Hari Om Dear Parents,
Here is this week's update: Feb 26th 2021
Likhita Japa, Opening Prayers, Dhyana Sholka, Nama Ramayana (15 Mins)
Activity: (10 mins)
One of the kids did a beautiful presentation on the details on Sanjeevi mountain.
Keys to Success : (40 Mins)
We started with a brief introduction of Vibhishana Gita: Sri Rama imparts this knowledge to Vibhishana on the battlefield of Sri Lanka and is found in the Lanka Kanda portion of the Ramacharitmanas (Tulasidas). Sri Rama describes the chariot of dharma which is needed to fight and defeat the inner enemies of ignorance, anger etc. and is the key to success. We talked about the parallels and differences between Vibhishna gita and Bhgavad gita.
Had a brainstorming session on what Success means to each of them and this was a nice activity to understand and get view points from everyone.
We then delved into the following points
• What is Success? – The view points of some of the leaders
• What do we need to succeed?
• What is Happiness?
• The Master Key
• Knowledge of the self is the master key of life.
• If Happiness is in the objects, everyone will feel happy with the same objects. Our scriptures say, "Happiness is not in the objects, but it is within us."
• Discussed the following stories
• The Entrepreneur and his son
• The Majestic Horse.
• Vacation Travel, Searching and Travel to NY etc…
• The Secret to Success
• Secret to Success = Hard Work + Knowledge + Capacity to laugh
• Discussed the story of Fruit Seller and Edison's experiment of light bulbs
• Reaching the destination is success. Our destination is to be happy in life. Scriptures teach us how to be happy in life
• How we gain knowledge and the 5 Senses
Bhagavad Gita : Chapter 2 verses 23, 24: (20 mins)
This week kids followed and repeated after Swamiji's chanting of verses 23-24. Please ask your kids to practice at home.
We had the first BG revising session this week. Hamsini led the class with verses 1 – 4 and the rest of the class followed the session. We submitted the video recording to gain some house points.
Aarthi and Pledge : (15 mins)
We wrapped our class with Aarthi, Closing Prayers and Pledge
Next Class : Mar 5th
Thanks and Hari Om
Purnima and Shankar
