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Gurukul at Home - Teaching and learning seekership qualities at home under the guidance of Guru.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Monday, December 26, 2011
Saint Sripaad Swami and Saint Narasimha
In our Saints and heros block ,this week we are learning about Saint Sripaad Swami and Saint Narasimha .They both are incarnations of Lord Dattareya.
As lord Datta and Saint Narasimha jayanti both are in December ,so decided to take these Saints in our Saint block.
We learn about Lord Dattareya from below links
http://forumforhinduawakening.org/articles/id/understand-dharma/deities/datta
We are reading stories about these Saints from Guru Charita.Pl see below link.
http://www.saibaba.us/texts/gurucharitra/index.htm
Also H.H Baba Bhaktaraj Maharaj's Guru His Holiness Anantanand Saish's MahaNirvan divas(the day HE renounced his body) also falls in December,we decided to learn Bhajans(holy songs) of our beloved Baba.We are using this site for learning Holy Bhajans-
http://www.bhaktarajmaharaj.org/
As lord Datta and Saint Narasimha jayanti both are in December ,so decided to take these Saints in our Saint block.
We learn about Lord Dattareya from below links
http://forumforhinduawakening.org/articles/id/understand-dharma/deities/datta
We are reading stories about these Saints from Guru Charita.Pl see below link.
http://www.saibaba.us/texts/gurucharitra/index.htm
Also H.H Baba Bhaktaraj Maharaj's Guru His Holiness Anantanand Saish's MahaNirvan divas(the day HE renounced his body) also falls in December,we decided to learn Bhajans(holy songs) of our beloved Baba.We are using this site for learning Holy Bhajans-
http://www.bhaktarajmaharaj.org/
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Bhagvad Gita Study with Kids(Scripture study)
As in December we have Bhagvad Gita Jayanti on December 6th ,Margshirsh Shukla Ekadashi(Lord krishna narrated Bhagvad Gita to Arjun),We decided to begin our Bhagvad Gita study.So far we have learn six shloaks.We have done some shloaks with stories so that meaning can be easily understood by Kids.
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति।
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति।
तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः; ९-२६
यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत्
यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम् ९-२७
यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम् ९-२७
will update soon rest of the shloaks we have done.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
POOSALAR
Under our Saints and Heros block,this week we are learning about Bhakti (devotion) and Bhav(spiritual emotion) of Poosalar.
A temple in the heart
IN Tinnanur, near Chennai, there dwelt a Brahmin, Poosalar by name. Poosalaar, was a poor man in terms of material wealth but rich in dedicated devotion towards Lord Shiva. His heart brimmed with love and devotion for the Lord .His mind forever fixed on Lord Shiva's feet,chanting his name and doing everything for Lord Shiva.
Wishing to build a temple to the Lord, he tried to raise funds. But try as he might, he failed. In grief he pondered,"What shall I do?" He resolved at last to raise within his heart a temple to his Lord. From far and near he fetched in fancy,little by little, stone and metal and other building material.
Skilled masons and sculptors too he engaged and instructed in thought. And at an auspicious hour, he dug the ground and laid the foundation stone. Devoted, busy, sleepless even by night, he watched the temple grow, part by part and layer by layer, gateway, tower and central shrine, all planned according
to the rules of Agama, and wrought in detail with the minutest care. On top of the domed turret over the holy of holies he installed a stone a cubit long. And so with hard, steady effort of the mind, he completed the structure, plastered chinks with lime, dug wells and tanks, put up the outer walls and fixed in his mind the auspicious day and hour for consecrating the shrine and installing the Presence.
The Pallava King had built in the city of Kanchi a mighty granite temple and appointed a day for the grand ceremony of its consecration. But, on the night preceding, the Lord appeared to the King in his dream and said, "Poosalar, my friend, has laboured lovingly for many months and raised a temple for me in his heart, and I must be there tomorrow at its consecration. So postpone your temple ceremony to some later day".
The King awoke, eager to visit Tinnanur and greet this favoured servant of the Lord. He reached the place and enquired of the people, "Whereabouts is this temple built by Poosalar"? But they all said, "We know of no such temple".Then he sent for the leading Brahmins of the town and asked them, "Who is this pure and perfect man, this Poosalar"? They answered, "A Brahmin of that name does dwell in this town. The king was perplexed on the results of his enquiry that Poosalaar lived in poverty and there was not a sign of a new temple being erected in Tinnanur. Counting on the Lord's words, the King sought to meet Poosalaar who was meditating under a tree. The king approached Poosalaar and falling at his feet, asked, "Where is your famed temple? Today I know, the Lord comes there to dwell .He also told him about the words of the Lord in his dream and said I too have come, to meet you and greet you on this day".
Poosalaar replied with joy to have a look at the ceremonious installation of Lord Shiva in the temple that he had built. The king witnessed the consecration ceremony of the temple built by Poosalaar within the heart of Poosalaar, with the chanting of the Vedas and other ceremonial activities!
Staggered by this speech, the Brahmin said with joy, "If the Lord pleases, the world shall know," and told the King the story of the building of the temple thought by thought. The King heard it all, fell again at the good man's feet, and marched back to Kanchi, accompanied by his army with drums and trumpets.
Poosalar regularly performed the daily pujas in his ideal temple in the prescribed manner and in the end attained the feet of the Lord.
We did Shreemad Bhagvad Geeta verse 9: 26- Patram Pushpam... Shloak with this story
Below is the drawing drawn by Nachiketa for this story.
The Pallava King had built in the city of Kanchi a mighty granite temple and appointed a day for the grand ceremony of its consecration. But, on the night preceding, the Lord appeared to the King in his dream and said, "Poosalar, my friend, has laboured lovingly for many months and raised a temple for me in his heart, and I must be there tomorrow at its consecration. So postpone your temple ceremony to some later day".
The King awoke, eager to visit Tinnanur and greet this favoured servant of the Lord. He reached the place and enquired of the people, "Whereabouts is this temple built by Poosalar"? But they all said, "We know of no such temple".Then he sent for the leading Brahmins of the town and asked them, "Who is this pure and perfect man, this Poosalar"? They answered, "A Brahmin of that name does dwell in this town. The king was perplexed on the results of his enquiry that Poosalaar lived in poverty and there was not a sign of a new temple being erected in Tinnanur. Counting on the Lord's words, the King sought to meet Poosalaar who was meditating under a tree. The king approached Poosalaar and falling at his feet, asked, "Where is your famed temple? Today I know, the Lord comes there to dwell .He also told him about the words of the Lord in his dream and said I too have come, to meet you and greet you on this day".
Poosalaar replied with joy to have a look at the ceremonious installation of Lord Shiva in the temple that he had built. The king witnessed the consecration ceremony of the temple built by Poosalaar within the heart of Poosalaar, with the chanting of the Vedas and other ceremonial activities!
Staggered by this speech, the Brahmin said with joy, "If the Lord pleases, the world shall know," and told the King the story of the building of the temple thought by thought. The King heard it all, fell again at the good man's feet, and marched back to Kanchi, accompanied by his army with drums and trumpets.
Poosalar regularly performed the daily pujas in his ideal temple in the prescribed manner and in the end attained the feet of the Lord.
We did Shreemad Bhagvad Geeta verse 9: 26- Patram Pushpam... Shloak with this story
Below is the drawing drawn by Nachiketa for this story.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Waldorf resources
Waldorf links
For Waldorf articles
http://www.waldorflibrary.org/
Rudolf steiner books and about waldorf
www.rsarchive.org/
For Waldorf articles
http://www.waldorflibrary.org/
Rudolf steiner books and about waldorf
www.rsarchive.org/
My favourite resources.
From Vedas to Gurukul(homeschooling) -My favourite resources are:
Sanatan Dharma/Hinduism sites
Forum for Hindu Awakening : One of my favourite site to learn all about Sanatan Dharma/Hinduism to Spirituality.It is one of the unique site where one can find details how you serve and protect Dhrama as part of your Sadhana(spiritual practice).Another unique feature of this site is celebration of festivals details with the videos in the way you receive maximum Divinity.It has all little tips to spiritualise your daily life ,the way Dharma/Hinduism suggest.A must and truly gem see resource.
Spiritual Sites
Spiritual Science research Foundation :A unique site which offer step by step details for starting your spiritual journey.This site unique feature is doing research in spiritual dimension with advance sixth sense.
Yatharth Gita- Beautiful narration of Sreemad Bhagwad Gita in all languages of the world(audio and Pdf file both).I love it.
Children stories
Balsanskar : Children stories site in four languages-Hindi,Marathi ,English and Kannada.It is not such stories but have Glorious history related stories from Bharat (India).And a video how to celebrate birthday as per Dharma.A must see resource.
How God cured my child's cavity.
Through this, I witnessed amazing healing mechanism lies in our body.How food has amazing healing properties and Ayurvedic remedies still hold true.
I always wondered ,At such an early age how come Kids have cavities now , when so much dental care is around.Thats make me think,in the past times how people don't have cavities,at that time brushing and flossing was not there,no dentist was there too.
Found in ancient times food ,environment,our thoughts,living style were pure and we were not slave of junk food addiction.
Also found Tooth brushing is also one of the cause of increasing cavities since childhood.
In our hands and fingers lies the amazing healing power which transfer to teeth when we massage our teeth ,so it becomes strong and cavity free.
Pl read the article at below link.
In Ayurveda (ancient healing system of India which is part of Scripture Vedas) ,body is considered as whole system and so while starting cure Ayurveda practioner will not start the treatment with isolated effected organ .For him effected organ is just a symptom .He will see the pulse ,breathing pattern etc,so the body get cured(not treated).
But in today times we have speacialist of all the organs i.e when you go to specialist ,he will have only knowledge of that organ and treatment doesn't take consideration of body as a whole and nutritional concept was also missing.
When i discovered my child has cavity ,so i know according to Ayurveda principle ,this cavity is just a symptom ,and so started give him rich enzymatic food and started using Ayurvedic tooth powder or homemade Ayurvedic tooth powder.-which is just Seasalt and Mustard oil.Everytime you can make it fresh -little sea salt + fewdrops of Mustard oil.
In Bharat(India) we used to do teeth cleaning by chewing fresh Neem twigs ,as Neem twigs was not availble so on those lines , started giving him to chew few blade of wheatgrass and then spit out.I heard wheatgrass has amazing benefit and have lots of enzymes.
I also read somewhere tooth cavities can be healed the way skin crack and wounds can be healed.
So by God's grace ,with in a week, cavity black portion comes out and tooth has same pearly white shine.We used wheatgrass just for a week but we are still using Ayurvedic homemade tooth powder.
We are cavity free from last two years .
Gratitude at Shree Krushna's feet.
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