Mar 7, 2021 - Grade 7 (Sunday AM)

Hari OM Dear Families,

Here is this week's update.

Week 17:

7th March 2021 / 9:15AM
Class began with opening prayers -3 OMs and followed by SahanAvavatu.

One of the students led the chanting  of "Neelambuja shyamala komalaangam".

We learned the first 10 lines of uttara kandam from Naama Ramayanam

Gita verses practiced and zoom recorded verses 1-28

Key to Success

A quick recap was seen and reviewed with all students sharing their viewpoints. Vibhisana Gita was reviewed starting with the wheels of the Vijaya ratha.

Started to learn about the flag- representing satya (truthfulness) and shila (good character). We discussed what constitutes Truthfulness- honesty, and integrity- where the thought, mind and words/action are in line. We have an assignment for the children next week- to come up with five aspects/traits  of good character.

Gita Chanting

We started to learn the 29th and 30th slokas from this year's topic- Chapter 2 Saankhya Yoga. We followed Swamiji's chanting video and we repeated it. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNwqy0vkPIw

We followed our gurudev saying the pledge and repeated it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmng1-VCfp0
After which we chanted the Shanti mantra and closing prayers and concluded the session.

Homework mentioned in the zoom chat and whatsapp group.

Our next class is  on March 14th.

House Contests:

Sign up for slokathon contest coming up on 3/20, registration deadline is 3/12/21.

Record the kids chanting verses (memorized) of Gita chapter 2 (4 verses at a stretch) and send it to house email to gain points for our Bajrangi Bolt's house.

Art works for art contests- you may submit now until May 1st. Parents are welcome to participate as well.

If the child completes a minimum of 10 pages of likhita japa, please take pics and send it as an attachment/link. The email to be sent is cnjbalaviharhouses@gmail.com

Please feel free to reach out in case you have any questions.

Hari OM
Abhirami Shrinivas and Vidhya Aiyer