Hari om everyone,

The Thanksgiving gift baskets were made by the 9th graders today.  Thank you, Shankar, Sangita and Raghav for being there today to guide the children.  We had many other volunteers, adults and children alike, who jumped in and made it a fun, festive event!  Thanks to Nirmala and Rajan for guiding us through the project.

We have made about 60 bags today.  We may have more donations coming in later in the day, so a couple of us are going to come tomorrow morning and make additional bags before the trucks come for picking up.  

Here's a small video with the pictures that were on Kashi's phone.

Rajan and Shankar have more pictures.  Please share them when you get a chance.

Thank you for this wonderful opportunity given to our grade.  Hope you all have a nice Thanksgiving break.  See you all in December.

Making Thanksgiving Baskets

Thanks and Regards

Rashmi (9th Grade Coordinator)

More Pictures taken Today
https://photos.app.goo.gl/t7ErnZIM3rWR98Vo1

Agenda for 9^th Grade - Week 11

Beginning prayers

·       3 times Á chanting

·       3-5 minutes Meditation

·       saha naavavatu

·       sarsaswati nastubhyam

·       gururbrahma

Gitaa chanting

·       bhagavadgItaa 18^th adhyaaya 1- 8 shlokas

·       Swamiji’s chanting telecast for verses 5-6

Lesson time (Introduction to Hindu Culture)

·       Lesson 9 – Symbolism of Lord Siva

·       Lesson 10 -  The Scriptures.

Attendance

Announcements:

·       Sevaa project Sunday 11:15 to 12:15

Ending prayers and pledge

·       sarve bhavantu sukhinaH

·       pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam

Dismissal for aarati and pledge

Agenda for 9^th Grade - Week 5

Beginning prayers

·       3 times Á chanting

·       3-5 minutes Meditation

·       saha naavavatu

·       sarsaswati nastubhyam

·       gururbrahma

Gitaa chanting

·       bhagavadgItaa 18^th adhyaaya 1- 8 shlokas

·       Swamiji’s chanting telecast for verses 5-6

Lesson time (Introduction to Hindu Culture)

·       Lesson 7 - Need for Symbols

·       Lesson 8 - Installation of Religious idol

Attendance

Announcements:

·       Volunteer hours at the book store

Ending prayers and pledge

·       sarve bhavantu sukhinaH

·       pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam

Dismissal for aarati and pledge

Agenda for 9^th Grade - Week 4

Beginning prayers

·       3 times Á chanting

·       3-5 minutes Meditation

·       saha naavavatu

·       sarsaswati nastubhyam

·       gururbrahma

Gitaa chanting

·       bhagavadgItaa 18^th adhyaaya 1- 6 shlokas

·       Swamiji’s chanting telecast for verses 3-4

Lesson time (Introduction to Hindu Culture)

·       Lesson 5 – Upasana Kanda

·       Lesson 6 – Jnana Kanda

Attendance

Announcements:

·       Volunteer hours at the book store

Ending prayers and pledge

·       sarve bhavantu sukhinaH

·       pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam

Dismissal for aarati and pledge

Vedas and Navratri

In this session we discussed the Veda's

The 18 seats of learning

Also talked about the significance of Navrathri

Check this talk by  our Gurudev on why do we celebrate Navratri/ Dashera

Introduction to Hindu Culture

Some of the reference text we discussed the first few week -

Reference Text for the discussion
Hindu Culture - An Introduction  - This book is available in our book store if you wish to pick it up.

The CNN fast fact on Hinduism

Enjoy blogging

Hariom All,
 Welcome to our blogpost where the intent is to provide additional information beyond what we learn in the class and hopefully enhances your learning about our topic.

The post to this bog will be monitored and approved and thus please feel free to post any good info that you come across or would like to share with the rest of the team.

Let's Blog.

Thanks
CMTC GR9 Volunteer.