Dear Parents,
Hari Om! Pranams! Our class has been discussing the first two chapters of the Bhagavad Geeta. After understanding Arjuna's state of mind in Chapter 1 and relating his delusion and confusion to our own daily personal struggles, the class was introduced to Lord Krishna's summary of the Geeta in Chapter 2. The details discussed in class can be found here. In our last class we conducted a discussion activity based on the flowcharts of Chapters 1 and 2 attached. Students were divided into groups and asked to explain the following statements in the context of the two chapters, relating to their personal experiences.
Chapter 1 groups:
a) In the human heart there is always a great tendency to glorify one's own weaknesses with some convenient angelic name.
b) Why does Krishna not respond to Arjuna's lament in Chapter 1?
Chapter 2 groups:
a) Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.
b) Describe the 8 steps in the ladder of fall. Illustrate with common high school examples.
We heard a good discussion from the children incorporating concepts of vasanas, freedom for self-effort, disciplined life, fear of failure that comes due to attachment to specific results, cycle of addiction etc. With this background in place, in the following weeks we will delve deeper into Karma Yoga.
The teaching activity for younger grades is scheduled for February 25th. Those students who have not been assigned to teach but would like to, can reach out to us asap and we can find spots for them.
Thank you,
Aruna and Sirisha