Hari OM
Prayer time:
We started the class by chanting OM 3 times followed by morning prayers- "Sahanaavathu" followed by Vakrathunda Mahakaya, Saraswathi Namsthubhyam, Guru Brahma and Buddhir balam.
Yoga Time:
Raji aunty taught us some yoga poses and we will continue practicing in our next class.
Bhagvatham Time:
Kardama and devahuti:
Kardama was a great sage who used to do tapas for many years. He prayed to the Lord to bless him with a beautiful wife. After many years, the Lord appeared before him and blessed him. He promised him very soon Manu, the first man is going to come to him and give his daughter in marriage to him.
Manu and Shataroopa, the first man and woman, had 2 sons and 3 daughters. It was time for one of their daughters to get married. Manu and Shataroopa started looking for a suitable groom. One day Narada Ji came there and asked them to find sage Kardama and get their daughter married to him. So Manu and Shataroopa went to the forest looking for the sage and came across a beautiful ashram on the banks of river saraswati and found a young sage who was doing tapas. Manu and Shataroopa offered their daughter, Devahuti in marriage. But the sage had one condition. He told once he bears a son he will leave the ashram and go for the ultimate realization. Everyone agreed. And Kardama and Devahuti both liked each other and thus got married. They lived many years of a hard life of penance and sacrifice. After many years of tapas, nine girls were born to them and then after many years a son was born to them. He was named Kapila. After Kapila's birth, sage Kardama left his ashram and went for doing tapas.
What is Tapas:
Tapas means austerity. When we take a vow to do something and live by that vow, we are doing tapas
Kapila:
Kapila, son of Kardama and Devahuti, became famous as a divine teacher and a sage. He founded the Saamkhyan philosophy. He was so learned that one day his mother came to him and asked her son, Kapila to teach her how to gain freedom from the cycle of birth and death. Kapila told his mother to attain that one must have a pure heart. One can gain a pure heart by following the 7 rules.
- Obeying the rules of life
- Performing one's duties
- Seeing work as worship
- Chanting God's name again and again
- Trusting God as a trusted, beloved friend
- Seeing the blessed Lord in all creatures; being friendly to all, and being kind to the poor and the helpless
- Loving God as one loves oneself and one's own children. Love for God is devotion.
Devahuti followed her son's teachings faithfully. Then, Kapila left the ashram and went up into the Himalayas for meditation.
Shloka Time:
We learnt verse 4 of Guru Stotram. Please continue to practice at home.
Geetha Chanting vs 43-44
Kids keep practicing at home too. Make sure they practice loudly at home as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ09tsR8asI
We concluded the class with the Pledge.
See you all next week!
With Love,
Indira & Raji Aunty