April 22, 2018

Hari Om, Parents

Brainstorming on the upcoming Samskriti, Yoga, and review of prior lessons dominated our class today. The kids have decided on a story, and also have written a first draft of the screen play. So good going!

We spent considerable time on reviewing prior lessons, and also reflecting on the values learnt so far. After review, we continued to learn where Rama resides. Rama lives in the heart of one:
- Who bows down to Guru and brahmin with respect
- Whose hands always perform Rama puja
- Who has faith

We discussed why we should respect Guru, and all the sources we learn from. We learn from friends, family members, parents, leaders, nature, rivers ,etc.,  

       Parents are our teachers too. In this connection, we learnt a story of a newborn who was left to grow on its own, by its parents. The new parents who thought it would be easy to bring up their new born, realized that it was actually challenging with their full time jobs. If the new born animals in the wild grow on their own,  their new born baby can also grow on its own. So they left the baby with milk, food, etc., in a cage, went to work, and did not teach the baby how to eat, drink, etc., Yes, he learned to eat and drink on his own, but like an animal. The child grew and became a young boy. But could he talk like a human? Could he walk like a human? Could he think like a human ? No. Chances are that such children would be no different than animals in their behaviors. We usually take things for granted without much thought of the process of learning. 

• A human baby is not capable of doing much at the time of birth
• Everything is taught progressively at the appropriate age
• Learning never stops among humans; we are life-long learners
• Learning is crucial to our survival and so is the role of teachers

With those thoughts, we ended our classroom instruction, and moved to Yoga.

Next class we will learn about Puja Vidhi, Japa, Faith. The kids will do a Puja in class. Please see the email for the items to bring next Class April 29th 2018.