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Gratitude and Appreciation – Simple yet Rewarding Acts
Our week long youth camp is coming to a conclusion and this is the final day of classes. Today we ventured into the world of gratitude and appreciation. As part of today’s class exercise each student was asked to write a note of gratitude to their parents. In doing so they had to be specific about what they were grateful for. They were also asked to write a note to their counselor and one other person at their week long camp.
In addition to this, in the older group’s class a skit was enacted about how first generation American born Hindu parents can use the guidelines and spiritual tools of Hinduism to guide their children with everyday challenges that they face in the world. Well prepared and excellently executed, our campers proved to be wonderful actors!
Children writing notes of gratitude and appreciation
In expressing gratitude they have to be specific.
And when they present their note of appreciation to the individual they have to look the person in the face and say 'Here's my note of appreciation that I wrote for you'.
Members of the older group perform a skit on Hindu parenting.
The skit was very entertaining and educational
A young camper gives his counselor a big hug of appreciation!
A message from one of the younger campers!
Cultural Rendezvous in Yoga
Yesterday we invited our African brothers and sisters to join us in our morning Hatha Yoga and meditation practice. This was something new to most of them. I began the class by leading them through a few rounds of Surya Namaskaram (sun salutations) to get them warmed up and stretched. Then we div...
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A Meeting of Cultures – Africa and India
Today Muni Natarajan and myself were invited to a sacred name giving ceremony that was being conducted on campus here at the West Virginia University by a group of African origin. So it seems that we were not the only ones that are teaching our younger generation about culture, tradition and reli...
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Hindu Spiritual Tools for Youth
The core of our study over the last week has been to find ways to incorporate Hindu spiritual tools into our daily lives to help solve the challenges that we face. We did this by having the youth share problems and then suggest solutions based on spiritual tools that they have learned. And someti...
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Clay Ganeshas
This afternoon a lot of the campers had fun making clay Ganeshas. At some point they manage to convince the two teachers, Muni and myself, to join them in this messy but creatively fun project. And we are very glad we did as we had lots of fun.
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Intricate Jain Temple Carvings
On day 17 of our month long series of photos on Rajasthan we share a close up photo taken of a wall on a Jain temple in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. This section is intricately carved and so is most of the temple creating a spectacular religious edifice.
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Classes and Temples – Hindu Youth Camp
Today was filled with classes and a visit to two temples in Pittsburgh. We’ll share the day with you in the photos below.
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