February 10th Class

Beginning Prayers:

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

gitaa chanting:

• 13th adhyaaya 1- 13 shlokas

hanumaan shlokas/bhajans:

• buddhirbalam
• hanumaan chaalIsa 1- 24 chaupas

Brain Storming:

• What does hanumaan teach us? (To be fearless)
• How did hanumaan succeed in his mission?  
• How did hanumaan cross the ocean?  (Keeping raama's name on his lips, literally, holding raama's ring in his mouth)

Story time:

• hanumaan trying to eat the sun
• Be fearless - Akbar Birbal story
• Fearless Edmund Hillary
• hanumaan flying to lanka, with raama's ring in his mouth
• Searching for sItaa
• Power of raama-naama - The story of the lady who made cow-dung cakes

Activity:

• raamaayaNa review - quiz

Ending Prayers:

• sarvebhavantu sukhinaH
• pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam
• aarati and pledge - in the auditorium

Comments:

Rashmi Aunty and Prajna didi:

Today was an awesome class!  The class did all the chanting exceptionally well!  Before we even began bhagavadgItaa, we discussed about why we need to learn and chant the gItaa.  We heard some nice stories of - the grandfather and the coal basket; why their younger siblings or cousins learn the alphabet; how the gItaa helped Gandhi-ji at every juncture in his life.

The children were so full of energy and they chanted up to verse 10 very nicely indeed!  We worked on verses till 13 now.  Parents please keep encouraging them to keep up the practice and make sure you register them (link given in the 'Announcements' section) for the April 20th competition.  Each one of them deserves to be there on that day!  

We heard many many stories regarding hanumaan and his fearlessness.  We all discussed our own ideas regarding this attribute and how we could adapt it in our daily lives.  Please talk to your children and see how they are relating to the topics and what part they enjoy.  Parent involvement sure encourages them to participate more in class :).

Hope you all enjoy a nice long weekend and stay warm!

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Madhuri Aunty and Shilpa Aunty:

Opening prayers
Japa mala
Bhajans
Attendance
Bhagavad Gita Chanting also  learned13,14,15 Verses
Lesson and related Tale:
Hanuman chalisa Chanting and learned caupais 11-13
How is Hanuman a lifesaver of Laksmana? Why Lord Rama loved Hanumanji like a brother?
How does one become glorious? Why is Lord Rama indebted to Hanumanji?
Activity: May I?
Children had very good time in  this activity.
Closing  Prayer