Week 6
Hari Om Parents,
Shlokas:
1. "Om Saha navavatu" (page 8 in My Prayers book)
2. "Karegre vasate" (page 11 in My prayers book)
3. "Akanda-mandalakaram" (page 61 in My Prayers book)
4. "Ajnana-timirandhasya" (page 61 in My Prayers book)
5. "Gururbrahma" (page 61 in My Prayers book)
6. "Samudra vasane devi" (page 11 in My Prayers book)
7. "Saraswathi namasthubyam" (page 12 in My Prayers book)
Activities:
- We lined up to go to the assembly hall for Sarawathi puja. The priest chanted Saraswathi Ashtothram and the kids followed. All prayed to the Goddess of knowledge and Wisdom and ended with Aarti and Pledge.
- Register for CORD Walkathon which is on Oct 28th, Sunday 10:00 AM at Mercer County Park. East Picnic area. More details at http://www.chinmayavrindavan.org/cord-walkathon .
Note that the walkathon is followed by Field Day activities. Please make sure you register for the walkathon to be able to participate. Please bring in all your friends and family members.
$25/walker and the funds raised goes to CORD.
Raffle prizes for the most number of pledges collected
We continued with the story of Ramayana. We recalled the departing scene of Rama, Sita and Lakshmana from Ayodhya, escorted by Sumantra and how they arrived in the forest after crossing the river Ganga. From then on the story continued in detail. They reach the ashram of Sage Baradwaj and rest for the night. Next morning Rama finds out from the Sage about Chitrakuta, an ideal place for them to spend their fourteen years. Following his directions they reach Chitrakuta and are happy to see the location, beautiful and serene with trees filled with flowers, chirping birds, and flowing rivers. Sita is pleased and Lakshmana gets busy building a kutiya for Rama and Sita. all three settle well in the forest. The scene switches to a sorrowful Ayodhya -- Sumantra arrives and visits King Dasaratha and Kausalya and conveys the message that Rama , Sita and Lakshmana have reached the forest. Hearing this their sorrow from separation of their beloved son Rama grows many fold and mother Kausalya accuses King Dasaratha for being responsible for all that happened. King Dasaratha narrates an incident that happened while he was a young prince and the consequence of which he is suffering from separation of his dear son Rama. The story of Sravan whose parents are blind and who was shot mistakenly by Prince Dasaratha while hunting is narrated and the curse that befell the King which came true.
We stopped at this juncture. students were speechless listening to this story.
Regards,
Keerthi Kobla & Rukmini Sriram
