Narashimha dev story III and Bhajan

Dear parents,

Hare Krishna.

Prahlad Mahraj and his father

Last week we talked about how prahlad mahraj was strong in his principle even though his fater tortured him. Even though his father threw him out of the mountain he prayed that his father should realize about Vishnu.

We started with Kayathu (Hiranyakasipu's wife) in Naradhaji's ashram hearing about past times of Krishna and how Prahlad was educated when he was in the womb. He already knew about Krishna when he was born.

When he was 5 years like our Gopalas he went to Gurukul run by Sanda and Amarka. But their teachings did not make any sense to Prahlad. All they taught was how to be a king by killing enemies. Prahlad thought there should not be any enemies he was so compassionate for all of them.He treated everyone equally so all of his friends in the school liked him so much.

Next week we will finish how Narashimha dev saves Prahlad.

Bhajan:
We finished Jaya radha madhava... and we will move on to another small bhajan.

The sunday school will come to an end in a month or so, but we will still continue to have the class to engage the kids.

Thank you
Nama priya & Anu radha

Lord Narashimha story Part 2 and Bhagavad Gita 18.66

Dear parents,

Hare Krishna.

We did Narashimha story starting with Hiranyakasipu doing mediation till Prahalad goes to school.

We will cover more in next section about teachings of Prahlad mahraj.

Bhagavad Gita sloka we recited was 18.66

sarva-dharmān parityajya
mām ekaḿ śaraṇaḿ vraja
ahaḿ tvāḿ sarva-pāpebhyo
mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ

sarva-dharmān — all varieties of religion; parityajya — abandoning; mām — unto Me; ekam — only; śaraṇam — for surrender; vraja — go; aham — I; tvām — you; sarva — all; pāpebhyaḥ — from sinful reactions; mokṣayiṣyāmi — will deliver; mā — do not; śucaḥ — worry.

Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear

Enjoy the spring time.
See you all next week
Nama Priya and Anuradha

Lord Narashimha dev story and new bhajan

Dear class,

Hare Krishna.

Hope the kids had fun during the egg hunt.
The bhajan we taught is here:


There are so many other tunes available, you can search in www.youtube.com for jaya radha madhava

LYRICS:

(1)

jaya rādhā-mādhava kuñja-bihārī
gopī-jana-vallabha giri-vara-dhārī



(2)

yaśodā-nandana braja-jana-rañjana
yāmuna-tīra-vana-cārī



TRANSLATION

1) Krsna is the lover of Radha. He displays many amorous pastimes in the groves of Vrndavana, He is the lover of the cowherd maidens of Vraja, and the holder of the great hill named Govardhana.



2) He is the beloved son of mother Yasoda, the delighter of the inhabitants of Vraja, and He wanders in the forests along the banks of the River Yamuna!

We will continue with Lord Narashimha dev's story and continue with this bhajan.

Home works will resume after this week.

Thank you
Nama Priya and Anuradha

Ramayana fancy dress pictures

Hare Krishna dear parents,

Thank you so much for dressing up kids for the ramayana fancy dress event. I had so much fun looking at the kids in their beautiful costumes. Parents were enthusiastic in dressing the kids and were very creative.

Some kids surprised the parents by talking in the mic.

My camera focus was altered so the person who was incharge of this could not take good pictures. I have put the better ones here. Once I receive the official pictures from the temple I will post it. Meanwhile if anyone has good pictures please comment it in the blog.


Thanks once again!!
Looking forward for more events like this.

Nama Priya and Anuradha

Weekly update 03/14/10

Dear parents,

Hare Krishna.

Hopefully the kids enjoyed the class yesterday. Now we need to make them practice in the class so they remember and tell in some order. I think by now they know 10 slokas from Bhagavad Gita. Next week we will teach a bhajan and revise all the slokas.

We will still continue with our Ramayana story till Rama Navami and we will start with Narashinga story.

No home work this week. Will start home work with new sets of Slokas from next week.
If you still want to keep up the routine you can teach them BG 1.1

Many thanks to Vibha for distributing the choclates for her birthday celebration.

Some tid bits:
Stories for kids:

http://comics.iskcondesiretree.info/index.php?q=f&f=%2F01_-_For_children_-_PDF_format%2F02_-_Srila_Prabhupada_short_stories



Thank you
Nama Priya and Anuradha

Weekly update 03/07/10

Dear parents,

Hare Krishna.

Thank you all for coaching the kids at home and reciting the homework sloka.

Home work for next week:
http://gopal-garden.blogspot.com/2009/07/bg-213.html


Next week is the recitation week.
Please bring back all the coins which the kids have collected. If they have collected.

All kids get a gift for attendance
If any kid says 3 sloka or more will get a gift from the treasure box
If any kid attempts to say a sloka from BG will get a gift from another treasure box.

So in a nutshell all kids will get 2 gifts :)

Next week we will continue with Ramayana katha and Narasimha sloka.
No BG sloka instead we will have coloring activities.

Please sign up for fancy dress. It is not a contest it is a fun event.

Narashinga dev Arati video

Weekly update Feb 21 and Home work

Hare Krishna dear parents,

Home work next week is 2.12
http://vedabase.net/bg/2/12/

na tv evāhaḿ jātu nāsaḿ
na tvaḿ neme janādhipāḥ
na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ
sarve vayam ataḥ param

na — never; tu — but; eva — certainly; aham — I; jātu — at any time; na — did not; āsam — exist; na — not; tvam — you; na — not; ime — all these; jana-adhipāḥ — kings; na — never; ca — also; eva — certainly; na — not; bhaviṣyāmaḥ — shall exist; sarve vayam — all of us; ataḥ param — hereafter.


Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be

The video is here:




Next week:
There will be NO sunday class next week sunday because of Gaura Purnima and drama by all the sunday school kids.
Everbody please bring the kids for the drama the kids will definitely enjoy seeing the drama and will enjoy the sweets :)

Few of our kids are performing the drama. Please come attend the celeberation and encourage our kids.

Thank you for all your support and enthusiasm in making kids to do the home work.

One personal Note:
Please let me know if I give less attention to any of the kids in our class room.
You can approach me anytime and talk to me regarding this.

With Love and Regards,
Nama Priya

Weekly update Feb 14th 2010

Dear parents

Hare Krishna. Hope you and the kids are all in good health.

I am hearing lots of positive feedback from parents about out coin gifts. This is encouranging both parents and kids to learn the slokas.

Next week homework: 4.11

ye yathā māḿ prapadyante
tāḿs tathaiva bhajāmy aham
mama vartmānuvartante
manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ

The video is here


Thanks
Nama Priya

BG 4.10 audio

Weekly update 7th Feb

Dear parents,

Hare Krishna.

We finished mangalacaran, we will recite at the begining of the class and start with Narashimha prayers.

We will revise 10.8 and 10.9 again in the class and we will go ahead with 10.10 if the kids are ready.

We went over calf demon (Vatsasura) and bird demon (Baka sura) story last week.

Next week we will talk about Chaitanya Mahaprabu since his appearance day is Feb 28.

Home work would be sloka 4.10
http://vedabase.net/bg/4/10/en

(I will get the audio uploaded tonight for this sloka)

If you need the pdf with sanskrit scripts you can download here
http://download.cnet.com/Bhagavad-gita-As-It-Is-PDF/3000-2135_4-10494924.html


Kids who did not say 4.9 can say this week to get a coin. If they say 4.9 and 4.10 together will get 2 coins :)

Kids who got a coin for last week will get only one if they recite 4.10

We will do coloring this week. We will do home work recitation during coloring time.

Please send me an email if you have any questions.

--Nama Priya

Weekly update - Jan 31 2010

Dear parents,

Hare Krishna.

I am very happy to see lots of kids are coming regularly which brings out the rhythm in the class.

Vaishnava pranama:
vāñchā-kalpatarubhyaś ca
kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca
patitānāḿ pāvanebhyo
vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥ

Translation:
I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaiṣṇava devotees of the Lord. They can fulfill the desires of everyone, just like desire trees, and they are full of compassion for the fallen souls.

We will move on with 10.10 sloka next week. We will continue with the pastimes of Krishna story next week also.

For parents:
From this week there will be homework sloka for the kids. Whoever tells the sloka fully without help, will get a coin from me. If they collect 5 coins and on the day they get to the treasure box they have to recite all the 5 slokas continously.

For kids who try and dont complete the sloka will get the "good job" stickers.

HOMEWORK
janma karma ca me divyam
evaḿ yo vetti tattvataḥ
tyaktvā dehaḿ punar janma
naiti mām eti so 'rjuna

Translation:
One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.

The video is embedded here

Audio- Mangalacaran prayers - to help kids memorize

Bhagavad Gita 10.8 and 10.9

Bhagavad Gita 10.8

Verse:
ahaḿ sarvasya prabhavo
mattaḥ sarvaḿ pravartate
iti matvā bhajante māḿ
budhā bhāva-samanvitāḥ

Translation:

I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts.

Bhagavad Gita 10.9

Verse:
mac-cittā mad-gata-prāṇā
bodhayantaḥ parasparam
kathayantaś ca māḿ nityaḿ
tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca

Translation:
The thoughts of My pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives are fully devoted to My service, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss from always enlightening one another and conversing about Me.

Weekly update 24th January

Dear parents,

Hare Krishna,

It was a short class last week. Lots of new kids so I repeated Bhagavad Gita 10.8.
Some of the kids already know 10.8 and 10.9. My previous blog has the slokas.

Next week I am going to teach the last two lines of Mangalacaran. We are going to tell two new pastimes of Lord Krishna. For the Bhagavad Gita I will teach 10.10

Instead of coloring activity we will do on the spot skid with the past times of Krishna stories.

I working on getting the audio for mangalacaran to help the kids recite at home.

Love and Regards,
Nama Priya

Weekly update - Jan 18th 2010

Dear Parents,

Hare Krishna,

Last Sunday we revised BG 10.9 sloka, please see in the previous blog. We will revise one more time next week and move on to a different sloka week after.

There is last couple of lines remaining for managala caran. We will do this in the next couple of weeks and from next month we will start with our famous Narasimha arati which is sung in the temple after the Gaura arati by kids.

The kids who are singing there learnt from our class last year. It is a wonderful prayer for Lord Narashima dev, who protects all of us.

See you all next week with more stories of Krishna past times. After the past times of Krishna we will continue with Mahabaratha story from where he left.

Have a nice week ahead.
Love and Regards
Nama Priya

Weekly update Jan 10th

Hare Krishna dear parents,

Today there was lots of kids and it was fun teaching them all. We did the mangalacaran and the kids who were coming from September got almost all of it with the help of their parents.

Today we started with Bhagavad Gita 10.9 and we completed the first line and we will go over the second line next week.

During story time, we did the birth of Krishna and next week I will tell them Putana and Catakasura story.

Bhagavad Gita 10.9
http://vedabase.net/bg/10/9/

mac-cittā mad-gata-prāṇā

bodhayantaḥ parasparam

kathayantaś ca māḿ nityaḿ

tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca


Love and Regards
Nama Priya

Weekly update Jan 2nd class

Dear parents,
Hare Krishna.
I am going to take 10.9 sloka today, we will revise 10.8 sloka.
10.8 to 10.11 is called chatur slokas. In these 4 slokas Krishna gives very important message to us.

You can refer to the purports here http://vedabase.net/bg/10/8/

We discussed about a small sweet story about why banyan tree has small fruits and why the creepers have big fruits.

I will go over it again this week and do one Krishna past time story.

See you all today evening.

Haribol
Nama Priya

Weekly update - Last class in 2009

Dear parents,

Hare Krishna.

We started with 9.14 and we will continue next week (ie today) also.
We will also do mangalacaran, some kids are going to complete and we will make them recite and other kids can follow them.

In the story time we discussed about why Krishna created small fruits in a banyan tree and a big fruits in creepers.

We will reiterate this once again and I am going to talk about Birth of Krishna this week.

Bhagavad Gita 9.14 is below:

satataḿ kīrtayanto māḿ

yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ

namasyantaś ca māḿ bhaktyā

nitya-yuktā upāsate

Translation:

Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion.