Hari Om parents,
Hope you all are doing well. Here is the summary of our class-
1. We started the class with 3 OM's and opening prayers. We then chanted shlokas for Lord Ganesha, Devi Saraswati & our Guru.
2. Next we chanted Dhyaan shlok & revised the meanings of the qualities.
3. Why is Hanumanji called Mahaveer or Mahabira? Bira means a hero, a man of courage, strength and valor. But, Hanumanji is called Mahabir, the greatest warrior. There are five different kinds of heroism mentioned in the Scriptures. They are:
* Tyagavirah ~ A hero in annunciation and sacrifice
* Dayavirah ~ A Hero in compassion
* Vidyavirah ~ A Hero in knowledge and learning
* Danavirah ~ A Hero in charity
* Ranavirah ~ A brave warrior in battlefield.
Hanuman Ji has all the five kinds of valor, hence he is called Mahabira. He used all the five in service of the Lord, hence he is called the super superman.
4. Story time - Indra's Vajra.
During a major of war, Indra could not defeat the Asuras who were causing great harm to the people. Indra approached Brahmaji, the creator of the world and asked for a weapon for which the Asuras would have no match. Bramha ji replied, "such a weapon can be made only from the backbone of a great sage named Dadhichi". Indra was perplexed. How could you get the bones of a living person? Indra was in a serious predicament. He reluctantly approached the rishi Dadhichi and told that he desperately needed his bones to make a weapon to destroy the Asuras. He was a great saint and out of compassion and welfare of the people, he readily agreed to sacrifice his body to make this powerful weapon, Vajra.
Hanuman Ji is also called Bajrangi, which means he is as strong as Indra's Vajra or thunderbolt.
5. Brainstorming- Kumati or Sumati ? Kumati means wicked thoughts & Sumati means good thoughts. We played a game with kids asking is it Sumati or Kumati-
* you want to help your mom carry a grocery bag(Sumati)
* You have a test tomorrow but do you want to go out and play(Kumati)
6. Game time- Hanuman Vadati
7. Story time- An eye for an eye
Once there was a man who, out of deep jealousy, was constantly plagued with negative thoughts of his neighbor. One day a genie 🧞♂️ appeared and said to him," I can give you whatever you want, but the only condition is that your neighbor will get twice as much." The man was very happy, but did not know what to request. Every good thing he asked for, his neighbor would get twice as much. Since he was jealous of his neighbor, he did not want anything good for him. After much thinking he said to the 🧞♂️, " take out one of my 👁 ". The neighbor became blind. This is Kumati. A jealous man is willing to harm himself so that he could hurt others.
8. Story time - The Greater Good
Once there lived a rich man called Mr.D. He thought what can I do to please the lord? Hmm.. maybe I can light a pure ghee lamp in lord's temple everyday. So every evening at dusk, he lit a pure ghee lamp at the temple.
A poor man named Mr.K lived nearby. He thought the road to the village is dark and lonely. I will light an oil lamp 🪔 so that passerby's don't stumble and hurt themselves. So every evening he would light the 🪔. One night lord came in Mr.D's dream and said I love Mr.K's lamp more than yours. Stunned Mr.D said but lord I use pure ghee while he uses cheap oil to light the lamp. The lord then patiently said the material value of your lamp is of less importance. The temple is already well lit and does not need any more lamps. Mr.K's 🪔lights the path of so many travelers. Your actions should be such that they benefit the maximum number of people. Service of the world is the service of the lord. This is Sumati. Hanumanji always gives us good thoughts and eliminates evil thoughts.
9. Activity- Spin the wheel
10. Geeta chanting- we chanted verses 13 & 14. Link will be posted in WhatsApp group.
11. Hanuman Chalisa chanting- A wonderful way to learn to chant with lyrics and upbeat music. Here is the link-
12. Closing prayers and pledge.
See you all on Sunday at 9:15am.
Regards,
Chitra & Rupa.
