November 11, 2012
Beginning prayers
· 'om' chanting - 3 times
· 'om' chanting - 3 times
· Meditation
· sahanaavavatu
· gurustotram verses 1-7 and 14th verse
Bhajan
Radhae Radhae Radhae
Gita chanting
· Bhagavadgita 13th chapter 1 - 4 shlokas
Story time
· Sage Kashyapa
· Hiranyaksha
Likhita Japa
· Writing ‘Om Namo Narayana’ in Sanskrit
Ending prayers and pledge
· Aarati and pledge
The class started with meditation. We turn off the lights, and try to focus our attention on Lord Krishna by describing him beautifully so that all the children can get a beautiful picture in their mind. Today we had few late comers in the class. Parents, we request you to bring kids to class in time. If the child walks in the class between the meditation, the rest of the class will get distracted so we are forced to put them outside until the lights are turned back on. As of Bhagavad Gita, we did 2 verses (3rd and 4th). Most of the kids were good with the first two verses, which is really good. As with the story, we did 2 stories today. Ask the kids about the story they heard today. Each story had a good moral in it. Sage Kashyap's story showed us, "As we Sow, so shall we Reap". We talked about the importance of having the attitude of gratitude to all who make our lives comfortable. Hiranyaksha's story gave us the lesson that it is very bad to be arrogant. We told them the well know story of rabbit and tortise to show them an easy example of arrogance. The story very simply and clearly shows that prides goes before a fall. We winded up our class with Aarati and Pledge. See you all next week.
Action Required:
Parents make sure that children bring in a new note book for the likhita japa. From next week on we are going to start a new likhita japa and those books will be put under the sanctum of the new temple in Chinmaya Vrindavan.
Thanks,
Pushkala Aunty and Deepthy Aunty
