NECTAR OF DEVOTION

INTRODUCTION

1. Outline the course:

20 days
2 tests (at end of 2nd week, and end of last week)
So 18 days of instruction

2. We have Overview Book

It’s very brief, but gives the basic structure of Nectar of
Devotion

3. We have Verse book

BRS based on Lord Caitanya’s conversations with Rupa
and Çréla Rüpa Goswämé
Explain numbering

4. Homework
Mainly to read, but we will set some sometimes

5. Day by Day breakdown (part one)

Day 1 — Preface and up to verse 10 of Bhakti-
räsämåta-sindhu.
Day 2 — Anyäbhiläçitä-çunyam verse
Day 3 — Characteristics of pure devotional
service
Day 4 — Chapter 2 — elements of sädhana bhakti
Day 5 — Chapter 3 — eligibility of candidate
Day 6 — Chapters 4 — no karma, no jïäna
Day 7 — Chapter 5 — purity of devotional service
(call for lists)
Day 8 — Chapter 6 — vaidhi sädhana bhakti
introduction
Day 9 — Revise
Day 10 — Test no.1

Day by Day breakdown (part two)

Day 11 — Discussion about certain principles of
vaidhi sädhana bhakti
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Day 13 — “ “ “
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Day 14 — Five most potent forms of devotional
service
Day 15 — End of Chapter 13, all of Chapter 14
Day 16 — Rägänüga sädhana bhakti
Day 17 — Bhava bhakti
Day 18 — Prema bhakti
Day 19 — Revise
Day 20 — Final Test