From: Dhruva Maharaja Dasa
Hare Krsna everyone,
This email is being sent from the Moodle Educational Software database at Krishna.com to those interested in our eCourses. If you no longer want to receive these notices, please reply with "delete" in the Subject for this software doesn't have facility for unsubscribe for users. I will then manually delete your name from the database.
On the other hand, if you are interested in studying Srila Prabhupada's books with us I want to share some of my realizations after designing our upcoming one month Sri Isopanisad eCourse. We've spend the last several months studying the book, and therefore became quite familiar with it:
Sri Isopanisad is a conceptual text, rather than a description of the Lord's pastimes. Reading it is meant to change one's view of life; to teach us how to spiritualize our every endeavor rather than speculating and guessing how attain God consciousness. Here's an analogy to help clarify:
In mathematics one must first learn whole numbers, 0-9, then how to add and subtract, and then one may gradually progress to more complex methods of using numbers. If one hasn't even correctly learned how to add, then while adding a simple list of numbers one may add the first two or three additions wrong, and thus his or her entire calculation will come to an incorrect total....what to speak of more complex calculations.
Similarly, the first concepts on the Vedic path must be learned properly to actually develop love of God. If one doesn't understand these basic foundational concepts properly, then one's "total" or sentiments toward the Lord will be defective and incorrect (technically called sahajiya or rasabhasa) - just as the total in our mathematic analogy would be incorrect.
Sri Isopanisad establishes a very solid foundation of understanding the Lord and our relationship with Him. In Sanskrit this is called sambandha-jnana - knowledge of the relationship. Another analogy is when two people meet, they don't fall in love immediately...it takes time. By doing things and going places together, learning about one another's nature, gradually they begin to appreciate the attractive qualities in one another and affection slowly and naturally blossoms and matures.
The curriculum we developed in our eCourses includes many tasks; reading, writing, answering questions, participating in forums, interacting live, etc., and the more one becomes absorbed in these tasks the more one will benefit and elevate one's consciousness. Understanding Srila Prabhupada's commentaries on various books reveals their true, inner meaning and leads one to this love of God. Srila Prabhupada is a member of the Gaudiya Vaisnava sampradaya, stemming from Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and therefore his commentaries strictly follow this authorized scientific method of developing our love for the Lord.
Our next Sri Isopanisad eCourse will run from Jan. 17 - Feb. 14, and we'd like invite to you to participate. Whether you've been looking for a place to better understand the Hare Krsna movement, or an environment to take your learning from from Srila Prabhupada to the next level, this is a great opportunity. For more information please visit:
http://www.krishna.com/sri-isopanisad-ecourse
Or to enroll:
http://elearning.krishna.com/courses/
If you have any questions, please send me an email.
Yours in the service of studying Srila Prabhupada's books,
Dhruva Maharaja dasa
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"O my Lord, as powerful as fire, O omnipotent one, now I offer You all obeisances, falling on the ground at Your feet. O my Lord, please lead me on the right path to reach You, and since You know all that I have done in the past, please free me from the reactions to my past sins so that there will be no hindrance to my progress." (Sri Iso Mantra 18)
Hare Krsna everyone,
This email is being sent from the Moodle Educational Software database at Krishna.com to those interested in our eCourses. If you no longer want to receive these notices, please reply with "delete" in the Subject for this software doesn't have facility for unsubscribe for users. I will then manually delete your name from the database.
On the other hand, if you are interested in studying Srila Prabhupada's books with us I want to share some of my realizations after designing our upcoming one month Sri Isopanisad eCourse. We've spend the last several months studying the book, and therefore became quite familiar with it:
Sri Isopanisad is a conceptual text, rather than a description of the Lord's pastimes. Reading it is meant to change one's view of life; to teach us how to spiritualize our every endeavor rather than speculating and guessing how attain God consciousness. Here's an analogy to help clarify:
In mathematics one must first learn whole numbers, 0-9, then how to add and subtract, and then one may gradually progress to more complex methods of using numbers. If one hasn't even correctly learned how to add, then while adding a simple list of numbers one may add the first two or three additions wrong, and thus his or her entire calculation will come to an incorrect total....what to speak of more complex calculations.
Similarly, the first concepts on the Vedic path must be learned properly to actually develop love of God. If one doesn't understand these basic foundational concepts properly, then one's "total" or sentiments toward the Lord will be defective and incorrect (technically called sahajiya or rasabhasa) - just as the total in our mathematic analogy would be incorrect.
Sri Isopanisad establishes a very solid foundation of understanding the Lord and our relationship with Him. In Sanskrit this is called sambandha-jnana - knowledge of the relationship. Another analogy is when two people meet, they don't fall in love immediately...it takes time. By doing things and going places together, learning about one another's nature, gradually they begin to appreciate the attractive qualities in one another and affection slowly and naturally blossoms and matures.
The curriculum we developed in our eCourses includes many tasks; reading, writing, answering questions, participating in forums, interacting live, etc., and the more one becomes absorbed in these tasks the more one will benefit and elevate one's consciousness. Understanding Srila Prabhupada's commentaries on various books reveals their true, inner meaning and leads one to this love of God. Srila Prabhupada is a member of the Gaudiya Vaisnava sampradaya, stemming from Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and therefore his commentaries strictly follow this authorized scientific method of developing our love for the Lord.
Our next Sri Isopanisad eCourse will run from Jan. 17 - Feb. 14, and we'd like invite to you to participate. Whether you've been looking for a place to better understand the Hare Krsna movement, or an environment to take your learning from from Srila Prabhupada to the next level, this is a great opportunity. For more information please visit:
http://www.krishna.com/sri-isopanisad-ecourse
Or to enroll:
http://elearning.krishna.com/courses/
If you have any questions, please send me an email.
Yours in the service of studying Srila Prabhupada's books,
Dhruva Maharaja dasa
===
"O my Lord, as powerful as fire, O omnipotent one, now I offer You all obeisances, falling on the ground at Your feet. O my Lord, please lead me on the right path to reach You, and since You know all that I have done in the past, please free me from the reactions to my past sins so that there will be no hindrance to my progress." (Sri Iso Mantra 18)
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