Jan 12, 2025 - Grade 4 (Sunday AM)

 Hari Om Parents, 

Welcome to our Grade 4 class, a quick recap of what was covered today.  Today was the 12th Session of our class.

 We all met in our classroom -- "Kesava" and after everyone sat down we said our Opening prayers.Kids were excited to meet each other after Winter break.

Opening Prayers: We all sat straight, criss-cross, hands folded, chanted together 3 Oms, then Sahana Vavatu, Ganesha Slokha -Vakra Tunda, Saraswathi Slokha- Saraswathi Namasthubayam, Guru Slokha - Guru Brahma, Mahamrityunjaya Mantra, Krishna Sloka, and  Hanuman Sloka.

Sloka Chanting: -  Krishnashtakam- We together chanted Sri Krishnashtakam.  Some of the students led the chanting.

My 24 Gurus - We learnt about the Next  Guru - Ocean

Who Am I?

• I roar day and night
• I am cool
• I am vast
• I am blue
• I am 3/4ths

Qualities to learn from Guru Ocean- 

• Calmness & fury

• Take in Everything

• Do not be proud thinking how big

Story of Eknath Maharaj:  Through the story of Eknath Maharaj we learnt how to be patient and calm even if someone intentionally troubles us. And need to show our maturity and fortitude in these testing times. And learn to be calm at all times, and learn to accept every situation with the same mindset and attitude.

Brainstorming:

Perspective:  We discussed  that each situation can be perceived by different persons differently and it's totally Ok to have different perceptions. And sometimes we need to see things in a microscopic view and sometimes with a Telescopic view.

Bala Bhagavatam :

 Watched the Video of  Dhenukasura Vadanam - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sFRL9OiPq0  (from last class).

And next leela we discussed is Kalinga Mardhanam - how the ferocious and venomous mighty snake Kalinga was subdued by Little Krishna. And Sri Krishna did his cosmic dance on Kaliga's heads. And the ever kind and forgiving little Krishna left his footprints on Kalinga head and thereby offering protection from Garuda, his arch enemy We watched his video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyAVuLmhb_U

Little Krishna and the Brahmin ladies:: Through this story we learnt of the boundless love and devotion the Brahmin ladies had for Little Krishna and how Krishna blessed them and forever lived in their hearts and relished the delicious food made by them.

Attendance: Class Attendance was taken after this.    

Bhagvad Geeta chanting : Then the video of verses 14, 15 , 16 from Ch 5 BG was played on TV and we all chanted together.

 And then we watched Kalinga Mardhana - in dance form for a few minutes which was very beautifully done.

After this,we all went to the Prayer Hall for Closing Prayers and Aarthi.

We had a very collaborative class today and all the kids participated very well.  Class slides (link) will also be shared in the WhatsApp group. 

Wishing all of you a very Happy Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Lohri!!!

Please note: The next class is on January 26th, 2025. No class next week due to the long Weekend!

Pranaams

Mahalakshmi Arcot

Anurag Saran