Hari Om,
We have been practicing our Ram bhajans for the Rama Navami presentation on March 31st. The children are excited. Many have plans to become Ramas or Seetas that day. The puja starts at 4:30pm with Sundarkand Parayanam.
We have been practicing the following bhajans
Rama Rama Rama Rama, Rama Nama Tarakam
Rama Krishna Vasudeva Bhakthi Mukthi Dayakam
Janaki Manoharam Sarva Loka Nayakam
Shankaradi sevyamaana divya nama vaibavam
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Khathai bhi Rama kaho peethai bhi Rama kaho
Sothe bhi Rama kaho Ram Ram Ram
otathe bhi Rama kaho Phirthe bhi Ram kaho
Girthe bhi Rama kaho Ram Ram Ram
Likhte bhi Rama kaho padhte bhi Rama kaho
Sunthe bhi Rama kaho Ram Ram Ram
Kelthe bhi Rama kaho Jeethe bhi Rama kaho
Harthe bhi Rama kaho Ram Ram Ram
Hasthe bhi Rama kaho Rothe bhi Rama kaho
Marthe bhi Rama kaho Ram Ram Ram
Ram Ram Ram (3)
RAM RAM RAM
Thanks to all who have signed up for prasad. We appreciate all your help.
sevikas
March 11th, class review
Hari Om
Time sprung forward but we are happy to declare that we were all on time for this class. We started the class with 3 loud oms and meditation. We then continued to guru strotrams. One of the sloka is Tvameva maata. The guru strotrams are in the my prayers book and you can find them in older posts as well.
त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव ।
त्वमेव बन्धुश्च सखा त्वमेव ।
त्वमेव विद्या द्रविणम् त्वमेव ।
त्वमेव सर्वम् मम देव देव
Meaning:
1: You Truly are my Mother And You Truly are my Father .
2: You Truly are my Relative And You Truly are my Friend.
3: You Truly are my Knowledge and You Truly are my Wealth.
4: You Truly are my All, My God of Gods.
We then sang happy birthday to one of our little friends. The birthday song was extra special as it was created by Pujya Swami Tejomayananda.
Please register your children for the geeta chanting competition. The prelims are on April 21st at the ashram. We have complete all 15 verses and children are coming forward to recite it in front of their friends. We hope all the children participate and get their medals.
Time sprung forward but we are happy to declare that we were all on time for this class. We started the class with 3 loud oms and meditation. We then continued to guru strotrams. One of the sloka is Tvameva maata. The guru strotrams are in the my prayers book and you can find them in older posts as well.
त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव ।
त्वमेव बन्धुश्च सखा त्वमेव ।
त्वमेव विद्या द्रविणम् त्वमेव ।
त्वमेव सर्वम् मम देव देव
Meaning:
1: You Truly are my Mother And You Truly are my Father .
2: You Truly are my Relative And You Truly are my Friend.
3: You Truly are my Knowledge and You Truly are my Wealth.
4: You Truly are my All, My God of Gods.
We then sang happy birthday to one of our little friends. The birthday song was extra special as it was created by Pujya Swami Tejomayananda.
janmadinamidam ayi priya sakhe śantanotu te sarvadā mudam ||1||
Prārthayāmahe bhava śatāyuṣi īśvarassadā tvaṁ ca rakṣatu ||2||
punya karmaṇā kīrtimarjaya jīvanaṁ tava bhavatu sārthakam ||3||
Translation
O dear friend! May this birthday bring auspiciousness and joy to you forever. Indeed, we all pray for your long life.
May the Lord always protect you.By noble deeds, may you attain fame and may your life be fulfilled.
Please register your children for the geeta chanting competition. The prelims are on April 21st at the ashram. We have complete all 15 verses and children are coming forward to recite it in front of their friends. We hope all the children participate and get their medals.
We then came to the favorite part of the class. Aunty continued the Ramayana story. When Hanuman took the two princes of Ayodhya to Sugriva, the banished vanara brother promised to help Rama find Sita. Sugriva wanted Rama to help him oust his powerful brother Bali. Rama gave his promise to his new friend. Sugriva challenged Bali to a duel. The brothers started fighting. They looked exactly like each other. Rama hiding behind a tree could not distinguish his friend fromhis brother. Finally having taken a thorough beating Sugriva retreated to the woods. He admonished Rama "If you did not want to kill Bali, you should have said so. I would not have asked you". Rama replied that he did not want his arrow to take out the wrong brother. He advised Sugriva to wear a garland and challenge Bali again. He assured Sugriva that he would not fail him.
Sugriva went back to Kiskindha and called Bali out. Bali blood rushed to his head and he went striding towards Sugriva. Once again Sugriva was losing, but Rama carefully sent an arrow from behind the tree. It pierced Bali's chest and the great warrior fell. The dying Bali was immensely hurt to see that it was Rama who had killed him. Rama said "Bali, do not read wrong into my action. Every act of mine is done with a view of steadying a tottering dharma. You usurped Sugriva's throne and took his wife. When a king is out hunting, does he not hide and shoot an arrow. Have you not done it many times?"
Bali understood and said "Lord, I am no longer troubled. I am blessed at having met my death at your hands.Sugriva I entrust to you not only my kingdom but also my wife and son Angada".
We ended our story session and then it was time to go to the auditorium for the 8th grade play. Please let us know if you have any questions.
Sugriva went back to Kiskindha and called Bali out. Bali blood rushed to his head and he went striding towards Sugriva. Once again Sugriva was losing, but Rama carefully sent an arrow from behind the tree. It pierced Bali's chest and the great warrior fell. The dying Bali was immensely hurt to see that it was Rama who had killed him. Rama said "Bali, do not read wrong into my action. Every act of mine is done with a view of steadying a tottering dharma. You usurped Sugriva's throne and took his wife. When a king is out hunting, does he not hide and shoot an arrow. Have you not done it many times?"
Bali understood and said "Lord, I am no longer troubled. I am blessed at having met my death at your hands.Sugriva I entrust to you not only my kingdom but also my wife and son Angada".
We ended our story session and then it was time to go to the auditorium for the 8th grade play. Please let us know if you have any questions.
Announcements and February 26th class review
Important announcements
Geeta competition prelims April 21st, finals April 28th. Please register using the following link. You will also find mp3 file. Our grade has to memorise verses 1-15.
http://www.chinmayavrindavan.org/GeetaChantingCompetition.php
Ram Navami celebration at ashram in Cranbury - March 31st. Our class's annual day performance. Please block your calanders and plan to attend with family and friends.
We started our class with deep breathing and 3 loud oms. We then followed our usual routine and practise meditations for 2 minutes. The children are controlling their movements, breathing, and focusing on Rama in their minds. Some of them are chanting Rama, Rama in their minds.
Next we said our morning prayers starting with Om sahana vavathu. Followed by the guru strotrams and the daily prayers.
We came to the fun part of the class. The Ramayana story. Rama and Lakshmana are searching for Sita and the raksasa who has abducted her. Sabari an old tapasvini a disciple of sage Matanga lived in ashram by river Pampa. When her guru was departing from this world, she wanted to die as well, but her teacher told her to wait for Rama's darshan.
When Rama and Lakshmana stopped by Sabari;s ashram, she lovingly took care of them. Her life was fulfilled. Her entire life had been spent in guru seva and it had been rewarded by Rama's presence. She had gathered fruits and berries from the forests. She took a bite off each of them to make sure they were sweet and not sour.
Lakshmana frowned at the offering, but Rama smiled gently and ate the fruits with relish. The Lord accepts whatever we offer unto him if we offer it with pure untainted love.
Aunty then continued to Bali's story. Bali and Sugriva were brothers and vanaras. Bali was the king and physically very powerful. He could lift and moutain with his bare hands. A raksasa called Dundhubi felt he could defeat any person in fight. He challenged sea god to fight. But the god pointed Himalaya to raksasa. When the raksasa approaches the mountain, the mountain smiled and said "I am a hermit. I cannot fight you. Why not ask King Bali. He will give you a good fight."
Dundhubi went to kishkindha, Bali's capital and challenged Bali. The two then had a terrible fight. Bali defeated the raksasa, but when he threw his body many miles away, a few drops of the raksasa blood fell on Matanga rishi's ashram in mountain Rsyamuka. The sage cursed Bali for this. Bali for fear of his life took great care not to step near the mountain.
Later Dundhubi's brother Mayavi wanted to avenge his brother and challenged Bali to fight. It was the dead of night and Bali enraged rushed out to meet his challenger. Mayavi took fright and bolted. Bali and then Sugriva pursued the fleeing raksasa. They saw him disappear into a cave. Bali ordered Sugriva to stay outside and guard the entrance. He then went into the cave to settle with the raksasa.
Sugriva waited outside and when he heard a blood curdling yell, he mistakenly thought his brother Bali had been killed. He blocked the cave entrance with a huge boulder and went back to Kiskindha, gave everyone the news of Bali's death. The citizens grieved and then eventually installed Sugriva as king. Bali returned to the palace tired and wounded. He was furious to see his brother on his throne. He banished Sugriva from Kiskindha.
Sugriva with a few faithfull followers moved into the Rsyamuka mountain. The fugitive vanara king saw the wandering princes and thought they were search party being sent by his brother Bali. His wise minister Hanuman pretended to be a brahmin and approched the princes to check out their intentions. As soon as he met their gaze, he felt an affinity to them. Hanuman then took Rama and Lakshmana to Sugriva.
Geeta competition prelims April 21st, finals April 28th. Please register using the following link. You will also find mp3 file. Our grade has to memorise verses 1-15.
http://www.chinmayavrindavan.org/GeetaChantingCompetition.php
Ram Navami celebration at ashram in Cranbury - March 31st. Our class's annual day performance. Please block your calanders and plan to attend with family and friends.
We started our class with deep breathing and 3 loud oms. We then followed our usual routine and practise meditations for 2 minutes. The children are controlling their movements, breathing, and focusing on Rama in their minds. Some of them are chanting Rama, Rama in their minds.
Next we said our morning prayers starting with Om sahana vavathu. Followed by the guru strotrams and the daily prayers.
We came to the fun part of the class. The Ramayana story. Rama and Lakshmana are searching for Sita and the raksasa who has abducted her. Sabari an old tapasvini a disciple of sage Matanga lived in ashram by river Pampa. When her guru was departing from this world, she wanted to die as well, but her teacher told her to wait for Rama's darshan.
When Rama and Lakshmana stopped by Sabari;s ashram, she lovingly took care of them. Her life was fulfilled. Her entire life had been spent in guru seva and it had been rewarded by Rama's presence. She had gathered fruits and berries from the forests. She took a bite off each of them to make sure they were sweet and not sour.
Lakshmana frowned at the offering, but Rama smiled gently and ate the fruits with relish. The Lord accepts whatever we offer unto him if we offer it with pure untainted love.
Aunty then continued to Bali's story. Bali and Sugriva were brothers and vanaras. Bali was the king and physically very powerful. He could lift and moutain with his bare hands. A raksasa called Dundhubi felt he could defeat any person in fight. He challenged sea god to fight. But the god pointed Himalaya to raksasa. When the raksasa approaches the mountain, the mountain smiled and said "I am a hermit. I cannot fight you. Why not ask King Bali. He will give you a good fight."
Dundhubi went to kishkindha, Bali's capital and challenged Bali. The two then had a terrible fight. Bali defeated the raksasa, but when he threw his body many miles away, a few drops of the raksasa blood fell on Matanga rishi's ashram in mountain Rsyamuka. The sage cursed Bali for this. Bali for fear of his life took great care not to step near the mountain.
Later Dundhubi's brother Mayavi wanted to avenge his brother and challenged Bali to fight. It was the dead of night and Bali enraged rushed out to meet his challenger. Mayavi took fright and bolted. Bali and then Sugriva pursued the fleeing raksasa. They saw him disappear into a cave. Bali ordered Sugriva to stay outside and guard the entrance. He then went into the cave to settle with the raksasa.
Sugriva waited outside and when he heard a blood curdling yell, he mistakenly thought his brother Bali had been killed. He blocked the cave entrance with a huge boulder and went back to Kiskindha, gave everyone the news of Bali's death. The citizens grieved and then eventually installed Sugriva as king. Bali returned to the palace tired and wounded. He was furious to see his brother on his throne. He banished Sugriva from Kiskindha.
Sugriva with a few faithfull followers moved into the Rsyamuka mountain. The fugitive vanara king saw the wandering princes and thought they were search party being sent by his brother Bali. His wise minister Hanuman pretended to be a brahmin and approched the princes to check out their intentions. As soon as he met their gaze, he felt an affinity to them. Hanuman then took Rama and Lakshmana to Sugriva.
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