Program:

Eight weeks of intensive study: five hours a day, six days a week.

Objective:

To provide beginning students with a firm foundation in Sanskrit grammar and vocabulary and intermediate students with a review and filling in of the fundamentals of the language and its vocabulary.

Method:

Study of the Samksepa Harinamamrta-vyakarana by Jiva Goswami along with sections of the Amara-kosa.  Reading of the Bhagavad-gita with the commentary of Visvanatha Cakravartin.

Location:

Kirksville, Missouri.  The quiet college (Truman State University) town of Kirksville, Missouri, is located in northeast Missouri directly north of Columbia, Missouri, on Highway 63.  It is an inexpensive place to live and study, remote, yet not too inaccessible, small, but not too small.  The summers are warm and comfortable.  There is lots of inexpensive housing around and all the advantages of small town America (low crime, low costs, transportation by foot or bicycle).

Dates:

June 5 to July 29, 2006

Weekly Schedule:

Monday-Saturday: 9:00 to 12:00 --- Grammar and Dictionary; 2:00-4:00 --- Textual readings

Cost:

$1000 tuition not including living expenses (estimated at $400-800 for the two month period) and books (if printed)

Materials: 

Photocopies provided; books at cost.

Final Result:

Certificate of successful completion of the course from the Caitanya Sanskrit Tol along with a detailed letter describing the areas covered in the summer intensive course (useful for getting credit at home colleges and universities).  Eligibility for more advanced courses of study in the future.  Most importantly the genuine ability to read and understand simple texts in Sanskrit.

If you are interested in being part of the first class of students, send a letter of interest to admissions, with information about your prior education, your current level of knowledge of Sanskrit, and your interest in the program.  Hurry.  Application deadline is March 15, 2006.  Notification by April 30, 2006.  Space in the course is limited to 10 students.