REGULAR SCHEDULE
Day & Time | Who can enroll? | Description of service / Course content | Group Name |
WEEK-DAYS | All times below are USA Central Times | ||
Mondays - 10:00 AM to 12 Noon | Women only (incl. the teacher / facilitator) | Patanjali Yoga Sutras - One of the most important works of Indian culture, partly on account of its intrinsic worth as a masterly analysis of trance and as an equally masterly description of the method by which it is reached. Tattva bodhaH - Traditionally, this text is studied prior to beginning a systematic study of Vedanta. | TATTVAM |
Tuesdays - 10:00 AM to 12 Noon | Women only (incl. the teacher / facilitator) | VivekachooDAmaNi - A Sanskrit poem ascribed to Adi ShankarAchArya in the eighth century. It expounds the Advaita philosophy, in the form of 580 verses in the Shardula Vikridita meter. It describes developing Viveka, the human faculty of discrimination or discernment between real (unchanging, eternal) and unreal (changing, temporal), as the central task in the spiritual life, and calls it the crown jewel among the essentials for Moksha. | VIVEKA |
Thursdays - 10:00 AM to 12 Noon | Open to all | Bhagavad GeetA Home Study Course by Pujya Swamiji Dayananda Saraswati (Worship, Chanting, Commentary, and Group Discussions) | SHAKTI |
SATURDAYS | ALL SATURDAY CLASSES ARE AVAILABLE VIA SKYPE. All times below are USA Central Times. AVB WINTER BREAK FROM 23-NOV-2017 TO 12-JAN-2018. | ||
9:30 to 10:30 AM | Open to those who are new to devanAgarI (alphabets) NEW! | Samskritam class for Beginner Level (L0) - pre-prAthamika-vargaH - latikA series | KRUPAA |
11:30 AM to 12:30 PM | Restricted to those who have completed the PRAVESHA course | Coaching for PARICHAYA examination (E2) conducted by Samskrita Bharati in May / November each year. Whether you decide to take this intermediate level examination or not, this is a great course to accelerate your samskritam studies, starting from the E1 (PRAVESHA) Level. | PARICHAYA |
1:30 to 2:30 PM | Open to those who can read and write devanAgarI, mainly adults | Samskritam classes for Beginner / Intermediate Level (pre-E1 / E1) - mAdhyamika-vargaH, leading up to Samskrita Bharati's PRAVESHA exam held in May / November each year; Books - saralA, sugamA, sarasA, sukhadA, and pravesha; Whether you decide to take the PRAVESHA examination or not, this is a great course to accelerate your samskritam studies, starting from basics. | DAYAANANDA |
3:00 to 4:00 PM | Open to all | Samskritam class for Beginner Level (L1) - prAthamika-vargaH - pancha-tantra-kathAH, story - reading, comprehension, grammar, and writing | BAALA JYOTI |
4:30 to 5:30 PM | Restricted to those who have completed the PARICHAYA course | Coaching for SHIKSHAA examination (E3) conducted by Samskrita Bharati in May / November each year. Whether you want to take this teacher level examination or not, this is a great course to accelerate your samskritam studies, starting from the E2 level (PARICHAYA). | AVINAASH |
SUNDAYS | ALL SUNDAY CLASSES ARE AVAILABLE VIA SKYPE. All times below are USA Central Times. AVB WINTER BREAK FROM 23-NOV-2017 TO 12-JAN-2018. | ||
10:30 to 11:30 AM | Open to all | Samskritam class for Beginner Level (L1) - prAthamika-vargaH - latikA series | BHAASKARA |
12:30 to 2:30 PM | Teens and above | Bhagavad GeetA & Kaivalya Upanishad Home Study Course - Worship, Group chanting, and Commentary based on Adi SankarAchArya's bhAShyam; Group discussions on how we can resolve day-to-day inadequacies by adhering to the wisdom of the Bhagavad GeetA | PURNODAYA |
3:00 to 3:45 PM | Open to all | Samskritam class for Beginner Level (L1) - Stories & everyday conversations in samskritam, no previous knowledge of samskritam required. A great entry point. - pancha-tantra-kathA, abhyAsa-pustakam, hitopadesha, laharI, samskrita-vyavahAra-sAhasrI | ANANYAA |
4:00 to 5:00 PM | Open to those who are new to devanAgarI (alphabets) | Samskritam class for Beginner Level (L0) - pre-prAthamika-vargaH - latikA series, pUrNa-vidyA | MADHUKARA |
5:00 to 6:00 PM | Open to all | Samskritam class for Beginner Level (L1) - prAthamika-vargaH - latikA series, devavANee | PRANAVA |
6:30 to 7:30 PM | Restricted to those who have completed the SHIKSHAA course | Coaching for KOVIDA examination (E4) conducted by Samskrita Bharati in May / November each year. Whether you want to take this expert level examination or not, this is a great course to accelerate your samskritam studies, , starting from the E3 level (SHIKSHAA). | KOVIDA |