The course runs for 8½ months, beginning on 1 June 2008 and ending by 15 February 2009, with a two week break in between.
Those who have been accepted as full-time students for Bhāgavata-praveśa should expect a challenging, disciplined, and intensive course of study.
The program usually has three classes per day, six days a week.
Sanskrit 1: Students will be prepared to understand and grammatically analyze the Sanskrit text of the Bhagavad-gītā.
Sanskrit 2: This will familiarize the students with the Hari-nāmāmṛta system of Sanskrit grammar provided by Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī.
Sanskrit workshop: This will train students in learning the devanāgarī script and Sanskrit pronunciation.
Śāstra: This will focus on the teachings of Bhagavad-gītā, based on the purports of Śrīla Prabhupāda, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa and Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura. A study of the first three chapters of the First Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam will follow this. Memorization and recitation of the ślokas will be practiced daily. Classes on the nine prameyas will be included. Śāstra classes for men and women are separate.
The duration of each class is 90 minutes.
Students will have to read ahead the verses and purports for each section of the Gītā and the Bhāgavatam. They will have to memorize 108 ślokas from the Bhagavad-gītā and about 20 from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Competition is deemphasized and, as far as possible, students are provided with individual help as needed.