Monday, February 22, 2016

Symbolism - Lord Shiva

We had a full house this weekend class. We met after almost a month but for our field trip. Having completed the section on Lord Mahavishnu, we continued our journey to learn about Lord Shiva. The students participated enthusiastically and pointed out the various forms of Shiva and the items adorned on his body, his abode. It was a very lively class. We saw a story, played a game and we discussed about our Pujya Gurudev, his Guru Swami Sivananda and Shri Tapovan Maharaj. Please ask the kids about the class. We discussed about Samskriti, our year-end program which falls on June 18th, Saturday in our ashram in Cranbury. The students volunteered to read the short stories book "Parables" to pick a story for a play for samskriti. For now, I like story 9 "Many in one". I encourage you to read and come up with suggestions. We need to pick a story that no other class have picked.

In the class, we stressed the significance of Shrimad Bhagavad Gita and the benefits of chanting. We practiced the first two slokhas. We encourage the kids to practice at home. www.geetachanting.net, is a great resource, where it has recording for every line for all 18 chapters. Please check it out. It is not just for kids, we encourage the parents to learn this as well. Please make use of the available resources and benefit.

Good job by Diya and it is pretty close between Isha and her on the prayer log.

See you all next weekend.

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