„Visos žinios yra knygose, bet nedaugelis nori studijuoti jas mokytojo vedini. O tie, kurie nori, gali nerasti tinkamo mokytojo. Štai kodėl inicijavau Bhakti Tirthos studijas. Turime išsaugoti šį žinojimą ir pritaikyti jį gyvenime. Tik patirtis leis dalintis tikru žinojimu su kitais.“
Satjanarajana Dasa Babadžis
Milijonai žmonių eina bhakti keliu, bet net dešimtmečiais trunkanti praktika tik vienetus priartina prie tikslo. Jei nuovokus verslininkas nieko nepelno ar uolus sportininkas nepasiekia užsibrėžto tikslo, jie peržvelgia to priežastis ir keičia elgesį. Jie konsultuojasi su srities žinovais ar treneriais. Taip ir nuoširdus Tikrovės ieškotojas turėtų apgalvoti, kodėl jis trypčioja vietoje. Labiausiai tikėtina, kad to priežastis yra klaidinga ar nepilna pamatinė samprata, pasaulėžiūra, kurios pagrindu modeliuojama kiekviena savęs, Dievo, gyvenimo ir atsidavimo praktikos suvokimo detalė. Autentiška bei vaisinga praktika galima tik teisingai suvokus Tikrovę, procesą ir tikslą.
Bhakti Tirthos tikslas – sistemingų śāstros studijų dėka perteikti aiškų proceso ir tikslo suvokimą, ko trūksta daugumai einančiųjų bhakti keliu. Šis penkerių semestrų kursas yra įvadas į šešias Indijos filosofijos doktrinas (ṣaḍ-darśanas). Jos būtinos, norint tinkamai suprasti gauḍīyos filosofiją, ir tai yra išskirtinis šių studijų domesys. Kursas suteikia unikalią galimybę studijuoti gauḍīyos vaiṣṇavų raštus, ypač Śrī Jīvos Ṣaṭ Sandarbhas, iš asmens, kuris daug metų to nuodugniai mokėsi savo mokytojo vedinas.
Sandarbhos – kruopščiai patikrintų ir patvirtintų įrodymų visuma – šimtmečius tarnavo bandantiems pritaikyti žinias praktikoje. Anksčiau šių žinių prieinamumą ribojo sanskrito kalba. Tačiau Satjanarajana Dasa Babadžis atrakina šį dvasinį lobį, aiškiai perteikdamas ir išaiškindamas Sandarbhas anglų kalba.
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Mokytojas: Satjanarajana Dasa Babadžis
Jīvos Gosvāmio opus magnum – Ṣaṭ Sandarbhos (šeši traktatai) – gali būti laikomi įtikinamiausiu ir svarbiausiu indų teologijos ir filosofijos darbu (darśana), ypač sistemingai atsakančiu į visus klausimus apie Absoliučią Tikrovę.
Tattva Sandarbha yra pirmoji Ṣaṭ Sandarbhų knyga. Joje nagrinėjama Tikrovė (tattva), kuri yra suvokimo ir patyrimo esmė. Pateikiama ir trumpa gauḍīyos vaiṣṇavizmo ontologijos apžvalga, kuria remiasi teologija. Tattva taip pat reiškia „esmę“, tad Tattva Sandarbha perteikia esmę to, kas plėtojama likusiose Sandarbhose, ir yra jų įžanga. Šią knygą galima suskirstyti į dvi dalis: pramāṇą ir prameyą. Pirmoji susijusi su epistemologija (pramāṇa) arba tinkamomis pažinimo priemonėmis. Šioje dalyje Jīva Gosvāmis įrodo, kad Bhāgavata Purāṇa yra svarbiausias Aukščiausiosios Tikrovės ir Bhagavāno, kaip galutinio dieviškos meilės objekto, pažinimo šaltinis.
Mokytojas: Satjanarajana Dasa Babadžis
In the next three Sandarbhas (beginning with Bhagavat Sandarbha), Jīva Gosvāmī elaborates on the topic of ontology (sambandha-jñāna). He begins this book by establishing Bhagavān, or God, the Supreme Person as the most complete manifestation of nondual Reality. This Reality is realized in three aspects: as Brahman (God without any qualities, the Unqualified Absolute), as Paramātmā (the Immanent Self, residing in each of us), and as Bhagavān (the all-powerful, all-blissful, infinitely charming playful Person).
This course is a systematic study of the book which analyzes each of these aspects and demonstrates with conclusive evidence that Bhagavān is the complete and indivisible Absolute Reality. All other manifestations are dependent on, and thus subordinate to, Him. Bhagavān’s diverse energies, qualities, name, form, associates, and abode are intrinsic aspects of His essential being.
Mokytojas: Satjanarajana Dasa Babadžis
Paramātmā Sandarbha is the most philosophical of the Six Sandarbhas, and it demands focused attention and an unbiased attitude on the part of the student. It is an elaborate essay on the nature of Paramātmā. The distinction between Absolute Reality’s manifestations as Paramātmā and Bhagavān is relatively unknown, even to those who study Vedānta. These two specific designations are often used synonymously to refer to a single aspect of the tattva. It is Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī’s genius to clearly define them and enumerate their characteristics and functions in detail.
Paramātmā is akin to what people usually conceive of as God, the creator and overseer of the cosmos, whereas Bhagavān is God in His supreme transcendence, without reference to the phenomenal world—God in His own intrinsic being. Paramātmā is the regulator of the intermediary potency (taṭasthā-śakti) and the extrinsic potency (bahiraṅgā-śakti), otherwise known as māyā. The conditioned living being, jīva, belongs to the former potency, while the latter is responsible for the evolution, sustenance, and dissolution of the cosmos. These two potencies are distinct from the intrinsic potency of Bhagavān, known as the antaraṅgā or svarūpa-śakti, and are to be understood as being directly under the jurisdiction of Paramātmā.
Paramātma Sandarbhos anučedų 1-105.3 įrašai
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Mokytojas: Prof. Edwin Bryant and Rama Krsna Dasa
Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras are the classical work of the Yoga School of thought, one of the Six Darśanas studied in the Bhakti Tirtha course. They focus on how to attain direct experience and realization of the puruṣa, or the individual self. As the classical treatise on the Vedic understanding of the mind and consciousness and on techniques of meditation and self-realization, it has exerted immense influence over the religious practices of Hinduism in India and, more recently, in the West. For Vaiṣṇavas, the Yoga Sūtras are especially helpful in understanding the first two chapters of Bhakti-rasāmṛita-sindhu.
This course completes the first two chapters – Samādhi Pada (Meditative Absorption) and Sādhana Pada (Practice).
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Mokytojas: Prof. Metju R. Dastis
Nyāya is a leading school of classical Indian philosophy. It is pioneering in epistemology, metaphysics, and logic in particular for all the philosophies and world views of India. The word nyāya means “method of reasoning” and is often translated with the shorthand “logic.” Nyāya’s development as a school of philosophy includes dimensions of metaphysics, ethics, and philosophy of language.
The Nyāya Sūtras by Gautama Ṛṣi present the essence of classical Indian Nyāya. This course presents some of the most important debates and discussions among logicians and samples of the major views and arguments of the early school of Nyāya. These include a defense of the existence of the self, an argument that God must exist as creator, and a vindication of the reality of the world against Buddhist skeptics and idealists.
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Teacher: Babaji Satyanarayana Dasa
Navya-nyāya is the name given to the new school of Nyāya that developed in Navadvipa, which preserved the traditions of both Nyāya and Vaiśeṣika. Its main focus is to define terms in a precise manner and then to formulate or evolve a language as a precise medium of communication. It is keen on rationally explaining human behavior based on cognition, which necessarily refers to relation – an essential concept in this school of thought.
This course introduces the basic concepts of the Navya-nyāya literature and many technical terms which are systematically explained in Navya-Nyāya-Bhāṣā-Pradīpa, a primer of Navya-Nyāya language and methodology. This is followed by a study of Tarka Saṅgraha, which is an entry-level book that is a systematic overview of Nyaya/Vaisheshika in its newer (navya) period.
Mokytojas: Džagadananda Dasa
The Gopāla Campū is a poetic work of Jīva Gosvāmī which depicts the activities of Kṛṣṇa in Vṛṇdāvana. This course focuses on the introduction and Chapter One of the book, the description of Goloka within the Goloka-vilāsa section. The text is studied in the original Sanskrit with many linguistic explanations and references, rich in information about the historical, cultural and philosophical background.
Mokytojas: Satjanarajana Dasa Babadžis
This work is one of the most essential books of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava sampradāya. Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī establishes in it the theoretical and esoteric foundation of sādhana-bhakti by utilizing the theory of aesthetics (rasa) developed in ancient poetic Sanskrit literature.
In this course, we study the Eastern Division that gives the definition of pure bhakti and expounds its progressive stages from the beginning (śraddha, or faith) to the perfection of pure love (prema). It is also an erudite exposition of the various rasas. Most importantly, it also teaches the correct practice of bhakti so that one can get the expected result.
Mokytojas: Satjanarajana Dasa Babadžis
This work of Kavi Karṇapūra is a treatise on poetical theory that encompasses the theory in Rūpa Gosvāmi’s Bhakti-rasamṛta-sindhu. The author follows the literary tradition, drawing from classical works like Kāvya-prakāśa, Sāhitya-darpaṇa, Dhvany-āloka, and Nāṭya-śāstra and using them in the context of bhakti, with Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs as protagonists.
Students can enter into the relish of Sanskrit poetics through the examples of various forms of poetry that Babaji further commentates and analyzes according to the author’s intention. The study of this subject enables one to properly interpret śāstra such as the Śrīmad Bhāgavata, which uses a broad variety of stylistic means and poetic figures.
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Mokytojas: Satjanarajana Dasa Babadžis
In this course, we are studying the classical Sāṅkhya Kārikā of Īśvara Kṛṣṇa with the Tattva Kaumudī commentary of Śrī Vācaspati Miśra. Babaji translates the text from Sanskrit and explains the underlying philosophical concepts of Sāṅkhya, which is the most ancient of the philosophical systems in India. It means knowledge of the self through proper discernment between prakṛti and puruṣa and is derived from the word “saṅkhyā,” which means counting. Its originator is Kapila Muni. According to this school, the way to achieve permanent happiness is the complete isolation of puruṣa from prakṛti.
To make the course more relevant to the students’ own lives, Babaji has added insights from Vedic psychology which require homework and introspection on such crucial questions, such as how we experience and deal with our own ahaṅkāra, sense control, and habits.
Mokytojas: Džagadananda Dasa
This introduction into the Sanskrit language offers an overview of the cases (vibhakti) and their usage, as well as sandhi and the most basic grammar rules. Jagadananda Das developed his own methodology by which he avoids the teaching of complex rules upfront, and instead keeping mostly to the singular. The course is thus designed to minimize the amount of memorization that needs to be done in the beginning and to be more reflective of what will be encountered in the texts of the Vrindavan Goswamis. Thus, the textbook used in this course includes many verses from the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava literature, especially Bhāgavad Gītā and the Bhāgavata Purāṇa. A pdf-file of the textbook is included in this purchase.
Mokytojas: Džagadananda Dasa
Sanātana Gosvāmī’s Śrī Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta, one of the oldest literary works of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava school, occupies a special place in the realm of Gauḍīya literature.
Being unparalleled in its delineation of rasa, bhāva, and līlā, it clearly establishes our siddhānta and is thus one of the most beneficial books for aspiring devotees. It explains the progressive stages of rasa and sambandha in 14 chapters subdivided into 2 khaṇḍas or parts. Sanātana Gosvāmī himself has written his own commentary on the verses.
In this course, we study the first part of the book, where Narada Muni begins his journey in search of the greatest recipient of Bhagavān’s mercy. Jagadananda Das reads the verses, which the students repeat, and analyzes the sentences and grammar in sometimes greater and sometimes lesser detail. The referenced text of Brhad-bhāgavatāmṛta is available here on Grantha Mandir.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛtos 1.1.1–1.3.58 įrašai
