope up with difficulty. But you need not take the trouble of sending me a certificate at least. I am not sure it would help much. If you think people like to see me have that as well, then I'll be gratefully obliged to receive it.
From Tamohara dasa, A… to Vilija Masaitis, abhaya carana sev…, Suresh Anand, James Robert Ande…, Jeannette Borsboomand 6 more
Sent 4 hours ago
Yes, Suresh Prabhu. Thank you. We have too many humble devotees onsite, but we have to set a good example for newbies and others. SP wished there should be degrees, to set a standard for brahminical training. If we do not try to educate our members in sastra, then how will they be strong and how can they defeat the impersonalists? It is our duty to preach and this is the means. Few enough are attempting same, therefore we must succeed. Thanks for your cooperative participation in site programs! Pamho. - Tamohara dasa
Vilija Masaitis
Sent 18 seconds ago
You bet! : ) HK!
From Vilija Masaitis to Tamohara dasa and A…
Sent 38 minutes ago
Hi Dear Tamohara dasa
Can you add me to study the Bhakti Sastra, please.
Hare Krshna!
Yes, this last is less clear, but i am taking it that the intent is as according to the offer, and that she will be interested in completing a full bhakti Sastri degree; this certificate is for an associates degree, not the full Bh. S., but is nonetheless a valuable thing to have for establishing the importance of serious bhakti sastra study, and recognizing same officially. Srila Prabhupada has the title Bhaktivedanta, and it is from a similar educational program which he approved for us also. We are allowed to have some pride as devotees in such brahminical accomplishments. Much of bhakti yoga is self directed these days, and so one must be self disciplined, but the classes demand course work, and the teacher has some authority there, so it is also a good social incentive to study, besides being fun and interactive.
Also, it is a route to being allowed to apply for formal initiation. We have stated onsite that those seeking initiation should declare so, so that we can watch and encourage them and thus undergo a process of purification and socialization into the cult.
Please see the onsite classes registrar for some more specifics.
Classe Outlines; Main Registrar
5 members
RSS
They criticize, where is the proper introduction to bhakti yoga? But our internet program is far far more rigorous than things were in the temples, in that one cannot hide so well online! And the study required is much more here, like this, so they cannot make the usual cheap criticisms of us.
Mostly, we dont want our members to bloop into MAYA! These books defeat Maya , and will carry you to the shores of Krsna prema! Have no doubts on that matter!
If I can convince even one soul to read these books, they will be saved, and I will be saved!!!! I wish to be a good and productive servant, not one who hid away the Master's money and made no interest. Bible.
Hare Krishna!!!
Thank you Prabhu.I will start using it immediately. I got an extra day off this week, but I am viiting my mom. So hopefully Friday I can spend some time on here. The thing I wanted to do is taking too long, so I am going to move along the BG class starting the next time I have time lol. I miss this place and the camaraderie of all the devotees. Just chugging along as best I can.
Ys
Parvati Devi Dasi A.Bh.S