March 17, 2013

Hari OM!

Beginning Prayers

• Om Saha Navavathu
• Vakratunda Mahakaya
• Saraswathi Namastubhyam
• Gurur Brahma Gurur Vishnu
• Ramaya Ramabhadraya slokha.
• Budhir Balam

Stotram:

• GuruStotram (My Prayers, Page 9) - We reviewed slokas 1-8.
• Lingashtakam - We reviewed the first six stanzas of Lingashtakam.
• Gita Chanting: We learnt 7 slokas of Chapter 13 

Story:

We continued the story this week.  We talked about how Hanuman, after meeting with Sita, decides to show his strength to the people of Lanka.  He grew really big and started destructing trees and homes and finally Ravana had to send his son Aksa to fight with Hanuman.  He was killed and so came Indrajit, who used his Brahmaastra to capture Hanuman. Hanuman used this oppurtunity to meet with Ravana as the messenger of Sri Rama.  Vibheeshana suggests to Ravana that Hanuman should be treated with respect as he is a messenger but Ravana ignores him.   He orders the rakshasas to set his tail on fire.  Hanuman grows really big again and they set fire to his big tail.  He suddenly gets too small, wriggles out of the ropes that bind him, and moves from one building to another setting fire to Lanka without touching Asokavanam where Sita is staying.  He flies back to the shores of the ocean in India where his friends and Jambavan are waiting to hear news of Sita. 

Activity: 

The kids colored a picture

Meditation/Japa:

The Kids did Litika Japa today

Games:

Four corners

Conclusion:
We conluded the day with 

• Om Purnamadah

Comments:

 Please encourage them to practice the slokas at home.  Please also have them read the pages that refer to the above part of  the story from the Ramayana book.  We do quizzes in every class and the kids will find this useful. 

Next class is the field trip to Guruvayoorappan temple on April 7th, 2013