Mythology Story Time

 Hari Om! Over the last three classes, kids started learning the Hanuman Chalisa along with its importance and meaning. We learned the Doha and the first two chaupais (Verses). Below is a brief summary of what we covered in class. What is Hanuman Chalisa? Hanuman Chalisa is chanted to make us fearless and purify the mind. It helps cleanse us of impure and negative thoughts. Hanuman Chalisa has 40 verses. It was composed by Sri Gosvami Tulasidas. It is written in the Avadhi language, a dialect spoken in Ayodhya (Birth Place of Sri Rama), Uttar Pradesh. It is traditionally believed that Sri Tulasidas composed the Hanuman Chalisa during illness and recovered completely while chanting it. Story of Sri Gosvami Tulasidasa Children heard important incidents from the life of Sri Tulasidasa: Born as the son of Atmaram Dubey, his birth was considered a bad omen because of death of his mother, later maid. He was rescued by Saint Narharidas, his first teacher, who called him Ram Bola. He later...

After a short break of about a month, our classes joyfully resumed, bringing back familiar smiles and energy. It felt wonderful to gather again and begin just the way we love to — with opening prayers. We started with a fun and engaging activity: the Dhyāna Shloka card game. Through play, kids recalled the words and meanings of the Dhyāna Śloka. Next class, we would have more quiz and games.  In coming classes we will be learning Hanuman Chalisa, a brief introduction was given to the kids and we learnt first two lines of the Doha. Coming classes we will be learning the chalisa with meaning. We played kids Favorite, Hanuman Says and Memory game and ended our class with closing prayers.  Also, please find below the cheat sheet or summary of Hanuman Dhyana Shloka for kids and her is the link बुद्धिर्बलं यशो धैर्यं निर्भयत्वमरोगता । अजाड्यं वाक्पटुत्वं च हनूमत्स्मरणाद्भवेत् ॥ Buddhir balam yaśo dhairyam nirbhayatvam arogatā | ajā ḍ ya ṁ v ā k-pa ṭ...