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  • READING: Why offer ārati?
    Introduction
    Announcements
    START HERE
    WELCOME
    The Course
    VIDEO: Introduction and overview — 07:51
    VIDEO: Learning methods and Assessment overview — 12:05
    DW@H Online Syllabus 2026
    READING: Recommended reading
    Requirements for course
    Participation Agreement
    Course outline
    Sodasopacara puja mantras
    Student and instructor introduction
    Meet the Team (videos)
    Exercise : Student Introductions
    Additional
    Exercise: Create a Priority list
    FORUM: General discussion
    Handbook
    MODULE 1
    ICEBREAKER: your favourite deity
    1.1 Why deity worship
    VIDEO 1.1.1 - Why deity worship — introduction — 01:14
    VIDEO 1.1.2 - Definition and goal of arcanā by Bhānu Svāmī — 07:53
    READING: The Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 2
    QUIZ 1 - Definition and goal of arcanā
    VIDEO 1.1.3 - Why deity worship? — 3 VIDEOS
    READING: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.14.39
    READING: Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 15.108
    EXERCISE 1: Why deity worship? — Developing respect
    READING: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.3.22
    READING: Letter to Hayagriva
    QUIZ 2 - Why deity worship? - Subduing lusty desires
    READING: Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 13
    QUIZ 3 - 5 most potent forms of devotional service - Nectar of Devotion
    READING: Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 9
    QUIZ 4: The benefits of engaging in deity worship
    EXERCISE 2: The benefits of engaging in deity worship
    1.2 The importance and relevance of deity worship
    VIDEO: 1.2.1 Importance and relevance of deity worship
    VIDEO: 1.2.2 The 2 main principles of bhakti
    EXERCISE 1: The 2 main principles of bhakti
    VIDEO: 1.2.3 The nine processes of devotional service — 01:47
    READING: 7.5.23-24
    QUIZ 1: Why we worship the deity?
    VIDEO: 1.2.4 Five principal activities of devotional service — 01:27
    VIDEO: 1.2.5 The role of deity worship within the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda — 01:40
    VIDEO: 1.2.6 The 7 purposes of ISKCON — 02:07
    READING: The seven purposes of ISKCON
    EXERCISE 2: The 7 purposes of ISKCON.
    VIDEO: 1.2.7 Chanting is all we need — 00:41
    READING: Cc Adi 7.76
    EXERCISE 3: Chanting is all we need
    1.3 Mood of worship
    VIDEO 1.3.1 - The mood of worship — introduction – 01:23
    VIDEO 1.3.2 - What is the appropriate mood of worship? — 02:50
    READING: SB 4.24.45–46 verse and purport
    QUIZ: 1 Mood of worship as explained by Srila Prabhupada — part 1
    READING: 3 Letters from Srila Prabhupada
    Module-1 Q&A Forum
    ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
    MODULE 2
    ICEBREAKER
    2.1 Purity
    VIDEO: 2.1.1 Purity — introduction — 00:47
    VIDEO: 2.1.2 The need for purity — 02:46
    READING: Need for purity
    QUIZ 1: Need for purity
    EXERCISE 1: Need for purity
    VIDEO: 2.1.3 Six divisions of purity — 01:53
    READING: 6 divisions of purity pdf
    QUIZ 2: Six divisions of purity
    VIDEO: 2.1.4 How the practices of devotional service assist us in purification — 00:38
    READING: Bhagvad-gītā 10.12-13
    READING: Bhagvad-gītā 13.8-12
    EXERCISE 2: How the practices of devotional service assist us in purification
    VIDEO: 2.1.5 Purity — summary
    2.2 Getting ready for worship
    VIDEO: 2.2.1 Getting ready for worship — 02:46
    READING: Getting ready for worship
    QUIZ 1: Getting ready for worship
    EXERCISE 1: Why is eating prasada considered contaminating when prasada is pure and purifying?
    VIDEO: 2.2.2 Getting ready for worship — summary — 01:34
    2.3 Acamana
    VIDEO: 2.3.1 Acamana — introduction — 01:44
    VIDEO: 2.3.2 How, why and when we do acamana — 07:48
    READING: Ācamana article PDF
    QUIZ 1: ācamana
    VIDEO: 2.3.3 Ācamana demo video
    Ācamana checklist
    UPLOAD: Students upload their ācamana video
    End of module 2
    Weekly Quiz2
    Journal: Module 2
    Module 2 FAQ PDF
    Module-2: Q&A Forum
    Additional Resources
    MODULE 3
    VIDEO: Welcome to Week 3 — 01:56
    ICEBREAKER
    3.1 Ritual and Culture
    VIDEO: 3.1.1 Ritual and culture — introduction — 05:54
    READING: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.3.25
    QUIZ 1: Explain the need for rituals in deity worship.
    READING: Nectar of Devotion Chapter 2
    EXERCISE 1: Devotional service in practice
    READING: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.3.22
    EXERCISE 2: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.3.22
    READING: The Nectar of Instruction Text 2
    QUIZ 2: The Nectar of Instruction Text 2
    READING: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.29.24
    EXERCISE 3: What distinguishes a ritual from an act of devotion?
    VIDEO: 3.1.2 Ritual and culture — summary — 00:39
    3.2 Offenses
    EXERCISE 1: Offenses during deity worship
    VIDEO: 3.2.1 Offenses — introduction
    READING: Seva aparadha sources
    VIDEO: 3.2.2 Offenses — explanation — 05:30
    VIDEO: 3.2.3 Categories of offenses — 06:51
    READING: Offenses in deity worship.pdf
    VIDEO: 3.2.4 Offenses — summary — 02:34
    READING: Raghava Pandita
    EXERCISE 2: Raghava Pandita
    QUIZ 1: Offenses
    3.3 Waking the deities
    VIDEO: 3.3.1 Waking the deities — introduction — 01:01
    VIDEO: 3.3.2 Waking the deities — explanation — 03:03
    VIDEO: 3.3.3 Waking the deities demonstration — 06:48
    EXERCISE 1: How is waking deities done under different situations
    QUIZ 1: Waking the deities
    End of module 3
    Weekly quiz 3
    Journal: Module 3
    Module-3 FAQ PDF
    Module-3: Q&A
    Forum: Module 3
    MODULE 4
    VIDEO: Welcome to Module 4 — 1:06
    Icebreaker: Your altar
    4.1 The form of the Lord
    VIDEO: 4.1.1 Form of the Lord — introduction — 01:06
    VIDEO: 4.1.2 Define the nature of the deity — 02:43
    EXERCISE 1: Define the nature of the deity
    VIDEO: 4.1.3 Common misconceptions part 1 — 01:50
    VIDEO: 4.1.3 Common misconceptions countering part 2 — 05:55
    EXERCISE 2: Common misconceptions and counter argument
    VIDEO: 4.1.4 Examples from sastra — 05:09
    READING: The story of Saksi Gopal
    AUDIO: Raghunandana Ṭhākura — 05:57
    AUDIO: Gaurīdāsa Paṇḍita — 07:55
    QUIZ 1: Examples from sastra
    EXERCISE 3: Realizations with the deity
    VIDEO: 4.1.5 Explain the Gaudiya-Vaishnava-Siddhanta — 04:40
    EXERCISE 4: Explain the Gaudiya-Vaishnava-Siddhanta
    VIDEO: 4.1.6 How the deity interacts with His devotees — summary — 01:25
    4.2 Inviting the Lord into your home & altar setup
    VIDEO: 4.2.1 Inviting the Lord — introduction — 00:48
    EXERCISE 1: What does an altar look like
    VIDEO: 4.2.2 Where do we worship the Lord & what does it look like? — explanation — 03:38
    VIDEO: 4.2 What altars look like?
    EXERCISE 2: Where do we worship the Lord?
    VIDEO: 4.2.3 Inviting the Lord — explanation — 06:17
    EXERCISE 3: Location of the altar
    EXERCISE 4: Identify the possible obstacles to having a home altar or doing home worship and explore possible solutions.
    VIDEO: 4.2.4 Inviting the Lord into your home — summary — 1:00
    4.3 Offering food
    VIDEO: Kurma — what is bog? — 07:13
    VIDEO: 4.3.1 Offering food — introduction — 00:58
    VIDEO: 4.3.2 Why do we offer food to the Lord? — 01:30
    READING: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.29.24
    EXERCISE 1: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.29.24
    VIDEO: 4.3.3 Offering food — explanation — 04:04
    QUIZ 1: Offering food
    VIDEO: 4.3.4 Offering food — video demonstration — 06:14
    VIDEO: 4.3.5 Food offering — summary — 00:55
    Bhoga offering checklist
    UPLOAD: Students upload their bhoga offering video
    End of Module 4
    Weekly quiz 4
    JOURNAL: Week 4
    FAQ document
    Module-4: Q&A
    Forum: Module 4
    MODULE 5
    VIDEO: Welcome to Module 5 — 3:11
    ICEBREAKER
    5.1 Deity worship @ home and in the temple
    VIDEO: 5.1.1 Deity worship @ home and in the temple — introduction — 02:30
    READING: Arcana paddhati
    EXERCISE 1: Arcana paddhati Introduction
    VIDEO: 5.1.2 Deity worship @ home and in the temple — comparison — 02:31
    EXERCISE 2: Home vs Temple
    VIDEO: 5.1.3 Bhanu Swami — Home vs temple — 06:38
    EXERCISE 3: Proper motivation
    VIDEO: 5.1.4 Deity worship @ home and in the temple — summary — 01:05
    5.2 Standards of worship/finding the balance
    VIDEO: 5.2.1 Standards — introduction — 03:02
    VOTING: Making commitments
    EXERCISE 1: What influences our standards of worship?
    VIDEO: 5.2.2 Factors which may cause variations in worship standards — 12:32
    VIDEO: 5.2.3 What forms of the Lord could be worshiped at home? — 04:04
    READING: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.3.22 - What forms of the Lord could be worshiped at home?
    QUIZ 1: What forms of the Lord could be worshiped at home
    VIDEO: 5.2.4 Evaluating worship standards — how do we understand what we should do?
    EXERCISE 2: Arcana paddhati introduction — reflection
    VIDEO: 5.2.5 Standards of worship — summary
    5.3 Ārati
    VIDEO: 5.3.1 Ārati — introduction — 01:26
    EXERCISE 1: What is an ārati and why we offer it?
    VIDEO: 5.3.2 The ārati means — Śrīla Prabhupāda
    POLL 1: After listening to Śrīla Prabhupāda explain the meaning of ārati, did this change your understanding of what the items are? If so, what do you think the items of ārati mean now?
    POLL 2: What the items offered in arati are for or represent?
    VIDEO: 5.3.3 Arati — explanation — 03:03
    QUIZ 1: What are the different types of ārati offered in ISKCON mentioned in the video?
    READING: Why offer ārati?
    EXERCISE 2: Why offer ārati?
    VIDEO: 5.3.4 Ārati items — explanation-part 1 — 02:16
    VIDEO: 5.3.5 Ārati items — explanation-part 2 — 03:55
    READING: Ārati procedure
    QUIZ 2: What are the items offered in each of the āratis offered in an ISKCON temple?
    VIDEO: 5.3.5 Offering ārati — demonstration — 15:10
    VIDEO: 5.3.6 Offering ārati — summary — 00:51
    Ārati checklist
    ASSIGNMENT: Offering ārati — video assessment
    End of Module 5
    Weekly quiz 5
    JOURNAL: Week 5
    FAQ document
    Module-5: Q&A
    Forum: Module 5
    Additional resources
    MODULE 6
    VIDEO: Welcome to Module 6 — 2:25
    ICEBREAKER
    6.1 Bathing & dressing — introduction
    EXERCISE 1: Why we bathe and dress the deities
    VIDEO: 6.1.1 Bathing and dressing — introduction — 04:10
    READING: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.27.16-17
    QUIZ 1: Why we bathe and dress the deities.
    QUIZ 2: The major steps in bathing and dressing the deities.
    EXERCISE 2: Any ideas on things you could do to remember the major steps in bathing and dressing the deities and their order?
    READING: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.27.12
    VIDEO: 6.1.2 Materials and worship — 03:42
    QUIZ 3: The differences in worship procedures according to the materials deities are made from.
    VIDEO: 6.1.3 Preparation — explanation, part 1 — 04:11
    VIDEO: 6.1.3 Preparation — explanation, part 2 — 06:16
    VIDEO: 6.1.4 Setup — 6:11
    VIDEO: 6.1.5 Preliminary worship — 2:07
    VIDEO: 6.1.6 Polishing & bathing — explanation- 38:42
    VIDEO: 6.1.7 Dressing — 04:26
    VIDEO: 6.1.8 Worship & conclusion — 06:29
    QUIZ 4: Bathing and dressing detailed steps based on the demo video.
    6.2 Tulasī
    VIDEO: 6.2.1 Tulasī — introduction — 0:51
    VIDEO: 6.2.2 Tulasī — Identity and glories of Tulasī — 08:03
    EXERCISE 1: Practical tips for using Tulasī in Kṛṣṇa’s service
    VIDEO: 6.2.3 Tulasī — importance and benefits
    EXERCISE 2: The importance and benefits of serving Tulasī devi
    QUIZ 1: Importance and benefits of serving tulasī
    VIDEO: 6.2.3b Tulasī-kīrtana — 07:38
    READING: Tulasī kīrtana
    QUIZ 2: Tulasī Kīrtana
    EXERCISE 3: Names of Tulasī — Word Search
    QUIZ 3: 8 Names of Tulasī
    VIDEO: 6.2.4 Tulasī — serving Tulasī devi at home — 1:46
    JOURNAL: How to serve Tulasī-devī at home
    VIDEO: 6.2.5 Tulasī — Values and attitudes — 3:08
    VIDEO: 6.2.6 Tulasī — summary — 0:57
    End of Module 6
    Weekly quiz 6
    JOURNAL: Week 6
    FAQ document
    Module-6: Q&A
    Forum: Module 6
    Additional resources
    MODULE 7
    VIDEO: Welcome to Module 7 — 1:26
    ICEBREAKER — Most important lesson
    7.1 Putting the deities to bed
    VIDEO: 7.1.1 Putting deities to bed — introduction - 0:59
    READING: Putting the deities to bed
    QUIZ 1: List in order the essential steps in putting the deities to bed
    VIDEO: 7.1.2a Putting the deities to bed — setup — 03:42
    VIDEO: 7.1.3 Putting the deities to bed — Demonstration video — 09:08
    VIDEO: 7.1.4 Putting deities to bed — summary — 1:37
    7.2 Travel and deity worship
    QUIZ 1: What to do with your deities when you travel.
    VIDEO: 7.2.3 Murli Manohara prabhu conclusion — 04:26
    7.3 Children and deity worship
    SLIDESHOW: 7.3.1 Children and deity worship - Part I
    EXERCISE 1:
    EXERCISE 2:
    SLIDESHOW: 7.3.2 Children and deity worship - Part II
    QUIZ 1:
    SLIDESHOW: 7.3.3 Children and deity worship - Pt. III
    EXERCISE 3: Reflect back to the question asked at the beginning
    EXERCISE 4: Impressions
    7.4 IDWM
    QUIZ: what is your impression of IDWM now
    End of Module 7
    JOURNAL: Week 7
    FAQ document
    Module-7: Q&A
    Forum: Module 7
    Additional Resources
    MODULE 8
    Recap
    8.3 Lifestyle of purity
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READING: Why offer ārati?

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1. Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 24.334, and;

2. The Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 9.

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