Hari Om Parents,
Below is a the summary of what we did on our Nov 4th Sunday morning session.
Started the class with chanting 3 Oms and 3 chants
- Om Sri Ganeshaya namaha, Om Sri Saraswathye namaha, Om Sri Sat Gurubyoh namaha
followed by Sahana vavatu.
- OM saha nāvavatu
saha vīryam karavāvahai
tejasvināvadhītamastu
mā vidviṣāvahai
OM śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ
We chanted the following three shlokas:-
- Vakratunda Mahaakaaya sooryakoti samaprabha nirvighnam kurume deva sarva karyeshu sarvada
- sarasvati namastubhyaṃ varade kāmarūpiṇi vidyārambhaṃ kariṣyāmi siddhirbhavatu me sadā ॥
We learnt a new shloka Brahmarpanam and we discussed about the importance of food.
By chanting this shloka, we are thanking God for the food he gives us which makes us strong and healthy.
- brahmārpaṇaṃ brahma haviḥ brahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam ।
After some Yoga stretches and poses we did our meditation game. We counted from 1 to 15 in Sanskrit, the kids are doing great learning to count the numbers in Sanskrit!
This week we learnt two new Hanuman bhajans
- aanjaneya veera hanumantha shoora
vaayuu kumaara vaanara veera
mahaanubhaava jaya hanumantha
sree raam jaya raam jaya jaya raam
seetaaraam jaya jaya jaya raam
Great God Hanumanji, I bow to Thee(Action Song)
- Great God Hanumanji, I bow to Thee,
Monkey faced One, I bow to Thee
Delight of Lord Rama, I take refuge in thee
Brave and strong son of Anjani
Infinite Om, Oh I bow to Thee
You fight all evil and win Victory
We all heard the story about how Hanuman helped Rama to find Sita, and enjoyed doing the Deepa card craft.
We moved on to chanting the Bhagavad Gita : Chapter 18 - 41st and 42nd Shloka from our handbook. At home, please watch this video on youtube and practice the Verses 41 and 42.
We wrapped up our session and moved to the temple for Aarthi and closing prayers.
Looking forward for our next Balavihar class on Sunday Nov 11th.
🙏
Pre K /Toddler Sunday 9.15 team
