January 13th Class

Beginning Prayers:

• 'om' chanting - 3 times
• meditation
• shuklaambaradharam, saraswati namastubhyam, gururbrahma

gitaa chanting:

• 13th adhyaaya 1- 10 shlokas

hanumaan shlokas/bhajans:

• buddhirbalam
• hanumaan chaalIsa 1-20 chaupas

Brain Storming:

• What is devotion
• What is resourcefulness

Story time:

• sItaa gives hanumaan a pearl necklace
• hanumaan's ability to be small as an atom or as giant as a mountain
• good wolf vs. bad wolf 
• raavaNa's penance for aatmalingam

Activity:

• None

Ending Prayers:

• sarvebhavantu sukhinaH
• pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam
• aarati and pledge

Comments:

Rashmi Aunty and Prajna didi:

In today's class, we discussed about hanumaan's devotion.  We spoke about the story of how mother sItaa presented him with a pearl necklace, but hanumaan broke each bead!  He said he was looking for raama's name in the beads, but could not find it.  Hence the necklace was of no use to him!  Such was his devotion to Lord raama.  He constantly thought of Him and every atom of his body sang His praises.    We spoke about dedication and heard a few other stories about dedication.  We had nice discussions and brainstorming session on a lot of topics.  We ended up listening to a couple other extra stories, as we were establishing our view point :).  Do talk to your children about all the stories that they have learnt today.

Please make sure the kids practice their gItaa chanting regularly.  We can see that some practice is making a nice difference in their pronunciations!

We wish you all a very happy sankraanti/pongal/lohri/new year.  May the harvest season bring health and cheers to one and all.

See you all in two weeks.

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Madhuri Aunty and Shilpa Aunty:

Opening Prayers
Meditation with Japa mala
Dhyana shloka
Bhajans:
Learned new bhajan: Duniya chale no shri ram ke bina
Hanuman Chalisa
Story:Indra's Vajra
The concept of Kumati and sumati
Discussion: Am I beautiful?
Different parts of our body and what makes them beautiful?
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13th
Ending Prayers.