Mar 06 2016 – Vijayam 7th Grade Class Updates

Balavihar Notes for 03/06/2016 => By Smruthi Satya

1.Charity

Why to give? -- To gain happiness

Whom to give? -- To people in need

When to give? -- Anytime is a good time

What to give? -- Money/Skills/Love/Time

How to give? -- Random acts of Kindness

Stories-

Boy and his Ice Cream - Even though he had enough money to get a cone ice cream, he bought a plain one so he could give a tip

Buddha Devotee - When the flame went to the other Buddhas, this man put wood blocks around the lamp. Soon the Buddha turned black.

At many temples, they let visitors cook the food themselves. This is the Pay it Forward idea.

Moral - Don’t be selfish, we must all give, even to those who are not in need (siblings, friend, waiter)

The Cup Game-

After everyone gathered their points, we had the opportunity to give away our points to those who didn’t have any.

Rama lives in the heart of who offers oblations, feeds brahmins, does charity, and who looks looks at their Guru more than themselves.

 2. Mantra Pushpam => contd

3. Geeta - Chapter 16 => 10 Shlokas

Feb 28 2016 – Vijayam 7th Grade Class Updates

 1. Yoga
 2. Discussed about Japa:
  Rama lives in the heart of one who:
     Goes to holy piligrim
     Performs japa of Rama nama
     Worships Rama along with the whole family
<Akshay needs to send the update>

Feb 21 2016 – Vijayam 7th Grade Class Updates

 Presentations on "The Parables"

 All kids did a wonderful job on the presentation, based on the following the children chose the Samskriti topic "Chapter 17 The Vivacious Lady and mysterious box"

Name	Chapter	Topic	Comments (This is only reference for teachers/will not be sent to the children.)
Swetha	Chapter 2	The Cook and the King	Who is God? In which direction is he looking? What can he do?How the cook who works for the minister explains this concept.
Ishaan	Chapter 3	The Unseen Hand of God	Lord works in mysterious ways. Sadhu and the farmer with the barren land who gets help from his neighbors and others at the right time.
Bhavya	Chapter 4	The King of Kasi	Overcome Fate All kings are being sent to place of death, but this King prepared well ahead without getting afraid overcame his fate
Shivani	Chapter 6	The Genie and the Brahmin	Our Mind is the genie and it needs to be engaged at all times. The Genie symbolizes the mind in essence learning  how important it is to control the mind.
Smruthi	Chapter 10	Please Turn Over	Know Thyself, Turn within Boy and the father.How the boy learned to put together the map.
Varun	Chapter 16	The Marwari Merchant	Imaginary bug in us called Ego. The merchant gets carried away and imagines the disease.
Aneesh	Chapter 17	The Vivacious Lady and mysterious box	Man gets attached to the box that does no belong to him. Symbolism for Soul and Body.  Start believing we are the body
Meghana	Chapter 20	The Tiger's Mask	All of us have GOD, the mask of the Body acts as façade. Overcome it and reach for the best. Dad with the mask that he child's reaction to the mask
Akshay	Chapter 23	Beware of the hunter	Chant mechanically without understanding the words and fall prey to them. Hunter and the birds

Feb 07 2016 – Vijayam 7th Grade Class Updates

 No Balavihar, Field Trip to temple

Jan 31 2016 – Vijayam 7th Grade Class Updates

  1. Yoga
  2. Discussed following topic
       Rama lives in the heart of one who:
        Bows Down to Guru and brahmin with respect
        Whose hands always perform Pooja
        One who has faith
 3. Discussed Faith via following stories:
         A light to guide us
         We are three
          Discussed following questions:
          1. What is faith?
          2. What does it mean to have faith in God?
          3. How does having faith help us?
          4. How can we have faith in God
4. Discussed postponing of the presentation to Feb 21 due to timing.

Jan 24 2016 – Vijayam 7th Grade Class Updates

No Balavihar due to snowstorm

Jan 01 2016 – Vijayam 7th Grade Class Updates

  1. Recap for previous year.
  2. Recap Gurupadukastotram
  3. Started Mantrapushpam
  4. Continued discussion on Bow Down to Guru
  5. Recap about presentation and Samskriti

Dec 20 2015 – Vijayam 7th Grade Class Updates

 1. Game on The Geeta
 2. Discussed about the presentation about the Parables
 3. Discussed about Samskriti