ACTIVITY of the day🔗

MATERIALS NEEDED:

• 1. Paper

• 2. Pen
• 3. Eraser

• 4. Pencil

PROCEDURE:

Read the following story and ask the students to engage in a discussion. You can ask them question such as:

• 1. How can someone who was a robber realize the truth and surrender to God so quickly?
• 2. How can cognitive shifts happen?
• 3. What is a cognitive shift you have had recently?
• 4. How important is spiritual knowledge on the path of Living Enlightenment?

PROCEDURE:

"One day the sage Nārada was passing through that jungle. Nārada is cosmically known for his devotion to Viṣṇu. All Nārada had was a small stringed instrument that he played while constantly singing the praises of Viṣṇu.

When Vālmikī saw him, he stopped him and said, 'Give me everything you have, otherwise I will kill you!'

Nārada told him, 'I don't have anything with me except this small instrument and God's name. So I can't give you anything.'

Vālmikī thought he was bluffing. He asked Nārada, 'How can you not have anything?

PROCEDURE:

Nārada smiled and asked, 'What do you do with all these things that you rob from others?

Vālmikī told him, 'These are for my family, my children, my wife and my parents.'

Nārada asked, 'You do all this for your children, wife and parents. Do you think they will stay with you forever?'

Vālmikī told Nārada, 'Yes, of course, they will be with me. I get them wealth and food. They will always be with me.

Nārada once again asked him, 'Are you sure they will always be there for you?'

Vālmikī became irritated. He replied, 'Can't you understand? I am sure that they will always be there for me.