Hari OM Dear Families,
Our class began with an opening prayer.
Shlokas:
We all chanted OM 3 times followed by shlokas
"Om Saha Navavatu" (page 8 in My Prayers book)
"Vakratunda Mahakaya" (page 27 in My Prayers book)
"Saraswati namastubhyam" (page 12 in My Prayers book)
"Guru Brahma" (page 61 in My Prayers book)
"Buddhir balam" (page 152 in My Prayers book)
Guru Stotram: We have learnt up to VS 7
Story time:
We did a quick recap of stories covered so far in BV classes.
Story Time:
Tale: Hiranyaksha
The two asuras were born in Kashyap's ashram. They were named Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashipu. Bad omens appeared everywhere during the time of their birth. They grew not only in size and strength but also in pride and vanity. They were a terror everywhere. They murdered people and slaughtered animals, troubled women and disturbed rishis. One day, Hiranyaksha went looking around to challenge someone to fight against him. He finally went underwater and saw Varuna deva and challenged him to fight. Varuna said he was old and didn't have strength to fight and asked him to fight with Maha Vishnu who will reduce him to nothing. Hearing this, Hiranyaksha went looking around for Maha Vishnu who was then in the form of boar or Varaha. In the next class we will see what happened next.
Jaya and Vijaya
Jaya and Vijaya were the royal gate keepers of the abode of Maha Vishnu. One day Brahmaji's four sons, the Sanatkumaras, came there to see Maha Vishnu. The Sanatkumaras, though they were very old, looked only like 5-year-old kids. They were very wise. They didn't dress very attractively. Seeing them not so attractive and well dressed, Jaya and Vijaya didn't let them go in and see Maha Vishnu. They were filled with pride and arrogance that they failed to recognize the greatness of the sages. The Sanatkumaras felt offended and spelled a curse on the two that they will be descending on earth as terrible asuras. Immediately Jaya and Vijaya understood their mistake and asked for forgiveness. Because of this curse, they were born to Diti as Hiranyaaksha and Hirayanyakashipu.
Moral:
If we do wrong actions, we still must face the consequences even if we have love and devotion to the Lord.
Discussion: How to make our surroundings like Heaven.
Each kid came up with unique answers: Kindness, gratitude, protecting the earth, loving each other, being truthful and many more.
Likhita Japa
Writing names of God.
Gita Chanting: Chp 15
We learnt VS 13 & 14.
https://bit.ly/BGCh15verses13-14
**Important Note for Parents**
Notebooks- 2 count
Likhita Japa books that were provided in BV.
Sharpened Pencil(s) & Eraser.
We kindly ask all children to please bring colors (crayons or colored pencils) every session.
My prayer book to Bala Vihar every session.
Please bring the children to balavihar a few minutes before 9.15 am. We want to promptly start by 9.15 am. Please make sure the student is not late and may come at the latest by 9.20 and not later than that.
Next class is on 11/23/25.
