Hari Om parents,
Welcome Parents and kids to our new in person Bala Vihar class .It was exciting to see the kids in person after a long time. We started with 3 om's, Sahana Vavatu ,Vakrathunda,Saraswati namasthubyam ,Guru brahma and Buddhir balam .A few kids said they did not know the shlokas. My Prayers handbook will have all the above shlokas. The children were all ready and eagerly spoke about themselves.
Our curriculum for this year is Mahabhartha upto Virat parva and Saints of India. We plan to do both simultaneously. We started of today with a very brief introduction to the epic Mahabharata .
Mahabharata was narrated by Vyasa and written by Ganesha. Ganesha agreed to write on the condition that Vyasa would not stop reciting the epic. Vyasa agreed to it with a counter that Ganesha would not write unless he understood every verse. There are over 100,000 shlokas and is considered as the fifth veda. Vishnu Sahasranamam, Bhagvad Geeta, Yaksha Prasnam, Vidur Neeti etc are a few gems of Mahabharata. There are 18 parvas and we will learn the first 4 this year.
The kids should bring My prayers book, handbook 2022-2023 ,a note book for Likita Japa and a pen/pencil to class. We would also need additional material for any art work we do as the year progresses. Please join our group WhatsApp for faster updates. Please use this link to join the same
Looking forward to meeting the children again next week!
Regards,
Indira and Raji
