Hari Om Parents,
After the opening prayer, when we followed up with the kids on who still not having Mahabharata book, numbers went down. That's a good sign. We have highlighted the importance of reading Mahabharata stories and internalizing the character behaviors, moral involved and dharma aspects.
Next we moved on with the same 3 groups to continue our discussions on the next set of events - Taking counsel, Arjuna's charioteer, Salya against his nephews, Krishna's Mission to Hastinapura, Kunti & Karna's meet and Karna's non co-operation.
The above incidents related pictures in Mahabharata were shown for a short time through a powerpoint presentation. Following that we asked each group to take turns to summarize the event. We highlighted significance of the events and learning aspect from it for us.
Example: 1
Arjuna's charioteer event - How Arjuna asked only Krishna to be with Pandavs not the Yadha's army. By doing Arjuna choose the divine power over man power which led him to listen the great Bhagavad Gita.
Example 2:
Krishna's mission to Hastinapura - how evil minded Duryodhana couldn't understand the divine Krishna's nature and treated him of less and tried to seize Krishna.
We also started with Yaksa Prasna and had kids to answer as they interpreted the Yaksa's questions and we added details as needed.
Overall we had a very engaging discussions. Please encourage them to continue to read Mahabharata and participate in the class.
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Regards & Pranaams,
Selvi
Partha
