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May 4, 2025 - Grade 6 (Sunday PM)

Hari Om! Parents,
Week 24 Class
Class started with "Om Chinmaya Sadgurave Namaha" Likhita Japa, followed by opening prayers. 
The children chanted "Guru Stotram" on the occasion of Gurudev Jayanti which is on May 8th. We narrated the life story of Swami Chinmayananda or our Pujya Gurudev. 

We discussed this quote of Pujya Gurudev on "Self-effort and Destiny":

The omnipotent power of God is described in our Çästras as comparable with the rain. The rain is common and equal in its blessings to all. Different seeds, nourished by the rain, grow, each to its individual stature, with different qualities.Within us, the tendencies of our mind, called väsanäs, are the seeds. They come about, exist, burst into expression, all according to a law. This law is indeed an omnipotent power that rules, governs over, controls and directs all life everywhere at all times. Thought by thought, new channels can be created – flowering seeds sown, weeds plucked out and in time, the jungle in our mind can be rendered into a fragrant garden. A river, now wasting its waters, eroding the land, flowing as it lists, can be tamed, its waters dammed, and through newly opened channels we can make it water the arid lands around into smiling cultivation. By self-effort everything is possible. Man alone can, with the right understanding, know how to guide destiny. Life has two movements – forward and lateral, like a car on the road. The petrol will push the vehicle merely forward. The lateral movements are controlled by the driver. This forward dash in space is called destiny and the lateral movement is self-effort.  If the driver is drunk, the forward movement of the car will dash it in the gutters on the side, in a tragic crash. But if the driver is intelligent, careful at every yard of the vehicle's movement, he can take us to our destination safely.

Next, we watched the video of Pujya Gurudev's address to the United Nations Assembly. We discussed the main message from his speech and concluded it is still extremely relevant today. The children took turns to share how they could become better individuals and maybe better leaders in the future. Here is the link to an excerpt from Gurudev's UN speech.

Mahabharata
Next, we asked this Yaksha Prashna from the Mahabharata story - "What is the most astonishing factor in life?" The children gave their answers like why am I born, why do I have an annoying sister, etc. Then we shared Yudhistira's answer - 'The most astonishing and wonderful thing is that even after daily seeing the phenomenon of death in and around him, the foolish mortal man still desires for immortality and hopes to conquer the inevitable death'. Since we ran out of time, the children will do an introspection, and we will have a debate in the next class.

We wrapped up class early to watch the JCHYK play in the prayer hall. The session concluded with the pledge recitation.
Please remind your child to prepare for their temple presentation for the next 2 weeks.
- Rashmi and Sangeetha