January 13th, 2013
Meditation Time:
Our class started with the regular meditation which was followed by our opening prayer "sahaanavavathu".
Guru Stotram:
We went over with the entire stotram.
Bhajan:
We went over with the "Raadhey Raadhey Raadhey" bhajan. Then we did the bhajan "Aatmaraama Aanandaramana.."
Bhagavad Gita:
We did two more verses today. We did till 11th verse. Kids have to keep practicing more at home then only they will be able to do it more confidently.
Bhaagvatam Time:
We went over with the story that we did last week, King Prithu's. As we discussed last week, King Prithu was a noble and nice king. One day, the four Sanatkumaras came over to meet him. They advised him that to get over the ocean of the world, which is filled with ferocious sharks of mind and senses is very difficult. The six ferocious sharks are : lust, anger, greed, pride, delusion and jealousy. But if we accept the Lord as our ferryman with full devotion, He will take our boat across the ocean with perfect ease. Next class we are going to discuss about the six ferocious sharks in detail and what we can do to keep ourselves away from these sharks.
Likhita Japa:
We could do the Likhita Japa only for a little time. So kids have to make sure that they write at least one page of the japa at home.
Annoucement:
We had one important announcement to make. We are planning to do a Dashavataar song with our third graders on stage on June 9th. So today, we combined the 2 sections together to discuss about this. From next class on, we'll be combining our class together for sometime for practicing the song. Before that we would like to know who will not be able to attend the June 9th show as we want to allot the key roles accordingly. Please let us know by next balvihar class itself either through your kids or by writing a note for the consent.
Aarati and Pledge:
We wound up the class with the Aarati and Pledge in class. See you after 2 weeks. Until then keep practicing !!
Wishing you all a Happy Pongal/Sankranthi.
Thankyou
Pushakala Aunty and Deepthy Aunty
