Story of Ajamila

Hare Krsna!!!

Dear Parents,

We were so delighted to see so many children in our class. We hope to see all of you every week, so we will get to know each child and this is a great opportunity for all of us to  grow spiritually together.

This week,
PRAYERS : We started the class with prayers to Lord Krsna.

he krsna karunaa-sindho diina-bandho jagat-pate
gopesa gopikaa-kaanta raadhaa-kaanta namo'stu te

TRANSLATION: O my dear Krsna, You are the friend of the distressed and the source of creation. You are the master of the gopis and the lover of Radharani. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.

SLOKA TIME: We learned a new sloka BG(8:5)

anta-kāle ca mām eva

smaran muktvā kalevaram

yaḥ prayāti sa mad-bhāvaḿ

yāti nāsty atra saḿśayaḥ

TRANSLATION:  And whoever, at the end of his life, quits his body, remembering Me alone, at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt.
Audio Link: Please let the kids hear the sloka for few times and they can recite very easily in the class   http://kids.iskcondesiretree.info/Audio/03_-_Sloka_recitation_by_5_year_old_Samhita/Bhagavad_Gita_108_Important/Ch%208%20Attaining%20the%20Supreme/BG%208.5.MP3
Bhagavad-Gita Link: If you would like to know more about this verse and its purport, please visit   http://vedabase.com/en/bg/8/5

STORY TIME:  In relation with the above sloka, we started hearing a story about Ajamila.

In the city of Kanyakubja, there lived a young brahmana named Ajamila. He has excellent character, good conduct and fine qualities. He prayed and chanted properly every day. He was pure, truthful, upright and kind to all living beings. He was respectful to everyone.
But one day, he left his family. He did not take care of his family. When his parents grew old, he did not take care of them. When there was no money, he earned money in whatever way he could by lying, cheating, robbing and even killing animals.
When he left his family, he had ten children and their last son was a toddler, whom Ajamila had named Narayana. When Ajamila was 88 years old and his life was about to end, he saw three servants of Yamaraj coming to take him. Ajamila could not bear to be away from his toddler son and called desperately for “Narayana! Narayana! Narayana!.”

We will continue the story in the next class….

 

We concluded the class with the coloring of four handed Vishnu picture.

Looking forward to seeing all of you in the next class.

Haribol!!!!
Gopala Class Teachers

Amutha  Mataji

Radhika  Mataji