Beginning Prayers:
1. Began the class prayers with meditation using the japa mala
2. We also revised the first five geetha chanting with madhuri aunty and learnt the 6 and 7th one
3. Madhuri aunty also talked about arogatha and ajaadyam.
4. We played fun game of P and S - posture and smile to see how many of us are really practising ajaadyam
6. We also moved on to the next backbone quality of vakpatutvam and shared a story of hanuman and socrates and learnt how important is vakpatutvam.
7. We also did likitha japa today.
Reminders:
1. Please ensure to bring the following to your class every week.
Japa mala, gita chanting paper, super hanuman book,notebook oly for likitha japa, pencils and color markers and most importantly lots of energy!
Timing:
Meditation time begins at 10:00 am in the class for 5 min and the lights will be turned off when the meditation is in session.
Please be kind enough to wait outside until the japa is completed to avoid noise and distraction to other kids who are doing this meditation.
Wishing you all a very happy thanksgiving weekend!.. will see you next class.
- 'om' chanting - 3 times
- meditation
- shuklaambaradharam, saraswati namastubhyam, gururbrahma
gitaa chanting:
- 13th adhyaaya 1- 4 shlokas
hanumaan shlokas/bhajans:
- buddhirbalam
- hanumaan chaalIsa 1-8 chaupas
Brain Storming:
- What is sweet speech
- What is untainted heart
Story time:
- Strong ox and the farmer
Activity:
- Order raamaayaNa incidents according to chronology
Ending Prayers:
- sarvebhavantu sukhinaH
- pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam
- aarati and pledge - in the auditorium
Comments:
Rashmi Aunty and Prajna didi:
In today's class, we did japa during the meditation time. We worked on using the japamaala, the correct way. Some of us were fine and some are still working on the flipping when the guru bead was reached. But in no time, we will get good at it. We then did the gItaa chanting, hanumaan chaalIsa, etc. For our activity, we had a game of ordering the events from raamaayaNa in the correct sequence. We had fun recollecting all the lessons we had learnt in 1st grade!
We already learnt the meanings of the individual words in the shlokam - 'buddhirbalam'. In the second section, we will be spending quite some time learning the meanings of the chaupas in hanumaan chaalIsa. To begin with, we learnt that it was written by 'tulasIdaas' in a language called 'avadhi'. It is said that one gains sweetness in speech by chanting hanumaan chaalIsa. To establish how 'sweet words' can have a profound impact on others, we listened to the story of 'The strong ox and the farmer'.
Then, moving on to learning the meanings of the verses, we saw that in the first verse, it speaks about having 'untainted hearts'. We brainstormed what untainted meant. We learnt it with the example of a lotus. It grows in dirty, murky waters but never lets itself be tainted by the grime. Similarly, when a heart is pure and unaffected by the surroundings, just like the lotus, we would have untainted hearts.
We then went to the auditorium for aarati and pledge. Have a happy long weekend everyone. We will see you in two weeks.
We already learnt the meanings of the individual words in the shlokam - 'buddhirbalam'. In the second section, we will be spending quite some time learning the meanings of the chaupas in hanumaan chaalIsa. To begin with, we learnt that it was written by 'tulasIdaas' in a language called 'avadhi'. It is said that one gains sweetness in speech by chanting hanumaan chaalIsa. To establish how 'sweet words' can have a profound impact on others, we listened to the story of 'The strong ox and the farmer'.
Then, moving on to learning the meanings of the verses, we saw that in the first verse, it speaks about having 'untainted hearts'. We brainstormed what untainted meant. We learnt it with the example of a lotus. It grows in dirty, murky waters but never lets itself be tainted by the grime. Similarly, when a heart is pure and unaffected by the surroundings, just like the lotus, we would have untainted hearts.
We then went to the auditorium for aarati and pledge. Have a happy long weekend everyone. We will see you in two weeks.
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Madhuri Aunty and Shilpa Aunty:
1. Began the class prayers with meditation using the japa mala
2. We also revised the first five geetha chanting with madhuri aunty and learnt the 6 and 7th one
3. Madhuri aunty also talked about arogatha and ajaadyam.
4. We played fun game of P and S - posture and smile to see how many of us are really practising ajaadyam
6. We also moved on to the next backbone quality of vakpatutvam and shared a story of hanuman and socrates and learnt how important is vakpatutvam.
7. We also did likitha japa today.
Reminders:
1. Please ensure to bring the following to your class every week.
Japa mala, gita chanting paper, super hanuman book,notebook oly for likitha japa, pencils and color markers and most importantly lots of energy!
Timing:
Meditation time begins at 10:00 am in the class for 5 min and the lights will be turned off when the meditation is in session.
Please be kind enough to wait outside until the japa is completed to avoid noise and distraction to other kids who are doing this meditation.
Wishing you all a very happy thanksgiving weekend!.. will see you next class.
