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VP401
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto VI - Four Credits
VP402
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto VII - Four Credits
VP403
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto VII –VIII - Four Credits
VP404
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto VIII –IX - Four Credits
VP405
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto IX – X - Four Credits
VP406
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto X - Four Credits
VP407
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto X cont - Four Credits
VP408
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto XI - Four Credits
VP409
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto XI XII - Four Credits
VP410
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto XII - Four Credits
VP411
Bhagavad-gita As it Is (Advanced) - Four Credits
VP412
Selected writings of Bhaktivinode Thakkur - Three Credits
VP413
Tattva, Bhagavata and Krsna Sandarba’s of Jiva Goswami - Nine Credits
VP414
Sri Brahma-Samhita - Three Credits
VP415
Selected Devotional Texts by Rupa Goswami - Three Credits
VP416
Selected Devotional Texts by Sanatan Goswami - Three Credits
VP417
Sri Caitanya Bhagavat by Vrindaban Das Thakur - Six Credits
VP418
Vedanta Sutra I , commentary of Baladeva Vidyabhushana - Three Credits
VP419
Defeating Mayavada Philosophy Three Credits
VP420
Topical Study -Three Credits
This course is a Masters thesis for Philosophy majors in a topic of their
choice. Admission and thesis by approval of Dean.
VP501
Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Adi Lila - Six Credits
VP502
Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya Lila - Six Credits
VP503
Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Antya Lila - Six Credits
VP422 Introduction to Vaishnava Theology
Gaudiya Vaishnavism throught is studied in light of the principles of
theology. The nature of divinity, human being, the world, and the relation
between each of these with the others will be examinied.
VP423 Vaishnava Theology of Religion
The full spectrum of religious conceptions and experience are examined
in light of the comprehensive and universal principles of Vaishnava theology.
Methods of evaluating the truth claims of other religious traditions are
explored. the Vaishnava view of other religions will be evolved and specifically
the Gaudiya Vaishnava view of other religions derived from Prabhupada's
writings will be studied.
VP424 Aspects of Classical Indian Philosophy
Approaches from Nyaya (Indian logic), Mimamsa (science of interpretation),
Samkhya and Vedanta will be reviewed for their application in supporting
the truth claims made within the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. The application
of these approaches in modern day presentations of Vaishnava philosophy
will be explored as well.
VP425 Bhakti Dimensions of Religion
Love is a universal quality of human being and acting. This course will
examine the nature of human love and the full range of the human conceptions
of loving God. A detailed study and analysis of bhakti in Gaudiya Vaishnavism
will be conducted. Then the course will focus on those specific traditions
within world religions that describe an experience of some type of conjugal
love, sringara-rasa, within their practice of perfectional state.
VP426 Comparative Vaishnava Philosophies
This course will examine the differences and similarities between the
Gaudiya, Vallabha, Madhva, Ramanuja, and Nimbarka schools of thought.
These philosophical differences and similarities will then be understood
within their greater historical and theological contexts. A brief examination
of the ideas behind the Sahajiya movements and the influences of the Tantric
and Buddhist sects on Bengal Vaishnavism will be made.
VP427 Comparative "Hindu" Traditions
This course will examine the differences and similarities between the
Vaishnava, Saiva, Sakta, Brahmanistic, and other minor traditions. These
philosophical differences and similarities will then be understood within
their greater historical and theological contexts.
VP428 Vaishnava Ethics.
Understanding Vaishnava Ethics as found in the Vedic texts such as the
Mahabharata, Bhagavad-gita, Puranas, Srimad Bhagavatam and Gaudiya Vaishanva
corrollaries. Also comparasion of Vaishnava Ethics with the religious
traditions of the Western World.
VP429 Vaishnava and Western Psychology of
Religion
Vaishnava philosophy and scripture contain very powerful approaches to
the nature of the self or soul, atman. The "conditioned" soul,
the modes of material nature internal conflict and reaolution, the paradigmatic
human predicament exemplified by Arjuna, conscience and ethics, the psychology
of ecstasy, and the selfless love and service to God, are just some of
the topics that will be studied. Ideas within the thought of specific
neo-Freudians, William James, Carl Jung, Erik Erikson, and other Western
thinkers will be examined for their ability to interpret and illuminate
the veracity of the bhakti experience.
VP430 .
VP431 Studies in the Mission and Writings
of Srila Prabhupada
The specific contributions of Srila Prabhupada as the modern and first
exponent of Vaishnavism to spread bhakti around the globe will be looked
at. Prabhupada's literary-cultural, social-historical, and spiritual contributions
will be delineated in detail and briefly compared to other "saints"
well-known in modern times in order to discover what is objectively and
powerfully unique in the mission and writings of Srila Prabhupada.
VP432 Explaining Religion: Academic Methods for the Study of Religion
Religion is a challenge for the western academic mind because its subject
does not fit neatly within any one discipline or field of intellectural
study because it impinges upon every dimension of human existence. Yet
many famous contributors from different fields of knowledge have attempted
to explain the nature of religion while excluding other important dimensions
of religion. This course focuses on the variety of narrow or limited attempts
to explain religious phenomena from the fields of anthropology, psychology,
theology, history, and sociology; the ways they explain away, and what
they truly understand.
VP433 Personalist and Impersonalist Vedanta
Key verses and commentaries from the Vedanta Sutra.
VP434 Advanced Studies in Bhakti Philosophy
VP435 Thematic/Exegetical Studies in Gaudiya Vaishnava Scriptural Texts