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The Bhaktivedanta College School of Jyotish’s unique educational program is designed to:
- Provide specialized religious vocational training to Brahmanas (Vedic priests) in Jyotish to use as a traditional preaching and counseling tool for the edification of their congregation and the public in general.
- Train our students how to use Jyotish to further the spiritual mission of the Gaudiya Vaisnava Acaryas.
- Present Jyotish in the traditional Vedic style, emphasizing Jyotish as part of the Vedic spiritual culture and not an isolated subject as is often done in the West.
- Present authentic Jyotish as handed down to us by the guru parampara (Parasara Muni, Varaha Mihira, Satyacarya, Jaimini Muni, etc.) without admixture of incompatible elements from other sources in regards to actual Jyotish methods, remedial measures, divinatory philosophy, Vedic (Vaisnava) philosophy or other areas that may arise from time to time.
- Present Jyotish in such a way that is congruent with the siddhanta (spiritual conclusions) of the Gaudiya Vaisnava Acaryas. That is, free from incompatible accretions.
- Introduce and maintain high standards for Jyotish Practitioners through:
- Training: rigorous academic training in the best and most effective methods of traditional Vedic astrology without recourse to incompatible methods of Western astrology, Tajika (Arabic/Persian) astrology or other systems.
- Education: Aside from training in specific astrological techniques of calculation and prediction, the student is also educated in the special spiritual, philosophical, historical and cultural issues pertaining to Jyotish.
- Ethics: A code of ethics to be published and widely known by which our students must adhere to.
- Take up advanced research projects regarding various aspects of Jyotish.
- Teach our students how to establish successful practices after graduation.
- Establish an association of Astrologers comprised of graduates to maintain standards of ethics, continuing education and mutual cooperation.