Hari OM Dear Families,
Here is this week's update.
Week : 10
10th Dec 2023 / 9:15AMClass began with 3 OMs followed by
"Om Saha Navavatu" (page 8 in My Prayers book)
Om shrI Ganeśaya Namaha, shrI Saraswatyai Namaha, shrI Sat Gurubhyo Namaha.
"Vakratunda Mahakaya" (page 27 in My Prayers book)
"Saraswati Namastubhyam" (page 12 in My Prayers book)
"Gurur Brahma" (page 60 in My Prayers book)
"Om Saha Navavatu" (page 8 in My Prayers book)
Om shrI Ganeśaya Namaha, shrI Saraswatyai Namaha, shrI Sat Gurubhyo Namaha.
"Vakratunda Mahakaya" (page 27 in My Prayers book)
"Saraswati Namastubhyam" (page 12 in My Prayers book)
"Gurur Brahma" (page 60 in My Prayers book)
"Neelaam buja" & "SriRama Rama rameti" (page 129 My prayers book)
Naama ramayanam- We learned the Aaranya kaanda, 5-8 lines and the meanings along.
Our class presentation is on 4/7/2024
We started our musical practice today, children brought their respective instruments, worked on the notations- strings, and wind had different notations to sync up. Those who could not bring their instruments, could possibly get them next class (12/17) let us continue practicing the "ring song" taught by swamini amma. The lyrics are in the whatsapp group (posted as images) notations for the first three lines are given in today's images. Children, pick your appropriate lines and keep practicing.
Skit form of story narrated- We saw the sequence where Rama and Lakshmana discussing Sugriva's search mission to start and then Lakshmana meeting with Tara and Sugriva. Four girls were randomly picked and they all did a great job. Rama was Jiya D, Lakshmana was Joshitha K, Sugriva was Pragnyasri K and Tara was Savi D.
Gita Time- we learned verse numbers 10 & 11 from chapter 4.
Ramayanam-
After the death of Vali, Sugriva was crowned King and Angada crown prince of Kishkinda. It was decided that search parties would start looking for Sita after the rainy season, which was imminent. Sugriva had ordered all the monkeys that could take part in the search to assemble after the rainy season ended. However close to the time, he made no efforts to start the search and instead was immersed in enjoying the benefits of being a King. Furious, Lakshmana came to the court to remind of his promise. Afraid to face Lakshmana, Sugriva asked Tara to meet him first and appraise him of the steps taken so far. Tara did so and Sugriva also met with Lakshmana and assured him that the search would start soon. He then reissued his order to get all the able-bodied monkeys to gather at Kishkinda. Once all the monkeys had assembled, he divided them into four groups to search in the four directions and gave detailed instructions on the geography to be covered and gave them one month to find Sita. Shatabali to lead the Northern group, Vinata to lead the eastern group, Sushena to head the western group and the leader of the group searching the southern direction was Angada, and some of the important members were Jambavan, Nila and Hanuman. Sugriva told Rama that this was the group most likely to succeed. Rama called Hanuman and gave him his ring, as a token that Sita could recognize the messenger was from Rama himself. The group searched far and wide and were exhausted. They entered a cave and got lost in it for a while. They came across an ascetic who revealed herself to be Swayamprabha. They told her about their mission. She said they had spent most of the month there - she transported them back using her powers and they were on the south seashore. Dejected that their time for searching was almost over, but they had no good result to report back to Sugriva, Angada lamented that he should just kill himself. While they were discussing the story of Sita's abduction, the name Jatayu came up. An old eagle that was nearby spoke up- he was Sampati, Jatayu's elder brother whose wings had gotten burnt when they flew too close to the Sun. Sampati thanked them for bringing him news about his dear brother, sad as it was. He told them that he was able to see very far and could see Sita in a grove of trees in Lanka.
Energised with this news, the group discussed who could make the leap across the ocean. Jambavan reminded Hanuman of his father Vayu and his abilities to fly as fast as his father, also the blessings and boons He received as a child from all the Gods and DemiGods.
Arathi and Pledge at the mantapa as usual to conclude the session.
Next class on 12/17/23.
Coat Drive by grade 7
Our 7th grade class is doing a coat drive for the holiday season ending on Dec 16th. Please donate gently used coats generously towards this great cause. You can leave it by the assigned table at the entrance. Thank you!
Please drop them this coming week. Thanks!
Please reach out to us with any questions or concerns you may have.
Hari OM
Prarthana Gururaj and Vidhya Aiyer
