Going way back to the start our 7th grade Balavihar
The three best known wives of King Dasharatha, Bhagvan Rama's father
Who are Ma Kaushalya, Ma Kaikeyi and Ma Sumitra?
We learn from the cataka bird to have patience, determination and perseverance because the cataka bird only takes water from here.
What is rain water?
This is how the sun showed he was stronger than the wind
What is by shining and giving warmth? The wind was blowing so hard that he made the person put his coat on even tighter where the sun gave out heat and the person removed his coat.
Gurudev, the Guru who started Chinmaya Mission
Who is Swami Chinmayananda ji?
This is a two part question. 1. The name of this kingdom where Bhagvan Rama is exiled from and 2. the number of years he is exiled for
What is Ayodhya and 14 years?
This is what is meant by oceanic ears
What is someone who never tires of listening to Bhagvan Rama's stories?
This is why the Tibetan monk's Buddha became black
What is when the Tibetan monk didn't want to share his incense with the other monks so he put up walls around his own Buddha. All the incense smoke stayed right there and turned his Buddha black
This is the literal Sanksrit translation of the word "Guru"
What is "gu"=darkness (ignorance) and "ru"=counteract (remove) so what is the remover of ignorance or the one who counteracts darkness?
The person who seeded Mother Kaikeyi with thoughts that Prince Bharath should be made the king and that Bhagvan Rama should be exiled.
Who is Manthara?
As we go through the steps of our puja, these are three of the reasons we offer water to Bhagvan.
The chameleon who goes to the zoo and asks Bhagvan for feathers like a peacock and a trunk like an elephant teaches us this.
What is to be happy to be yourself, and to accept others are as they are, that is how Bhagvan has made each of us?
The Guruji who wrote the Rama Arti, He was the second head of Chinmaya Mission and is still teaching today.
Who is Swami Tejomayananda ji?
The author who wrote the Ramayana in Sanskrit, his name meaning the one who is born of an anthill
Who is Valmikiji?
This is the unique quality of the hamsa bird.
What is being able to extract milk from a milk/water mixture, teaching us to see the good in any situation?
What the half golden mongoose was looking for when he was rolling around the food at King Yudhistira's yagna after the Mabharatha war.
What is true dana or charity? When he was rolling around the left over drop of rice from the poor starving family who gave the stranger their food, he turned half gold. He is looking for someone else with that much charity to turn the rest of his body gold.
These are three shlokas from the Guru Stotram which I can recite by memory
What are - any three shlokas from Guru Stotram?
The author of the Ramayana that we are currently studying, the Ramacharitramanas and the language in which he wrote it
Who is Tulsidas ji and what is Avadhi?
We can offer the steps of a puja in our mind like offering Bhagvan Shiva water, a seat, entertainment and so on. This is called____. An example of this would be reciting the following 2-4 lines _____.
What is Shiva Manas Puja and "Ratnai kalpita masanam ... or any section of the Shiva Manas Puja"
This is the story about Bhagvan Krishna and his friend Sudama.
What is "Sudama is the friend of Bhagvan's from the Gurukul who ate his own share of the poha that their Guru Sandeepany's wife and packed and Bhagvan Krishna's share also. Bhagvan stayed hungry that night but then Sudama and his family stayed poor and hungry for many years to follow."
These are five of the nine forms of devotion taught to us by Sabari Devi and Bhagvan Rama as she has practiced them all
What are being in satsang, love Rama katha, serve the Guru without arrogance, sing Bhagvan's bhajans and kirtan, doing japa, have control of your senses, have good character, worship Guru before Bhagvan, be straightforward, have faith/shraddha, have equanimity