Vivekananda Kendra Vedic Vision Foundation

7th November Weeklly Swadhyaya

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA GLOWS IN HUMAN RELATIONSHIP

On November 7th Saturday, in the online swadhyaya class titled 'Meditation on Swamiji,' Srimad Swami Veerabhadranandaji, in charge of Ramakrishna Math Haripad was the speaker. Quoting from the reactions of some of the famous personalities, on Swami Vivekananda's life's events and his message who hold swamiji as a life guiding star eg Mr Shukorno -the President of Indonesia who doesnot complete his day without reading Swamiji.Dr Manmohan Singh -ex-Prime Minister of India referred to Swami Vivekananda as 'the tallest man of the miienium'.

Swamiji commanded reverance wherever he went. Mary luis Burke wrote in her book 'New Discoveries' said that whenever he walked in the streets of America , there was not a person who stopped and looked at the majestic figure of Swamiji. The reason for this reverance is because Swamiji's talking and walking mingled beautifully. His life's events are like motivating capsules for all types of people.

Hence this study session would deal with events of Swamiji's life under the title 'Swami Vivekananda glows in human relationship'

The multidimensional personality of Swami Vivekananda would be studied. Relationship is a mirror reflecting ones beauty and one can correct and improve oneself looking at the mirror. Inter personal relationship becomes smooth and harmonious. Hence in the study session we shall see how multi Swamiji got related to all - with nature, with Guru, with our country, with the world countries.

Rev.Veerabhadranandaji narrated three incidents.

First one was how young Vivekananda known as Narendranath saves a poor classmate of his from loosing his future career.The feeling for other people was what Swamji had right from his childhood.That was what Swamiji mentions 'feeling from the heart', finding solution and then executing the solution makes one a real patriot.

Second incident of Swamji's relation with humans was when after becoming famous in USA, a negro man came to shake hands with the Swami, he readily did it. When asked for the reason Swamiji replied that the Nigger was also his brother.

The third incident was of the incident of the man who ran to Swamiji asking for forgiveness since he had been forced to poison the drink which was meant for Swamiji when Swamiji visited the Church on invitation. Though Swamiji had not could not touch that drink since he felt that his Guru didn't want him to. The answer given to the man by Swamiji proved the magnanimity of Swamiji when he advised the man to promise never to indulge in such acts again, saying this Swamiji just turned and left.

Ganapathi Homam and Bhajan Sandhya

31st October:Every Purnima day, there is special Ganapathi Homam and Sree Chakra Pooja as is performed regularly on every

Purnima day..In the evening an online bhajan Sandhya was conducted by
Vivekanananda Kendra Vedic Vision Foundation (Vibhag: Kerala; Project : Kodangullur ) As part of the regular Bhajan Sandhya on all Purnima Days by Vivekananda Kendra- Kerala Vibhag, this time the lead was taken up by Kodangullur on Oct 31st, Saturday from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm.
The occasion was also used to celebrate Valmiki Jayanti with almost 31 participants. Bhajan Sandhya was charged with extremely soothing and calming devotional songs and popular songs.The details as follows:

Anchoring: Kum.Drishya.

Talk on Valmiki Jayanti by Ma.Dr.Lakshmi Kumari Didi

Guru Sthothram - Kalyani Didi

Guru Bhajan: Kum. Kokilla

Ganesha Bhajan: Kum.Malavika

Shiva Bhajan: Kum. Gopika

Devi Bhajan: Kum. Sreelakshmi

Ram Bhajan : Kum. Sreelakshmi

Krishna Bhajan : Kum.Malavika

Mishra Bhajan: Kum. Gayathri Nirvanashatakam: Priya Didi

Meditation with Shaanti Mantra : Ma.Radha Didi

Kendra Prayer : Sutapa Didi.

ONLINE SWADHYAYA ' MEDITATION ON SWAMIJI'

Weekly Online Swadhyaya on every Saturday from 5pm to 6pm on Swamiji, titled 'Meditation on Swamiji' started with the inaugural session on 10th October. 145 participants from All over India and abroad have registered . Ma.Didi laid the foundation by taking three consecutive classes . In her three classes starting from 17th October, on 24th October and the third on 31st October ,Ma. Didi spoke on Swamiji as 'Vishwa Bhanu', the one who enlightens the world, 'Vishwamitra' the friend of all and ' Vishwa Guru', the Universal teacher.

VIJAYA DASHAMI CELEBRATION

On 26th October, 30 children mostly Sandeepani Sishuvihar's LKG and UKG tiny tots , ex students and other local children from the neighbourhood came by 6.30 a.m, at Anandadham to take back their books they had kept before Mother Saraswati on Ashthami day for Her blessings.

After completing the ritual of writing 'Hari Srhi Ganapataya Namaha ' on raw rice either with the help of ma.Didi or their parents the tiny tots got their books form their teacher , enjoyed Devi's prasadam and then went back by 7.30 a.m.

Ofcourse mask and social distancing was strictly followed during the ritual , by the tiny tots and their parents .

SESSION ON PRANAYAMA AND OMKAR DHYANA

A fortnight session(3rd October to 18th October 2020) from 5.30am to 6am at Anandadham ,on Pranayama and Omkar dhyana conducted by Sri Sudhakarji .Total attendance 20

Vishwabhanu Aug'20 - Sep '20

Vishwabhanu Aug'20 - Sep'20

GANDHI jAYANTHI CELEBRATION

Online celebration of Gandhi Jayanti was enthusiastically celebrated by the teachers and tiny tots of Sishuvihar. Little Abhijit of UKG dressed as Gandhiji gave his message to all others. !3 students and their family members attended. Ex students too participated along with their families . Smt Jaya Radhakrishnan, favorite of the tiny tots conducted the programme. Children either sang songs or talked about Gandhiji. Lastly Ma. Didi talked to all the children and their parents.

All the tinytots seemed so much at home with the Online ways!

WEBINARS DURING SEPTEMBER

On 6^th September the director of Centre for Policy and Devvelopment Studies Sri Arun Lakshman invited Ma.Didi along with Ma.Balakrishnanji –all India President of Vivekananda Kendra and S Sethumadhavan –Akhil Bharatiya Karya Karya Sadasyan, RSS in a Webinar.In the programme Ma Balkrishnanji and Ma LakshmiDidi shared thoughts on ‘ Glorious fifty years of Vivekananda Rock Memorial ‘in a webinar arranged by Sri Arun Lakshman journalist and Director of Centre for Policy and Development Studies(CPDS).

Man Didi addressed a webinar organised by Adhyatma Seva Kendra on 11^th September. The Topic was Yogeswara Sri Krishna and Swami Vivekananda as Master Teacher. In all 80 people participated in the webinar, Presidential address on Zoom on 11th September from 6.30 pm.for the Valedictory ceremony of month long Global Festival of Divinity in Humanity named 'Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum' organized by the Curator of the festival, Dr A.Subramanian of Adhyatma Yoga Academy and Advaity Academy, Bangaluru. 80 people attended .

Universal Brotherhood Day celebration

Preparations for Universal Brotherhood Day started well before September. Online Competitions were kept for the school students and also for the adults.

1) All Kerala Elocution competition in Malayalam based on the Chicago speech of Swamiji was for the classes V to VII; Elocution competition in ENglish was for the High school students from class VIII to X.

2) All India Quiz competition in English was designed for the students of classes X, XI and XII. Topic was based on the videos of Ma.Lakshmi Didi on series of her talks on 'Love India as Swamiji loved Her'

3) All India Essay competition in English,Hindi or Malayalam for adults from 19 years to 30 years. The topic was similar to the quiz competition.

140 students registered for the elocution competition out of which 63 students sent their videos. 16 students from 5 different schools around Kodungallur were from the junior section and 47were senior students from 13 different schools of Kodungallur , Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur and Ernakulam.

267 students registered for the Quiz and 113 only could appear online for the Quiz comppetition. Among them 250 students were from 21 VKVs of Arunachal Pradesh, 8 were from 3 VKVs of Assam, 2 were fro VKV Kallubalu and the rest were Govt school students of Arunachal Pradesh( 3 students) and other schools of Maharastra( 4 students)

121 participants registered for the essay competition.Out of them only 61 submitted their essays. Out of them 55 participants were from the different VKVs of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and the rest from Bihar, Uttarakhand, Maharastra and Kerala.

On 11th September , Universal Brotherhood Day was celebrated in two sessions one in the morning from 10 a.m to 11.15 am and the second session from 4pm to 5.15 pm. Both were online sessions through Google Meet.

For the first session Mananeeya Balakrishnanji , All India President of Vivekananda Kendra, was the Chief Guest. Attendance was more than 250 , hence many had to watch through You-tube link.Participants included that of Essay , Quiz and other local welwishers. Sushree Radha Didi - Sanghatak of Dakshin Pranta, introduced Mananeeya Balakrishnanji and Ma. Didi. Ma.Balakrishnanji was very pleased to see many VKV teachers among those who attended the Meet and addressed the audience after Mananeeya Didi's introductory speech. After this the Winners of the essay competition were declared. All the three winners of the First , Second and Consolation positions were VKV teachers. Essay written by Su. Sanchita Roy of VKV Doyan -Nagaland was chosen to be the best among the 61 essays.

As for the online Quiz, it was unanimously decided that a second round of the same would be conducted in the month of November and winners declared on Sadhana Divas.Many of the 267 students who had registered , could not appear for the quiz for various reasons.

For the second session in the evening from 4pm to 5 pm was arranged for the all Kerala participants. Dr T.P.Sasikumar , a Space scientist by profession and a close well wisher of Vivekananda Kendra,was invited as the Chief Guest. 65 people attended.Ma. Didi and The Chief Guest Dr T.P . Sashikumar was introduced and welcomed to the session by Sushree Radha Didi.After a short address by Ma. Didi and an inspiring talk by Dr Shashi Kumar, the prize winners of the elocution competitions were declared. Kum Rithupurna of Class VI from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavans Kodungallur from the junior section and Kum. Sanjana of Class VII from Arya Central School, Tvm, from the senior were declared as First prize winners of the elocution competitions. Cash prizes of Rs 1000/- for the first prize winners, Rs 750/- for the second prize winners and Rs 500/- for the third prize winners, will be received by the winners.A follow session every month with Dr TP Sasikumar is being thought of for the participating children, which will help them in their journey ahead.

Sri Krishna Jayanthi Celebration.

10th September was the auspicious day of Sri Krishna Jayanthi. This year was totally different because there were no tiny tots parading the campus of Anandadham dressed as Little Krishna and Gopikas. Little Krishnas could not come out of their houses.Parents could only send the photographs and videos of their wards in different poses. Children from 2 months to 12 years were all dressed as Krishnas or Gopikas and their parents witnessed their naughty pranks .

In the evening an online Bhajan Sandhya was arranged through Google Meet.55 people watched the programme. The youngsters of Kodungallur , budding vocalists and children of Yoga Varga team were the singers .Apart from songs , there was a talk by Mananeeya Didi on the significance of that day and a session on meditation taken by Sushree Radha Didi, Dakshin Pranta Sanghatak.

The singers who sanctified the atmosphere with their melodious voices singing in praise of Sri Krishna were Kum Meera, Kum Malavika, Kum,SreeLakshmi and Sri Vyshnav.Guru bhajan was sung by Su.Kalyani Didi - Nagar Sanghatak of VK Trivandrum branch and Ganesha bhajan by Smt Krishnapriya.

Onam -Aghosham

Onam Aghosham started from the previous day of Onam with cleaning up the campus by the yoga Varga team. On that day the Niveditha Sasraya tailoring unit sisters too received their first remittance for their from the sale of theirfinished goods. They received from the hands of Ma. DIdi along with the 'Onam Kizhi'

on Saturday , after samuhika pratahsmaran, all the 17 yoga Varga team members headed by Sri P.N. Joshiji, with all the inmates created a beautiful pookolam. Ma.Didi spoke to them on the importance of Onam. At the end Onam Sadia - breakfast was there for all. Breakfast was also sponsored by the team.

WEBINERS DURING AUGUST

A talk by Ma Lakshmi Didi was on Google Meet on 8th August, Sunday at 7 pm, The programme was conducted by Samanvaya - Bangalore group. 40 families watched the webinar. Topic was 'Vivekananda Swamiyude Kalchapattil Ramayanam' or Ramayana as interpreted by Swami Vivekananda. Host of the G-Meet was Sri Jayasankar. This was the second G-Meet with the Samanwaya group addressed by Ma. Didi.

A second G-meet by Ma.Lakshmi DIdi. It.was on 14th August, 10 am, conducted by Amrita Vishwa Vidyalayam, Amritapuri on 7th day and 13th class of Amrita Gramayan 2020, Topic was ' Sanatana Jeevita Darshanam' , 95 people attended the G-Meet.