Hari OM
Parents-
Beginning prayers
· saha naavavatu
. Vakratunda Mahakaya
. Saraswathi Namasthubhyam
. Gururbrahmaa
. Budhir Balam
· Guru Stotram 8 verses (each week we are adding 2 verses similar to building blocks). Please keep practicing at home.
Gitaa chanting
Verses 7-8
Yoga Time
breathing exercises, tree pose, flamingo, 15 jumping jacks
Story time
· kardama and devahuti
· kapila
It was story time and during the review, we revisited the story from previous week. In today's story, we saw that a sage by name kardama had been doing rigorous penance on Lord viShNu. When He appeared, he blessed the sage and said that he will beget a virtuous wife and have 10 children. 9 would be daughters and for the 10th, Lord viShNu himself would be born as his son. After that, he would do greater penance and attain salvation.
manu and shatarUpa had gotten 5 children, one of which was a beautiful daughter named devahuti. They came in search of a suitable groom for her and found sage kardama. They gave devahuti in marriage to him. They had 9 daughters and just as Lord viShNu had said, the 10th was a son, which was none other than viShNu himself. He was named Kapila. After that kardama went away to do his penance. kapila was a divine child and he told things that no one ever could. He gave the saankhyan philosophy to the world. Even his mother would sit and listen to his teachings intently. One day she expressed that she wanted to know how to attain moksha (salvation). Kapila said that is possible by having a pure heart.
To have a pure heart, one has to follow 7 rules -
* Perform one's duties
* See work as worship
* Chanting the Lord's name
* Trusting the Lord
* Seeing the Lord in all creatures
* Loving God as one's own child
This is called devotion. We had quite a few interesting discussions and examples about these rules. Do discuss with your children what we spoke about. During the discussion, the kids promised to practice gItaa chanting at home. Please remind your children and encourage them to keep their word.
Regards,
Indira/Raji
