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Balabhavan Class May 2010 CHINMAYANANDA Balabhavan Coordinators BBC Announcements: Bharathy Thridandam Nithya Sudhakar Namaskaram BB children and Seetha Janakiraman families Sriram Srinivasan As we are approaching to the Chinmayananda was born on May, 18, summer, we would like to let [email protected] 1916 in Kerala, India. His name was you know about the Balakrishnan Menon. In his early years he upcoming activities we are Class Coordinators acquired degrees in Law and English literature. working on. He also took part in the freedom movement of Super-Senior Class: India and worked in the Newspaper called “The Mark the calendar for the Aparna Vemuri National Herald”. He went to Rishikesh in Annual Balabhavan picnic on [email protected] Himalayas as a reporter to expose on what he Sunday June 13th. We will Ashok Malavalli believed as the bluff of the swamis in the have more information about [email protected] Himalayan region. However he exposed himself this event in the coming Krishna Meduri to his own spiritual revolution and evolution. weeks. We would need all [email protected] In 1949 he became a sanyashi and help from the parent received the name “Swami Chinmayananda volunteers for this event. Senior Class: Saraswathi” from Swami Sivananda. Then he Prasanna Madabhushi became the disciple of Swami Topavanam and We are also working on [email protected] learned the Vedanta principles. Swami arranging field trips to places Renuka Krishnan: Chinmayananda (1916-1993) supported the of religious significance. The [email protected] scriptures of India, such as the Bhagavad Gita places under consideration and the Upanishads. Relentlessly he worked for are the Self Realization Junior Class: about 40 years to bring spiritual revival in Fellowship temple at Priya Ram India. His different style is appealing to people Encinitas and the Buddhist [email protected] in all different ages. He had a life of selfless Monastery. We are also Radhika Chari service to other people. He wrote more than working on other places to [email protected] thirty master pieced books. Each book he visit. Rama Srinivas wrote had principles behind the religion. He BBC TEAM [email protected] made mysterious and vedantic principles understandable for common people. He is the Toddler Class: founder of Chinmaya Mission. The work he May Birthdays: Toddler: Archana Sampath initiated that was so dear to him. [email protected] The Hindu Host Committee selected Sathya Srinivasan Priya Sarathy Swami Chinmayananda to be the President of Amogh Havangi [email protected] Agastya Sridharan Hindu Religion, representing Hinduism Ramanarayanan K worldwide at the Meeting of the Parliament of Pradhit Gaddameedi [email protected] World Religions in Chicago (during August 28 - Vidyashankar September 4, 1993), an honor bestowed on the Juniors: [email protected] great Swami Vivekananda a century ago. Ysaswi Singamneni Shravanthi Bala Swami Chinmayananda was known for Registration coordinators: his great selfless services for humanity and Krishnaswamy Panneer Selvam achievements in creating spiritual and cultural Seniors: [email protected] treasures in India. Then, on August 3, 1993 Shrea Chari Swami Chinmayananda passed away with a Aruna Sudarshan massive heart attack in San Diego California. Soumya Kalluri Newsletter Coordinator: Chinmaya mission continues to work on Krishna Meduri: spreading the teachings of Chinmayananda to Super Seniors: [email protected] the world. -By Nikitha Gopal Kamakshi Ramanarayanan 7930 Arjons Drive, San Diego, CA 92126 Phone: (858) 549-3940 May 2010 ISSUE 5 1 May 2010 Class Schedules DAYANAND SARASWATI Class Schedules 05-08-2010 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 05-01-2010 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Junior Class: Story: Parashurama Avatharam Toddler Class: -Venugopal Ramamurthy Story: Goddess Durga - Bharathy Thridandam Sloka: Sharada stotra pg.74 (1-3) Nalini Natarajan Sloka: sarvamangala mangalye & Annapurna sadapurna Bhajan: Deva Deva Deva Dayananda Saraswati was born into - Sapna Chandrasekar Krishna; Review: Mahalakshmi a wealthy Brahmin family in Gujarat, a part Jagan Matha of western India. He was raised in the Bhajan: Durga Bhavani Ma -Shubha Vijayashankar orthodox Hindu tradition but soon found - Bharathy Thridandam himself unsatisfied with the archaic Senior Class: teachings and practices, especially idol Super Senior Class: Story: Ayodhya - UP worship and other primitivisms imposed on Story: Madurai-TN - Bharathy Thridandam - Srinivas Varadarajan him. At the age of 19 he left his family and undertook a long period of rigorous, ascetic Sloka: Lakshmi stotra study of the ancient Vedas - the oldest core Sloka: Annapurna Stotram 4-8 (Namastestu) of the Hindu religion. - Lakshmi Srinivasan - Rama Srinivas Dayanand Saraswati was one of the Bhajan: Radha Ramana most radical socio-religious reformers in the Bhajan: Govinda Madhava Mukunda; Bhajo Madura Harinam history of India. In 1875 he founded the - Bharathy Thridandam - Viji Ramanarayanan Arya Samaj in Bombay as the institutional 05-22-2010 - - - - - - - - - - - - medium for the propagation of his teaching 05-15-2010- - - - - - - - - - - - - and propagated classless approach of the Junior Class: Vedas at a time when widespread casteism Toddler Class: Story: Quiz on all the was prevalent in the society. He preached Story: Tenali Rama & two Avatharams covered so far in vernacular Hindi in an effort to break thieves - Radhika Chari & Priya Ram through the elitist Sanskrit culture and to - Gayathri Vidyashankar reach the masses. His society was open to Sloka: Sharada Stotra pg.74 (3-7) all men and women on the basis of personal Shloka: ananyashchintayanya - Shankar Parasaran interest and commitment. His disciples maam & yatra yogeshwaraH perused the Vedas in minute detail, finding krishno Bhajan: Sharanam Siddhi there the essential precursors of Western -Anandhi Sriram Vinayaka; Review: Vanamali science and technology, including Radha Ramana electricity, microbiology, and other modern Bhajan: Devi Lakshmi Mampahi; - Priya Ram inventions. Pashupati Tanaya -Anandhi Sriram He undertook a tour of the entire Senior Class: country, made fiery speeches condemning Super Senior Class Story: Quiz on places covered so the caste system, idolatry, and child far Viveka Deepika marriages. He was the first leader in the - Prasanna Madabushi & -Lalitha Kodandapani field of theology who welcomed the Renuka Krishnan advances of sciences and technology. He Shloka: Annapurna Stotram full Sloka: Revise Vishnu & Shiva gave new interpretations to reform the - Viji Ramanarayanan stotras stagnant Hindu thought through his book - Radhika Chari "Satyaprakash" (The Light of Truth). He Bhajan: Vishnu Priye; Sharanam preached that salvation was possible Siddhi Vinayaka Bhajan: Start on Ekadantam through social service. - Viji Ramanarayanan -Lalitha Krishnamoorthy By Deepika Vuppala 7930 Arjons Drive, San Diego, CA 92126 Phone: (858) 549-3940 May 2010 ISSUE 5 2 May 2010 GODAVARI RIVER Class Presentations BBC Announcements: Junior Class: 05-8-2010 We would like to remind the Lord Subramanya parents about the availability --Priyanka Samavedam of books at the Balabhavan library. 05-22-2010 Lord Rama The list of library books --Akshaya Venugopal available for borrowing can be Godavari River is the second largest found at river in India and also called the Dakshin Senior Class: http://groups.yahoo.com/grou Ganga (Ganga of the South). It runs from 05-18-2010 p/BalaBhavan/files/BB_Book_Li western to southern India. It originates from Would you rather be Rama or st.xls Trimbak in Maharashtra and runs through the Bharatha? Deccan Plateau into the Bay of Bengal. The -- Sukruth Kadaba Please arrive 10 minutes before Godavari River has a large drainage area 05-22-2010 the start of the class so that which is nearly one-tenth of the size of India. Would you rather be Lakshmana you can borrow the books Its tributaries include Indravait, Manjira, or Vibeeshana? without disturbing the classes. Bindusara, and Sabari. The Godavari River is --Rohith Sudhakar sacred to Hindus and has several pilgrimage centers on its banks including Super Senior Class: The parent volunteers and the Triamabekeshwar (one of the twelve 05-01-2010 class coordinators put in a lot jyotirlingas) and Bhadrachalam (Rama Kabir of their time and effort for temple). It has been held as a special place of - Arun Sundar teaching to the children. We pilgrimage for many thousands of years. Every 05-15-2010 kindly request all the parents twelve years, a Pushkaram fair is held on the Ramanujacharya to make sure the children banks of the river. Thousands of people have - Yashes Srinivasn arrive for the classes in time a holy dip in the sacred waters of the river to Buddha and have all the necessary purify themselves of all their sins. - Vikram Thridandam materials available for the class. All the necessary Legend has it that Sage Gautama ------------------------------------ materials are available from lived on the Brahmagiri Hills at Festivals of the Month: the temple website and if any Triambakeshwar with his wife Ahalya. The of the necessary materials are rishi kept his stock of rice in a granary. Once, May 9: Mother’s Day missing please let one of the a cow entered his granary and ate up the May 31: Memorial Day coordinators know about it so rice. When the rishi tried to ward the cow Please visit www.shiva- that they can be added to the away with Durbha grass, it fell dead. The rishi vishnu.org for more details web
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