Carl Sagan (1934 – 1996)

“The most elegant and sublime of these is a representation of the creation of the universe at the beginning of each cosmic cycle, a motif known as the cosmic dance of Lord Shiva. The god, called in this manifestation Nataraja, the Dance King. In the upper right hand is a drum whose sound is the sound of creation. In the upper left hand is a tongue of flame, a reminder that the universe, now newly created, with billions of years from now will be utterly destroyed.” 

Global Hindu Heritage Foundation is extremely happy to inform that Bala Samskar (Sunday Schools) were started as planned in twenty-eight locations/ villages. The teachers were instructed to talk about the importance of teaching the basic values of Sanatana Dharma, the morals, the Gurus, festivals , historical figures, stories from scriptures and other topics.

Due to heavy rains, eight classes in around Tirupati were cancelled. In other three locations, we conducted about twenty-six schools on November 28, 2021.

1) Agency Area in Pendurthi (Coordinator: Sri Sai Manasa Datta)

2) Visakhapatnam in Vamby area (Kollu Srinivas Raju)

3) Tirupati (Bangaram Amaraveni)

4) Hyderabad. (Lakshmi Nivas)

We are planning to conduct similar classes in Kakinada area, Madanapalli, Anantapur and Eluru Palem in Prakasam Dist. We will update you as we make progress.

Why Conduct Bala Samskar  Sunday Schools?

1)     Parents are not equipped to transmit the timeless wisdom of Sanatana Dharma
2)     Schools are teaching anti-Hindu sentiments and in fact demeaning our Gods and Scriptures; They are in fact glorifying the religions that believe in violence, terror, killings, deceptive conversion tactics, hatred, etc.
3)     Our Hindu Temple are under the Government control whose mission is abuse our Temples, loot our money, employ other religious people to undermine the sacredness of our Temples.
4)      Christians are taking advantage of our inaction by wooing our children with incentives such as chocolates, Biscuits, pens, books, and money where they learn to hate Hinduism

Our children are our strength. They are our future. They are going to be our Ambassadors to Hindu Dharma in preserving, protecting, and propagating our ancient civilization. For centuries, we as Hindus failed to transmit the knowledge to our next generations. With no knowledge about our faith and with no pride in the universality and non-violence of Sanatana Dharma, our children as well as adults have become targets for Christians to convert. They have used plethora of deceptive tactics to woo our Hindus to Christianity as we are not able to defend our religion and also not able to question the barbaric nature of the Bible. We have become defenseless and not equipped with no knowledge about our heritage.

Why Bala Samskar Planned?

Bala Samskars / Sunday Schools are being planned for two purposes:

1) To teach about the richness and glory of our Sanatana Dharma. It is eternal nature, its scientific advances, depth of knowledge in our scriptures, and its universal appeal to the humanity.

2) Also prevent the Christian aggressive missionary threat to Hinduism. Children are lured away by the Christians bribing them with many unnecessary needs to attract them. They give Chocolates, pens, pencils, and promises of many material things and invite them to Churches and start brainwashing them to believe in their religion and teach them to hate Hinduism.

As many of you aware that GHHF initiated Ghar Waapasi to welcome back to Hinduism those that were either lured, forced, or intimidated to get converted to Christianity. Christian Conversion is going at a rapid pace. With the support of the present Andhra Pradesh government, Christians have become emboldened to openly attacking the Hindu Temples, destroying the ancient Images, and burning the chariots. They even demanding the breakup of Bharath int two countries. We started with four Pracharaks who responsibility is to explain the differences between Bible and Bhagvad Gita and welcome the back to Hinduism. At present we have about 20 Pracharaks at the village level to convince them to return to Hindu Dharma.

Christian Allurement: Now Christian missionaries and Pastors started luring the children to their churches by offering chocolates, pens, pencils, biscuits, and other items. The innocent children not knowing the differences between Hindu philosophy and Christian, they to the churches and slowly brainwashed to accept Jesus is the real God. On one side we are working to welcome those Christians back to Hinduism, on the other side we are losing the children to Christian hatred, violence, intolerance, and terrorism. Hinduism emphasizes the divine nature of movable and immovable objects and considers the universe as Vasudhaiva Kutumbam (as family).

Global Hindu Heritage Foundation is planning to start BALA SAMSKAR on Sundays as well as weekdays to impart the richness of Hindu Heritage that enunciated peace, harmony, inclusiveness, self-improvement, and universal welfare. Our Sunday School will discuss contributions Hinduism mage in the fields of education, mathematics, astronomy. Arithmetic, quantum mechanics, metallurgy, surgery, medicine, dentistry, infinity, zero. Cosmology, literature, yoga and meditation and other subjects.

Our children will recite Hindu invocation dealing with universal kinship and well-being:

Om sarve bhavantu sukhinah. Sarve santu niraamayaah. Sarve bhadraani pashyantu. Maa kaschid dukhbhaag bhavet.

“May all beings be happy. May all beings be healthy. May all beings experience prosperity. May none in the world suffer.”

Topics to be Discussed in Bala Samskar Kendra/ Sunday School

Some of the topics the teachers may cover in their classes. Depending on the time, they can select as they see fit. Not required to cover all of them in any given class.

1) Chant Om three time.

2) Ganapathy Prayer.

3) Guru Stotram – Importance.

4) Surya Namaskar.

5) Moral Story.

6) National Heroes who sacrificed their lives for Bharat.

7) Scientific nature of Hinduism and how it is different from other two religions

8) Importance and Uniqueness of Hindu Temples

9) Hindu Customs and Traditions

10) Gurus of India

11) Coming Festivals

12) Stories from Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Puranas. Etc.

13) Teach 1-2 Bhagavad Gita Verses

14) Teach 1-2 Bhajans

15) Homework for Children

16) Hinduism and other religions - Compare

17) Yoga Postures and Meditation

18) Visit nearby Temple and have Darshan

19) Expose them with government hatred to Hinduism and how to protect it.

20) Prasadam

Sponsor a Village School

In order to conduct Sunday schools in villages and some neighborhoods in Cities, we are planning to employ one teach for each village who will spend 2-3 hours on Sunday and also 2-3 days in a week to have evening classes to engage the students and teach not only the value of Hinduism but also help them in their homework. Teacher’s salary, teaching material, Snacks, and Prasadam would cost approximately $1200 Per each Sunday School.

You want to Start Sunday School in your Village, please call us.

WE NEED YOUR HELP

We appreciate it if you can help in hiring the teachers. More support we get from you, the more Teachers we can hire.

1) Donate any amount to help operate School in one village.

2) Sponsor one Village for $1200.00 per year.

DONATIONS

PayPal Method: To donate visit our website: savetemples.org. Click on the Donate button, then press the Purpose category, and select the “Sunday School – Bal Samskar” category.

By Check: Or you can send a check payable to: GHHF, . It is tax-deductible.

By Rupees, please contact us by either phone or email.

For more information, call Prakasarao V Velagapudi ; Email: ghhfusaorg@gmail.com.