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From Comic to Bhāgavata: Śrī Kṛṣṇa Avatāra Kathā-śravaṇam Lab for SLC children

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  Why this project? This project invites children to experience the Krishna Avatar stories in two complementary ways: through the vivid pictures and dialogues of Amar Chitra Katha: Bhagawat – The Krishna Avatar and through the original Sanskrit narrative of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Canto 10 . We had done this with some kids in our SLC in the past for Śrīmad Rāmayanam. The goal is to help kids and our SLC family, see that the comic is not “just a storybook” but a carefully distilled visual form of the Bhāgavata Purā ṇ a. When they annotate the panels with chapter and śloka numbers, recite the verses, and retell the story in their own words, they start to move naturally between picture, Sanskrit, and meaning.   How the storytelling lab works Each team is given: A block of pages from the ACK bumper issue Bhagawat – The Krishna Avatar . See table below. A corresponding set of chapters from Canto 10 (Tenth Skandha) of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, covering ...
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Chanting before starting our Bhāgavata sessions

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Minimum Chanting before starting our Bh ā gavata sessions (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13) (1)  janmādy asya yato ’nvayād itarataś cārtheṣv abhijñaḥ svarāṭ / tene brahma hṛdā ya ādi-kavaye muhyanti yat sūrayaḥ // tejovāri-mṛdāṃ yathā vinimayo yatra tri-sargo ’mṛṣā / dhāmnā svena sadā nirasta-kuhakaṃ satyaṃ paraṃ dhīmahi // (BhP 01.01.001) We meditate (dhīmahi) upon that Supreme Reality (satyaṃ param) from whom (yataḥ) arise the creation, sustenance, and dissolution (janma-ādi) of this universe; who is directly (anvayāt) present in all that exists and indirectly (itarataḥ) distinct from all that is non-existent; who is fully cognizant (abhijñaḥ) of all objects and self-dependent (svarāṭ); who imparted (tene) the Veda (brahma) into the heart (hṛdā) of the first-born sage (ādi-kavi Brahmā), about whom even the learned (sūrayaḥ) are deluded (muhyanti); in whom (yatra) the threefold creation (tri-sargaḥ of sattva, rajas, tamas) appears real (amṛṣā) like the apparent transformation (vinimayaḥ)...
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