Preaching Presentations

This year there will be three preaching presentations. For each presentation you will need to do a 500 word essay and 30 minute oral presentation to your group.

The final (3rd) Presentation is due on 1st of October. Please choose one of these 5 topics and prepare a talk and essay. Essays later than this time will NOT be marked.

Semester III (Due 1st October 08)
1.
 Varieties of mixed devotional service.
 3.29.8-10
2.
 The Maya family is a perverted reflection of the family of Krsnaloka.
 3.30.7
3.
 Attraction to the opposite sex is the gateway to hell.
 3.31.34-42
4.
 Nivritti-dharma and pravrtti-dharma.
 3.32.6
5.
 The real qualification to perform Vedic sacrifices
 3.33.6-7

ASSESSMENT

Presentations will be assessed according to the following objectives:

During their presentation students should be able to:

  1. Select references, examples and analogies, appropriate to the topic, from the specified section and the bhakti-sastras. (Bhagavad-gita, Nectar of Devotion, Sri Isopanisad.)
  1. Present points suitable to the audience, making the topic accessible and pre-empting the audience’s doubts
  1. Present sound logical arguments.
  1. Remain faithful to sastric conclusions.
  1. Present points within 20 to 25 minutes, leaving 5 to 10 minutes for questions and answers.

Select a topic from the above and take time to discuss your presentation with your facilitator.

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The first assignment will be due on the 1th of April. Please choose one of these first 5 questions and prepare a talk and essay. Essays later than this time will NOT be marked.

Semester I (Due 1st April 08)
1.
 The difference between material and spiritual enjoyment.
 3.20.29-37
2.
 The Lord never disappoints a sincere devotee, but He never allows anything which will be detrimental to the devotee's service.
 3.21.15-31
3.
 The most important consideration to make before marriage.
 3.22.15
4.
 Ideal householder life.
 3.23.1-8
5.
 Why should one go to the forest if the Lord is in one'e home?
 3.24.35
Semester II (Due 15th Jul 08)
6.
 The importance of attachment.
 3.25.20-25
7.
 The result of understanding Sankhya philosophy.
 3.26.1
8.
 How to estimate one's development of Krsna Consciousness.
 3.27.22
9.
 The process of hearing and chanting is easier than the process of meditating on the form of the Lord.
 3.28.19
10.
 Different types of devotional service
 3.29.8-12
                           

 

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Old Presentation Topics

1.
 Srimad Bhagavatam first describes the Lord in the form of a Boar.
 3.13.21-50
2.
 The wife is the better half of a man's body.
 3.14.17-20
3.
 There is no need of sex pleasure in Vaikuntha.
 3.15.20
4.
 To Commit an offense at the feet of a devotee of the Lord is a great wrong.
 3.16.2-6
5.
 The cause of the natural disturbances on the Earth.
 3.17.4
6.
 Behind every law there is a law-maker.
 3.18.8
7.
 How does the Lord feel when attacked by a demon?
 3.18.6 & 3.19.16
         

 


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