New Course: The Govinda Bhāṣya of Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa
Did you ever have the desire to study the Vedanta Sutras from the Vaishnava perspective, based on the teachings of Srila Prabhupada?
Did you ever have the desire to study the Vedanta Sutras from the Vaishnava perspective, based on the teachings of Srila Prabhupada?
On the 17th of May, we will be starting a new course based on the Govinda Bhāṣya of Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa, the authorized commentary of the Vedanta-sutra from the Vaishnava perspective.
Srila Prabhupada himself intended to write a commentary on the Govinda Bhāṣya, as a way to anchor all the philosophy he was explaining in his other books.
As Prabhupada himself wrote:
“The necessity of presenting the Bhaktivedanta-Bhāṣya commentary on Vedanta-sutra should also be explained herein. My spiritual master, Om Visnupada Paramhamsa Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Maharaja, ordered me to present the Gaudiya Vaiṣnava philosophy in English as far as possible, and in this attempt for the English-knowing persons, since 1965 I have been in the western countries with my three books of the First Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam. Then I presented my commentary on the Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita known as The Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, and similarly, I have presented The Teachings of Lord Caitanya. Also, as requested by many of my Western disciples, especially my worthy disciples Sriman Hansadutta Das Adhikari and Janardana Das Adhikari, who are in charge of the Montreal Center, I am trying to present an English commentary on the Vedanta-sutra as follows.
Unfortunately, Srila Prabhupada never went ahead with this work. Soon he started working on the Krsna book, the many volumes of the Srimad Bhagavatam, and later the Caitanya Caritāmṛta. In the middle of this flow of publications, the commentary on the Vedanta-sutra seems to have fallen into the background and never concluded.
The goal of this course is to provide you with an in-depth explanation of the Govinda Bhāṣya commentary of Srila Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa, based on the explanations of Srila Prabhupada, as a humble offering to the devotees who are interested in studying this important masterpiece under the light of Srila Prabhupada's teachings.
The course starts on the 17th of May and will go on for approximately two years, as we go through all the Vedanta Sutras, following the explanations, arguments, and passages offered by Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana.
How to follow the course?
You can follow the course in two ways:
» If you just want to hear the lessons on your own time, you can simply follow the updates here on the website. I will be posting the new lessons on Mondays, starting from 19/05/2025.
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The lessons will be on Saturdays, 16:30 (Indian time).