Hari Om Parents,
Please reach out to us if you have any questions. Thanks.
September 25, 2022 - Class Updates
- Kids wrote Likhita japa for the first five minutes.
- We started off the class with the chanting of OM three times and opening prayer (Dhyana shloka - Om Saha Navavatu)
- Story of a Saint - Adi Shankaracharya
- Discussion about Guru Parampara using the pictures on the whiteboard
- Birth of Shankara in Kalady, Kerala around 8th century AD
- Around the age of 8 years, he went North by foot to the banks of the Narmada River to meet his Guru, Sri Govinda Bhagavatpada
- After learning from his Guru, he went to Varanasi (Kashi or Benares)
- Later on, he went to Badrinath to meet his Guru's guru Sri Gaudapada
- He travelled across the country to establish the four mutts (listed in the map below)
- Values to be learned from him - to be a preserver of spiritual heritage
- Kids each received a paper copy of a India map and marked the places of his travel and mutts in their own copy (like below)
- Shloka chanting - practiced first verse of Ganesha Pancharatnam
- Kids did great in the class by following the chanting. Please practice with them.
- Introduction of Mahabharata
- About the author - Veda Vyasa
- Classified the vedas as the Rig-Veda, the Yajur-Veda, the Sama-Veda and the Atharva-Veda
- Author of 18 puranas, Mahabharatam, and Srimad Bhagavatam
- About Mahabharata
- has 100,000 verses
- has 18 parvas (parts)
- Significance of the number 18
- original name is Jaya (victory)
- review of the four parvas in this year's curriculum - Aadi, Sabhaa, Vana and Viraata Parva
- Lord Ganesha being the scribe and the conditions put forth for writing
- Kids practiced the Bhagavad Gita chanting using video - pronunciation of the Sanskrit alphabets
- Aarati and pledge in the Temple Hall
There is no Balavihar class next Sunday, October 2nd. We will meet on October 9th. We wish you all a very Happy Navaratri!
Regards,
Roopa and Ramee
