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)
Story time:
We did a quick recap of stories covered so far in BV classes.
Today's stories:
Varaha Avatara
We talked about the cycle of day and night and the seasons. Lord Brahma is born from the navel of Lord Vishnu and is responsible for creation on the earth. Lord Brahma creates Manu and Satarupa and gives them the task of helping with creation on the earth, But the earth is hidden under the oceans of the Pralaya. Lord Vishnu emerges as a Boar, or Varaha avatara, finds the earth and retrieves her to the orbit safely. As he is doing this, the demon Hiranyaksha tries to take possession of the earth. He is defeated and killed by the Lord in the Varaha avatar.
The next story was about Sage Kasyapa and his wife Diti. This story was explained as appropriate for the third graders. Sage Kasyapa was a great rishi and his wife was Diti. One day Diti was bored and wanted to talk and spend time with the Sage. The sage tells her that it is time for his meditation, and they can talk later. However, Diti disobeys this and behaves selfishly, disturbing the sage. She soon realizes her mistake, but it's too late. As a result of her disobedience and selfishness, two rakshasas will be born to her, called Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakasipu.
We talked about the famous saying, "As you sow, so shall you reap". We explained this with simple examples about how if you sow an apple seed, you will always get an apple tree and never an avocado tree.
Game: Krishna says We played a game in the class to see who are all alert.
Likhita Japa
Writing names of God.
Gita Chanting: Chp 15
We learnt VS 11 & 12.
https://bit.ly/BGCh15verses11-12
**Important Note for Parents**
Notebooks- 2 count
Likhita Japa books that was 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.
No class on 11/9.
Next class is on 11/16/25.
