December 09, 2012
Meditation Time:
The class started with chanting "Om" three times and then we did our beginning prayer "Sahanaavavathu" followed by our meditation. During meditation we try to keep our minds focussed on the little Krishna who has a peacock feather on his head and on the one who has beautiful anklets on his legs who loves butter and who tries to steal butter from the pot. We have been missing Pushkala Aunty from last week who is on a trip to India. Suvarna Aunty was there to help us out and will be there with us for the next week too. Thankyou Aunty for being with us and at the same time Pushkala Aunty we are missing you very much :(
Guru Stotram:
We did upto the 11th verse and concluded with the 14th verse.
Bhajan:
Radhae Radhae Radhae
Bhagavad Gita:
We did the Gita chanting upto the 8th shloka. Today we had divided the class into two groups to see which group is able to do the chanting loud and clear. The children have been asked to memorise till the 5th sloka for the next class. Most of the kids are already good but needs a bit more practice.
Bhaagvatam Time:
- Today we learned about the three kinds of Devotion, 1) Taamasic Devotion 2) Rajasik Devotion 3) Saatvik Devotion. Taamasic Devotion is that kind of devotion where people filled with anger, hatred, jealousy pray for their selfish needs. People with this Guna always tend to be lazy not wanting to do anything. The second kind of devotion is Rajasik where people pray for material gains. People in this category always have a lot of worldly desires to accomplish. The third type is Saatvik Devotion which is the highest form of devotion where the devotee prays to the Lord not for anything but only out of love. In this kind of devotion the devotee keeps on thinking about the Lord and his glories. We said some sub stories too to explain clearly.
- Then we did the story of Sati who was an ardent devotee and wife of Lord Siva. We learnt how Daksha, Sati's father was very proud and arrogant and how his pride finally brought him to a big fall. Please ask the kids to retell the story and what moral they learned from it.
Likhita Japa:
We could do the Likhita Japa only for 5 minutes so we have requested the kids to do the rest at home.
Aarti and Pledge:
Finally we winded up the class with Aarti and Pledge. See you all next week.
Thanks,
Pushkala Aunty and Deepthy Aunty
