Beginning prayers
· 'om' chanting - 3 times
· 'om' chanting - 3 times
· Meditation
· sahanaavavatu
· gurustotram verses 1-11 and 14
Gitaa chanting
· bhagavadgItaa 12th adhyaaya 1 - 11 shlokas
Story time
· Recap of previous stories
· King pRuthu
Chanting/Songs
· raama hare kRuShNa hare
Quiet time
· none
Game time
· Be mad and lose - word search game - homework
Ending prayers and pledge
· pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam
· chinmaya aarati
· om jaya jagadIsha hare
· pledge
Rashmi Aunty and Indira Aunty:
It was so nice to see everyone after the break. But our children had not forgotten our routine nor the stories and verses we had done! After our regular prayers and meditation, when we did the gurustortram, they could say it quite well, except the last verse we had learnt. In gItaa chanting, we did have a couple places here and there that needed revisiting. Registration is now open for the gItaa chanting competition. Parents please register them at the earliest and encourage them to practice at home regularly. They are all very enthusiastic and eager to participate. Your encouragement will make it even more stronger!
During story time, we had a surprise quiz today! We asked questions from the very beginning, regarding what we had learnt. We had boys team vs. girls team, as we generally do. At the end of it, we counted the score, to find that they had tied at 9.5 points each! We had a lot of fun recollecting all that we had learnt though the year so far.
We then heard the story of king pRuthu, who was a descendant of dhruva. The people in his kingdom go so intoxicated in abundance that, everyone, including the king, got absorbed in being happy by celebrating, merry making, etc. constantly. They were not doing any work nor were they bother about their future. One fine day, the earth became a barren land and was littered all over! All the people became unhappy and miserable. The king prayed to mother earth, who in turn advised him to cultivate the land, sow the seeds and grow food, to let themselves survive. Once they all started working hard, tilling the land, sowing the seeds, etc., the land became luscious and rich again. From this, they learnt that only celebrating all the time, without working for the future is not sufficient, but one has to sow seed to reap a crop tomorrow.
We spoke about our own actions. How the account of our good and bad deeds alone come with us eternally. We need to work on sowing the nice seeds today to reap a good crop tomorrow.
We learnt another verse in the song 'raama hare'. We ended the session with our ending prayers.
See you all next week. Until then, keep practicing and register soon.
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During story time, we had a surprise quiz today! We asked questions from the very beginning, regarding what we had learnt. We had boys team vs. girls team, as we generally do. At the end of it, we counted the score, to find that they had tied at 9.5 points each! We had a lot of fun recollecting all that we had learnt though the year so far.
We then heard the story of king pRuthu, who was a descendant of dhruva. The people in his kingdom go so intoxicated in abundance that, everyone, including the king, got absorbed in being happy by celebrating, merry making, etc. constantly. They were not doing any work nor were they bother about their future. One fine day, the earth became a barren land and was littered all over! All the people became unhappy and miserable. The king prayed to mother earth, who in turn advised him to cultivate the land, sow the seeds and grow food, to let themselves survive. Once they all started working hard, tilling the land, sowing the seeds, etc., the land became luscious and rich again. From this, they learnt that only celebrating all the time, without working for the future is not sufficient, but one has to sow seed to reap a crop tomorrow.
We spoke about our own actions. How the account of our good and bad deeds alone come with us eternally. We need to work on sowing the nice seeds today to reap a good crop tomorrow.
We learnt another verse in the song 'raama hare'. We ended the session with our ending prayers.
See you all next week. Until then, keep practicing and register soon.
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Alka Aunty and Prasad Uncle:
