Resources for discussing and teaching hinduism to GenX, Millennials, Gen Z and Gen Alpha...

 

 

Content pages of some textbooks as a starter for curriculum design (note these two docs are PDFs

 that will be downloaded upon clicking; the PDFs contain Table of Contents of two text books):  

 curriculum_model1 and 

curriculum_model2

(complete books are available below) 

 Some text book / resource materials from Hawaii temple and others

Hindu Dharma by Kanchi Mahaa Periyavaal

 Understanding-Hinduism-DC-Rao

 Mysore.Hiriyanna-The.Essentials.of.Indian.Philosophy.1948

 A hinduism primer (PDF) 

What is hinduism (full-book PDF)  (Hawaii Ashram link)

How to become a hindu? (PDF)  

What is hinduism (PDF) - another link for download if needed 

the-history-of-hindu-india

hindu-basics

fourteen-questions

Hindu mind by Bansi Pandit 

Some books in Advaita perspective

 Introduction to Vedanta by Dr. K. Sadananda

 Introduction to Vedanta – Audio by Swami Paramarthananda

 Tattva Bodhah – Swami Paramarthananda- Audio

 http://arshaavinash.in/index.php/books-by-swami-paramarthananda/

 Some websites 

https://ancientindianwisdom.com/ 

Vyoma Labs is an interesting institution teaching samskritam digitally.  The Center need not re-invent the technology products for samskritam teaching; collaborating with this institution would save money and time.  

The Jijnyasa Research and Education Foundation : http://ancientindianwisdom.com/
This is based in Florida but has roots in Hyderabad. They have created a similar resource to what the Center proposes to do but there is still a large space to cover. This involves academics who are indologists and samskrtam scholars  motivated by the idea of serving Sanathana Dharma in the ways only they can. It will be a crime to re-invent the wheel…mindlessly! 

 

 

 

   12. Lakshmi Ganapati

 

 

 

 

बिभ्राण: शुकबीजपूर कमलं माणिक्यकुम्भाङ्कुशान् 

 पाशं कल्पलतां च खड्गविलस  ज्ज्योतिस्सुधानिर्झर: ॥

श्यामेनात्त सरोरुहेण सहितं देवीद्वयेनान्तिके 

 गौराङ्गो वरदान हस्त कमलो लक्ष्मी गणेशॊ (अ)वतात् ॥

 

bibhrāṇa: śukabījapūra kamalaṁ māṇikyakumbhāṅkuśān  

  pāśaṁ kalpalatāṁ ca khaḍgavilasa  jjyōtissudhānirjhara: ||

śyāmēnātta sarōruhēṇa sahitaṁ dēvīdvayēnāntikē 

  gaurāṅgō varadāna hasta kamalō lakṣmī gaṇēśo (a)vatāt ||

 

He holds a parrot, pomegrenate,  lotus, ratna kalasa 

(in his trunk), goad, paasha, karpaga twine, sword 

showing varada mudra. Incandescent with nectar-like light, 

crystalline in body hue.  He is embraced by 

Siddhi and Buddhi who carry cloud-hued lotus. 

 

 

Nallodor veenai - a poem by Subramanya Bharati

 Nallodor veenai -  

by Mahakavi Subramanya Bharati

Does one throw away to refuse,

A  beautiful veena created  for melodies?

Speak now, O Shiva-Shakti, of your purport

To have nurtured this bright intellect in me?

Give now, O mother, audacious prowess

To make me lead a life serving your world!

Speak now, O Shiva-Shakti, would you make it

Just a life laden with burdens on this earth?

 

Give me a body that obeys my will like

A ball powered by a forceful throw;

Give me a mind that constricts not and

A spirit that is born anew every day;

Give  me a Heart that sings your praise, O Shiva-Shakti

Even when my body is scorched by fire;

Give me a Will that is unmoved by the world-

What stops thee from blessing  me now?

SivaShakti Poem by Subramanya Bharati - a translation

 SivaShakti - 

Mahakavi Subramanya Bharati

Some call you as the Nature herself, or

The five elements unified as the One;

Are you the one powering the human creations,

The fire of life force, pure intelligence or Shiva?

You are our wondrous Mother,

We offer you in the fire of our Tapasya

The honey of ‘om’ for you to drink;

Enjoy it and bless us with your dance of Shiva

 

You are the light of compassion for some and

Dark Kali of the Night for others;

You are the source of all our joys and the

Pain of sufferings too for many.

Numerous are the offerings we brought;

Be pleased and place us among the Celestials;

We surrender at your Feet for protection,

O Shiva-Shakti, our shining warrior Mother!

 

You are the nectar of truth, and the

Healer of wounds and enlivening;

Aglow as the spark of our Life-Force;

You are enduring and an eternal

Divine spring of force and spirit;

You have avowed to surround us close

Always to protect and preserve.

 

With inner strength, we brought out a

Sacred clarity from our sparkling life-force;

Enjoy it as the divine soma elixir;

We aspire to join the tribe of Immortals

As we wait for your ecstatic, redeeming dance

 

Two demons of Fear and Sorrow

Have surrounded us from all sides;

Mean are their squads ailing us

With worries and deaths - trying

To rob us of the nectar of pride and life

They have surrounded even this

Great land you have given us as

The shelter from all their harms.

 

They have us in siege from all sides

Bringing down the decorated mansions

With bombs raining all days long

Shattering the halls, houses and castles

Drying up of the river of our livelihoods;

We beseech you with hymns and praises,

Come mother to protect us from these foes

 

We seek refuge at your feet and

Plead for your compassion and grace

To protect our dharma, laws and rules

Our temples, women and children,

Our fertile lands, animals and food,

With none else to protect from our foes.

 

Our Loving Mother Shiva-Shakti!

Elevate us to the realms of Immortals,

We have surrendered to your feet in service

Consecrate our desires, music, arts and

Aspirations to fit your grace;

We stand with obeisance submitting

All chattels from our lives – from the

Past, present and future.

 

 

 

 

 

      11. siddhi gaṇapati:

 

  

 

                                  सिध्दि गणपति: ध्यान  siddhi gaṇapati: dhyāna

                            पक्व चूत फल कल्पमञ्जरी: इक्षुदण्डतिल मॊदकै: सह । 

                            उद्वहन् परशुमस्तु ते नम: श्री समृध्दियुत हेमपिङ्गल ॥ 

   pakva cūta phala kalpamañjarī: 

   ikṣudaṇḍatila modakai: saha | 

    udvahan paraśumastu tē nama: 

   śrī samr̥dhdiyuta hēmapiṅgala ||

 

 

He who has a mango fruit, a bunch of karpaga blossoms, 

a sugarcane, sesame rice  axe in his hands, 

with his consorts shree and smruddhi devees, to Him

the crimpson hued siddhi gaNapathi 

(also known as pingala gaNapati),  my obeisances.