Hari OM Students and Parents
Below are notes from our last class.
High Level Agenda:
· Opening Prayer
· Dashaavatara stotram
· Recap and quiz from last class
· Topics for today:
- Churning of the milky ocean (Symbolism) with lessons learnt, word wall and quiz
· Aarthi, Pledge and Closing prayers
Today's Class in detail
Prayers:
· We started by chanting OM three times, and our opening prayers
· Dashaavatara Stotram: we learnt verses on Parashurama avatara of Vishnu
Story Time:
Refreshed on what we learnt on Churning of Milky ocean story and continued on what this means and related to in today's life
Story time: - Churning of Milk Ocean (Symbolism)
As in the story, we have to be polite and persistent in our efforts and God will help us achieve our goals. We talked about perseverance. Although it seems hard, we all have it, just like babies learn how to walk and feed themselves properly only after many attempts. If we have a goal and are persistent in our efforts, we are sure to achieve it. Our mind is like the milky ocean, with constantly churning thoughts. Just like devas and asuras, there are good and bad thoughts. Our intellect helps us decide what is right. We should not let fears or small rewards distract us from our main goal. We explained these concepts with a couple of short stories and appropriate examples. We compared the churning of butter milk in the pot and how this relates to what
Word Wall Game: We played word wall game here for the kids to remember the different characters, and the lesson learnt in churning of milk ocean story. Challenge link is here
Likhita Japa - Kids wrote the jap of their liking "Om Namah Shivaya" or "Shri Krishna Sharanam Mama", or "Shri Ramajayam", or "Om Shri Maatre Namah" 11 or 21 times.
Arthi and Pledge
We look forward to seeing the kids in the class next sunday!
Request to Parents:
- Below is the link to Dashaavatara stotram until verse on Parashurama avatar (Page 94 in MyPrayers book) audio file – Help your child practice the link - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xfCHENKsa66MYiKsLnMJMchFCrGWD5mu/view?usp=sharing
- Geeta Chanting links : @Parents, please help your child practice Geeta chanting verses
Complete playlist of Link to all the verses is here
We look forward to seeing the kids in the next class.
With sincere and warm regards,
Vasudha and Aruna
(Chinmaya Vrindavan Bala Vihar Grade 3 Teachers)