Dear Parents and Children.
Today we had a very nice assembly which had a beautiful Skit by Adult study groups. It's about the significance of learning and understanding Bhagavad Gita. This was presented as 12/21 being celebrated as Gita jayanthi, the birth of Gita, the Holy textbook.
In class, we started with our regular OM chant and the Sahanavavatu prayers. Followed by we sang Hanuman Chalisa, the children knew most part of it, just towards the end they couldn't go along with the audio(we sang with an audio clip being played) But they all seem to have a great listening ears for easy learning. We will soon learn all the 40 verses :)
We learned the meaning, story or/and activity involved in verses, 10.11 and 12. (please see the pic attached for a visual understanding of the class summary)
*Assuming the dreadful form to destroy the demons, Hanuman JI accomplished the mission of Srirama.
Hanuman Ji is the commander in Vanara army, destroys the evil forces.
There are a few bad qualities in anyone which makes a demon types. We need to cut all those bad thinking, just like Rama cut all the 10 heads of Ravana.
Ravana is a demon because he had bad thoughts and all his thinking were self centered for personal motives and benefits.
We did a game/activity where in we cut all the bad qualities (children have worked in their notebook, kindly check that. Some did not bring in a notebook, please send in 1 with them every class, having a notebook is very important and a must in our class)
We need to invite compassion, love, pray, share, kind, smile and being nice to ourselves for a better way of living.
*Hanuman JI uprooted the big Sanjeevni mountain to cure Lakshmana and made Rama happily embrace the Ramadasa (Hanuman JI)
Rama loved Hanuman JI like a brother, as he saved Lakshmana's life.
We saw the story of how and why Hanuman JI uprooted and brought the sanjivni mountain
*Rama praised Hanuman JI highly and said, Hanuman JI is as dear to Rama as His brother Bharatha.
Homework- 1. Write a letter to a dear person in a child's life (please make them write in their notebook)
2. Do something nice to a friend or a sibling or anyone in this winter break.
Snack time- healthy, nut free snack recommended.
We had in our class Abhiram a freshman from Princeton U to help us. He is our BBNJ balavihar alumnus. He lead the Guru stotram today and we learned 8th, 9th and 10th verses. We thank him for teaching us. We already knew up-to 7. Now we need to learn 1 to 10.
We then moved to a very interesting part of the day. The bhagavad gita quiz. The class was divided into team A and B. Each child in both the teams, tried their best to guess and/or answer. So proud of all of them for doing an excellent job in answering most questions.
We concluded with Shanthi mantra.
Please remember our class bhiksha is on Jan 10th, the first class in 2016 and the Bhiksha event will be at Vikram Pedapudi's home. Kindly watch out for emails regarding food sign ups and please do the needful as soon as possible. The coordinators have lots to work on this, so please make their jobs easier by responding faster. Thanks for your understanding.
Have a nice winter break- happy Holiday seasons and Happy new years!
Thank you.
Dhairyam teachers
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