Hari Om Dear Parents.
Update on November 20th Balavihar class
Class started with 3 kids!!
Slowly, most of the kids came before 9:30! before we had special teachers! who came over to teach our class this week.
(Parents, please please bring your kids before 9:10am, it's important to start class on time and late comers is a distraction)
1. Started our class with opening prayers
1. Sahanaavavatu
2. Vakratunda mahaakaya
3. Saraswati namastubhyam
4. Guru Brahma
We revised the first 5 verses of Bhagavadgeeta while waiting for JCHYKs.
This week, JCHYKS (10th to 12th grade students - Ananya didi, Anant bhayya and Srivatsa bhayya) taught our 2nd grade kids.
They did an amazing job. Kids had fun with all three of them.
Kids learned about Arogata and AjaaDyam
2. Chanted Dhyana Shloka
Discussion topic: Arogatha and Ajaadyam
3. Arogata: Free from diseases
Health is wealth. Good physical health means a body free from all kinds of diseases, headache, fever, flu, cough etc.
We discussed healthy and unhealthy foods.
Arogata also means free from diseases of the mind.
We learned about things that make us mentally weak and mentally strong through an activity of word search puzzles
Puzzle 1: Things that make me weak
1. Anger
2. Pride
3. Greed
4. Ego
5. Selfish
6. Rude
7. Hurt
Puzzle 2: Things that make me strong
1. Smile
2. Sharing
3. Love
4. Kindness
5. Worship
4. AjaaDyam, being alert and active.
Lazy Misty Story:
Misty was very lazy. She would throw her clothes, books, and toys everywhere. Being upset with her habits, her mom prayed to the Lord to help her realize how bad it is to be lazy. Misty laughed at her mom's prayer and thought her mom was silly.
Misty prayed to the Lord, " O kind God, let me have no occasion to work at all, let all my work get done automatically without me doing anything".
To teach Misty a lesson, God appeared in her dream and said, 'may all your work be done automatically'. Misty was overwhelmed with joy.
She got up in the morning. Her bed was made by itself. Misty was happy!
She went to the sink, but her teeth were already clean! Misty was thrilled!
She went to take a bath, immediately blazing hot water started falling on her. She could not do anything about it.
She ran out of the bathroom and stood in front of the closet to pick a dress, an ugly dress came out and put itself on Misty.
She tried to remove it, but it wouldn't come off. She gave up and went for breakfast. Her least favorite cereal came and started stuffing itself on her mouth until she started gagging. When she went to wash her face, water splashed all over her face. When she went to comb her hair, the brush put a tight pony tail on her, which made her look terrible. Misty realized why her mother said that laziness was bad. She prayed to God, "O God, let me be as before, I will not be lazy anymore"
Lord Sri Krishna has said in Bhagavadgeeta Chapter 3, verse 8. "Even the maintenance of the body is not possible with inaction (being lazy)"
5. Bhajan: Veera Hanumana ati balavana
6. Bhagavadgeetha: verses 7 & 8
7. We recorded the chanting of the first 5 verses of Bhagavadgeetha,
Few kids have memorized 5 verses. Parents, Please encourage your kids to practice with Swamiji's Bhagavadgeetha teaching videos.
We thanked our special teachers Ananya didi, Anant bhaiyya and Srivatsa bhaiyya for teaching us. Took a few pics.
8. Few videos for parents
Bhagavadgeetha shlokas 5,6,7,8 meaning
No Balavihar class on Nov 27th.
Next Balavihar is on Dec 4th.
Hari Om
Meena Rajan and Ramya Belavadi
