Oct 15, 2021 - Grade 7 (Friday)

Hari Om Dear Parents,

Here is an update of : Oct 15th 2021
We started our class with Likhita Japa and Opening Prayers. 

Slokas :

We continued learning 2 Dhyana Slokas : Sri Rama Rama Rameti... and Nilambhuja Shyamala Komalangam.

Activity :

As a fun project, we had asked kids to present on the cities that Rama lived and travelled to. One of the kids had picked Ayodhya and made a presentation on how the ancient city compared to itscurrent. It was a good presentation.

Navarathri :

We talked about the spiritual significance of Navrathri and how it coincides with Rama and Krishna avatar. We explained to kids that the first 3 days are devoted to Goddess Durga, next 3 to Goddess Lakshmi and the last 3 to Goddess Saraswati. We should seek Durga 's blessings to remove all low tendencies such as greed, anger, jealousy, ego, etc.,  followed by Goddess Lakshmi's blessings to replace them with positive tendencies such as compassion, generosity, humility, etc., and now when the mind is pure, its ready to absorb pure knowledge. We meditate on Goddess Saraswati and seek her blessings to impart spiritual knowledge. The 10th day is Vijayadasami which signifies victory over evil.

Ramayana:

We continued with Ramayana story. Dasaratha, his queens and people of Ayodhya gathered for the marriage of Rama to Sita. Rama wed Sita, Laskmana wed Urmila, Bharata wed Mandavi, Shatrugna wed Shrutkirthi. All devas, rishis were happy to see the divine wedding of Rama and Sita and showered their blessings. 

Sage Vishwamitra blessed the newly weds and headed to Himalayas. On their way back to Ayodhya, everyone heard thunderous noise that shook the earth. Sage Vashistha told Dasaratha about the arrival of Sage Parasurama. Parasurama was a sage but was against Kshatriya race since his father was killed by a king. He appeared before Rama and challenged Rama to break Vishnu bow which was a twin of Rudra bow. Rama took the bow and strung it. The sage was humbled and he returned to the Himalayas .

Everyone reached Ayodhya. Rama and Sita lived happily for 12 years. We will continue with Ayodhya Khanda in the next class

Saraswati Puja:

We had Saraswati puja on Friday where kids took part and performed it along with all other Balavihar students online. The puja was led by the priest in the ashram. Hope you were able to participate as a family and take blessings.

Next Class :

Our next class is on Oct 22nd.

Thanks and Hari Om
Purnima and Shankar!