Dear parents,
Hare Krishna
We had lots of kids turning around these days in the class. I am having so much fun teaching them. The best part is the kids are able to recollect what they heard so far.
We revised the first sloka of Bhagavad Gita and Radhae jaya jaya madhava dayite. We will repeat the same sloka and finish up the radhae jaya jaya madhava dayite song.
We introduced mahabaratha story little bit, and we will continue more of Lord Krishna's appearance in Mahabharata.
Please come next week, I have an important announcement for kids program during Rama Navami.
Love and Regards
Nama Priya DD
Monday, March 23, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Chapter 1 Text 1 of Bhagavad Gita
Next week we will go through the details of the verses and introduce some characters in Mahabharata.
Verse:
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
dharma-kṣetre kuru-kṣetre
samavetā yuyutsavaḥ
māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva
kim akurvata sañjaya
Translation:
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: O Sañjaya, after my sons and the sons of Pāṇḍu assembled in the place of pilgrimage at Kurukṣetra, desiring to fight, what did they do?
Verse:
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
dharma-kṣetre kuru-kṣetre
samavetā yuyutsavaḥ
māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva
kim akurvata sañjaya
Translation:
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: O Sañjaya, after my sons and the sons of Pāṇḍu assembled in the place of pilgrimage at Kurukṣetra, desiring to fight, what did they do?
Story of Ekadesi
WHO IS EKADASI ?
In the Satya-yuga there once lived an amazing fearsome demon called Mura.
Always very angry, he terrified all the demigods, defeating even Indra, the king of heaven; Vivasvan, the sun-god; the eight Vasus; Lord Brahma; Vayu, the wind-god; and Agni, the fire-god.
With his terrible power he brought them all under his control.
Then the demigods approached Lord Visnu, and prayed to Him for help.
Hearing the prayers and request from Indra, Lord Visnu became very angry and said:
"O powerful demigods, all together you may now advance on Mura's capital city of Candravati."
Encouraged thus, the assembled demigods proceeded to Candravati with Lord Hari leading the way.
Then there was a big fight between the soldiers of Mura and the demigods.
Many hundreds of demons were killed by the Lord's hand.
At last the chief demon, Mura, began fighting with the Lord, first with weapons, then with bare hands.
The Lord wrested with Mura for one thousand celestial years and then, apparently fatigued, left for Badarika-asrama.
There He entered a very beautiful cave, named Himavati, to rest.
The demon followed Him into the cave, and, seeing Him asleep, started thinking within his heart:
"Today I will kill this slayer of all demons, Hari."
While the wicked demon Mura was making plans in this way, from Lord Visnu's body there manifested a young girl who had a very bright complexion.
Mura saw that she was equipped with various brilliant weapons and was ready to fight.
Challenged by that female to do battle, Mura prepared himself and then fought with her, but he became very astonished when he saw that she fought with him without cessation.
The king of demons then said: "Who has created this angry, fearsome girl who is fighting me so powerfully, just like a thunderbolt falling upon me?"
After saying this, the demon continued to fight with the girl.
Suddenly that effulgent goddess shattered all of Mura's weapons and in a moment deprived him of his chariot.
He ran toward her to attack her with his bare hands, but when she saw him coming she angrily cut off his head.
Thus the demon at once fell to the ground and went to the abode of Yamaraja.
Then the Supreme Lord woke up and saw the dead demon before Him, as well as the maiden bowing down to Him with joined palms.
The Lord, being pleased with the girl, offered to give her a boon.
The maiden said: "O Lord, if You are pleased with me and wish to give me a boon, then give me the power to deliver from the greatest sins that person who fasts on this day.
I wish that half the pious credit obtained by one who fasts will acrue to one who eats only in the evening [abstaining from grains and beans], and that half of *this* pious credit will be earned by one who eats only at midday.
Also, one who strictly observes a complete fast on my appearance day, with controlled senses, goes to the abode of Lord Visnu for one billion kalpas after he has enjoyed all kinds of pleasures in this world.
This is the boon I desire to attain by Your mercy, my Lord.
O Lord, whether a person observes complete fasting, eats only in the evening, or eats only at midday, please grant him a religious attitude, wealth, and at last liberation."
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said:
"O most pious lady, what you have requested is granted.
All My devotees in this world will surely fast on your day, and thus they will become famous throughout the three worlds and finally come and stay with Me in My abode.
Because you, My transcendental potency, have appeared on the eleventh day of the waning moon, let your name be Ekadasi.
If a person fasts on Ekadasi, I will burn up all his sins and bestow upon him My transcendental abode."
In the Satya-yuga there once lived an amazing fearsome demon called Mura.
Always very angry, he terrified all the demigods, defeating even Indra, the king of heaven; Vivasvan, the sun-god; the eight Vasus; Lord Brahma; Vayu, the wind-god; and Agni, the fire-god.
With his terrible power he brought them all under his control.
Then the demigods approached Lord Visnu, and prayed to Him for help.
Hearing the prayers and request from Indra, Lord Visnu became very angry and said:
"O powerful demigods, all together you may now advance on Mura's capital city of Candravati."
Encouraged thus, the assembled demigods proceeded to Candravati with Lord Hari leading the way.
Then there was a big fight between the soldiers of Mura and the demigods.
Many hundreds of demons were killed by the Lord's hand.
At last the chief demon, Mura, began fighting with the Lord, first with weapons, then with bare hands.
The Lord wrested with Mura for one thousand celestial years and then, apparently fatigued, left for Badarika-asrama.
There He entered a very beautiful cave, named Himavati, to rest.
The demon followed Him into the cave, and, seeing Him asleep, started thinking within his heart:
"Today I will kill this slayer of all demons, Hari."
While the wicked demon Mura was making plans in this way, from Lord Visnu's body there manifested a young girl who had a very bright complexion.
Mura saw that she was equipped with various brilliant weapons and was ready to fight.
Challenged by that female to do battle, Mura prepared himself and then fought with her, but he became very astonished when he saw that she fought with him without cessation.
The king of demons then said: "Who has created this angry, fearsome girl who is fighting me so powerfully, just like a thunderbolt falling upon me?"
After saying this, the demon continued to fight with the girl.
Suddenly that effulgent goddess shattered all of Mura's weapons and in a moment deprived him of his chariot.
He ran toward her to attack her with his bare hands, but when she saw him coming she angrily cut off his head.
Thus the demon at once fell to the ground and went to the abode of Yamaraja.
Then the Supreme Lord woke up and saw the dead demon before Him, as well as the maiden bowing down to Him with joined palms.
The Lord, being pleased with the girl, offered to give her a boon.
The maiden said: "O Lord, if You are pleased with me and wish to give me a boon, then give me the power to deliver from the greatest sins that person who fasts on this day.
I wish that half the pious credit obtained by one who fasts will acrue to one who eats only in the evening [abstaining from grains and beans], and that half of *this* pious credit will be earned by one who eats only at midday.
Also, one who strictly observes a complete fast on my appearance day, with controlled senses, goes to the abode of Lord Visnu for one billion kalpas after he has enjoyed all kinds of pleasures in this world.
This is the boon I desire to attain by Your mercy, my Lord.
O Lord, whether a person observes complete fasting, eats only in the evening, or eats only at midday, please grant him a religious attitude, wealth, and at last liberation."
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said:
"O most pious lady, what you have requested is granted.
All My devotees in this world will surely fast on your day, and thus they will become famous throughout the three worlds and finally come and stay with Me in My abode.
Because you, My transcendental potency, have appeared on the eleventh day of the waning moon, let your name be Ekadasi.
If a person fasts on Ekadasi, I will burn up all his sins and bestow upon him My transcendental abode."
Introducing very first verse of Bagavad Gita
Dear parents,
There were lots of items taught to the kids yesterday. We were revising few and got introduced to new ones.
Next week we will concentrate on memorizing them.
We started with narashinga arati, went through Radhae jaya jaya (http://namapriya.blogspot.com/2009/02/radhae-jaya-jaya-madhava-dhayite.html) and the first verse of Bagavad Gita.
We did couple of short stories about ekadesi and the benefits of following ekadesi.
There are different stories about Ekadesi and there are scientific reasons why we should not eat grains during that day.I will post one story of ekadesi in the next blog.
Love and Regards,
Nama Priya DD
There were lots of items taught to the kids yesterday. We were revising few and got introduced to new ones.
Next week we will concentrate on memorizing them.
We started with narashinga arati, went through Radhae jaya jaya (http://namapriya.blogspot.com/2009/02/radhae-jaya-jaya-madhava-dhayite.html) and the first verse of Bagavad Gita.
We did couple of short stories about ekadesi and the benefits of following ekadesi.
There are different stories about Ekadesi and there are scientific reasons why we should not eat grains during that day.I will post one story of ekadesi in the next blog.
Love and Regards,
Nama Priya DD
Panchatta tattva maha abhishek
Hare Krishna dear parents,
This is the video of pancha tattva maha abhishek.
It is so beautiful, I showed to few kids they were excited to see the ceremony.
Love and Regards
Nama Priya DD
This is the video of pancha tattva maha abhishek.
It is so beautiful, I showed to few kids they were excited to see the ceremony.
Love and Regards
Nama Priya DD
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Sesha and Nimai story
Dear parents,
We started with Narashinga prayers and radhae jaya jaya madhava dayite.
Radhae song is pretty tough for kids but this is just to push the kids to next level of bajans. But they are doing pretty good so far.
We also did another small bajan
"Nitai gauranga, Nitai gauranga, Nitai gauranga, gaura hari
Jaya sachi nandana, Jaya sachi nandana,Jaya sachi nandana, gaura hari"
We will practice again this week.
We also talked about how little Nimai was sleeping on sesha nag. Sesha nag wanted to serve little Nimai, because he knows that little Nimai is Lord Krishna himself. All of them in the heavenly planets wanted to server him in some way or the other. But Sesha nag was in more seperation. But when sachi mata and Jaganath misra saw Nimai sleeping on sesha nag, they all cried in distress. All the neighbours were also distressed. So Sesha nag felt so unhappy by making every one sad, he left the place.
See you all next week
Nama Priya DD
We started with Narashinga prayers and radhae jaya jaya madhava dayite.
Radhae song is pretty tough for kids but this is just to push the kids to next level of bajans. But they are doing pretty good so far.
We also did another small bajan
"Nitai gauranga, Nitai gauranga, Nitai gauranga, gaura hari
Jaya sachi nandana, Jaya sachi nandana,Jaya sachi nandana, gaura hari"
We will practice again this week.
We also talked about how little Nimai was sleeping on sesha nag. Sesha nag wanted to serve little Nimai, because he knows that little Nimai is Lord Krishna himself. All of them in the heavenly planets wanted to server him in some way or the other. But Sesha nag was in more seperation. But when sachi mata and Jaganath misra saw Nimai sleeping on sesha nag, they all cried in distress. All the neighbours were also distressed. So Sesha nag felt so unhappy by making every one sad, he left the place.
See you all next week
Nama Priya DD
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Introducing Nimai pandit
Dear parents,
We revised radhae jaya jaya madhava dhaiyete song. The kids are familiar with first four lines. We will continue again this week end to thorough these lines and introduce another 2 lines.
In the story time we talked about Nimai pandit and how he is the yuga avatar for Kali yuga. He is Krishna himself who came to spread the sankirtan movement.
We explained this using a story happened in Nimai childhood pastimes.
A brahmana visits Nimai pandits house and Jaganath misra is Nimai's father wanted to host the brahmana in his house. But the brahmana cooks and offers to Gopal all the time before he eats. He makes the offering but little Nimai comes and eats all the bhoga. He did this three times but the brahmana wanted to go hungry. Then Nimai pandit shows his transcendental form.
We did color Krishna pictures later, which the kids always get excited :)
We revised radhae jaya jaya madhava dhaiyete song. The kids are familiar with first four lines. We will continue again this week end to thorough these lines and introduce another 2 lines.
In the story time we talked about Nimai pandit and how he is the yuga avatar for Kali yuga. He is Krishna himself who came to spread the sankirtan movement.
We explained this using a story happened in Nimai childhood pastimes.
A brahmana visits Nimai pandits house and Jaganath misra is Nimai's father wanted to host the brahmana in his house. But the brahmana cooks and offers to Gopal all the time before he eats. He makes the offering but little Nimai comes and eats all the bhoga. He did this three times but the brahmana wanted to go hungry. Then Nimai pandit shows his transcendental form.
We did color Krishna pictures later, which the kids always get excited :)
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