SECTION 1 & 2- ( 11/10/13 BALVIHAR WEEK :7)
Beginning prayers
- Sahanaavavatu
- Meditation for 5 minutes
- Gurustotram verses 1-7 and 14th verse
Gita chanting
- Chapter 14 - 1st to 3rd verse
- Raadhe Raadhe Raadhe - 1-4 stanza
- Dashaavataram Stotram - 1-3 stanza
- Sage Kashyapa
- Hiranyaaksha
Likhita Japa
- Writing ‘Om’
Ending prayers and pledge
- sarve bhavantu sukhinah
- puurnamadah purnamidam
- arati
- Pledge
Bhagvatam Time:
We had our balvihar classes after a break of two weeks. We did the recap of the story we did 2 weeks ago and found that most of our kids were smart enough to retell them.
Tale: Sage Kashyapa
Sage Kashyap was a very noble sage. He had a very beautiful wife, Diti. One day she felt bored and did not want sage Kashyap to do his prayer and meditation. She was acting selfish. The sage wanted to do his usual prayers but she did not let him. She was so adamant that the sage had to forgo his meditation and pooja. After sometime Diti realized her mistake and asked the sage for forgiveness. But he said it was too late and told that she has to get the fruit for her action. Sage Kashyap told her she did two wrong deeds- she became the victim of her own desire and she disobeyed her husband. Sage Kashyap told his wife due to her two bad deeds, two sons will be born to her who are extremely wicked. He added that when the three worlds will no longer be able to bear the deeds of their violence, the Lord will incarnate himself to kill them. Diti became very sad on hearing it and repented very much on her act.
Moral of the Tale: As We Sow, So Shall We Reap
Then we told them the story about the "Ant And Pigeon" to show them the moral "As you help, so shall others".
We told them a story about "Old man and Walnut Tree" to show them the importance of the "attitude of gratitude".
Please ask your kids to retell the stories and what they learned from them.
We told them a story about "Old man and Walnut Tree" to show them the importance of the "attitude of gratitude".
Please ask your kids to retell the stories and what they learned from them.
Tale: Hiranyaksha
The two asuras were born in Kashyap's ashram. They were named Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashipu. Bad omens appeared everywhere during the time of their birth. They grew not only in size and strength but also in pride and vanity. They were a terror everywhere. They murdered people and slaughtered animals, troubled women and disturbed rishis. One day, Hiranyaksha went looking around to challenge someone to fight against him. He finally went under water and saw Varuna deva and challenged him to fight. Varuna said he was old and didn't have strength to fight and asked him to fight with Maha Vishnu who will reduce him to nothing. Hearing this Hiranyaksha went looking around for Maha Vishnu who was then in the form of boar or Varaha. In the next class we will see what happened next.
The two asuras were born in Kashyap's ashram. They were named Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashipu. Bad omens appeared everywhere during the time of their birth. They grew not only in size and strength but also in pride and vanity. They were a terror everywhere. They murdered people and slaughtered animals, troubled women and disturbed rishis. One day, Hiranyaksha went looking around to challenge someone to fight against him. He finally went under water and saw Varuna deva and challenged him to fight. Varuna said he was old and didn't have strength to fight and asked him to fight with Maha Vishnu who will reduce him to nothing. Hearing this Hiranyaksha went looking around for Maha Vishnu who was then in the form of boar or Varaha. In the next class we will see what happened next.
Bhagavat Gita chanting:
Kids are doing very good in chanting. Parents please make sure that they practice loudly and clearly at home too.
Likhita Japa:
We did the Likhita Japa in class.
We did the arati and pledge in class. See you all next week until then keep practising.
Note:
Warm Regards,
Kids are supposed to bring their "My Prayers" book and their Gita Chanting handouts every week for their balvihar classes. They are supposed to bring in a note book and pencil for their likhita japa. For the Gita Chanting practice at home you can log on to Chinmayavrindavan.org.
Warm Regards,
Deepthy Aunty & Rama Aunty (Section 1)
Indira Aunty & Shrinivas Uncle (Section 2)
