I had the chance to listen to Dr. Parthasarathy give a
discourse on Sunday. As part of my goals
to become a little more spiritual, I have been driving down to Littleton on
Sundays to support the Hindu Temple and Cultural Center. This past Sunday, I sat down and found out
that there was a guest speaker coming in who is doing a tour of the United
States.
As it turned out he gave a very nice talk on Hanuman. Hanuman is a deity renowned for his courage,
power, and faithful, selfless service.
It turned out to be the exact talk I needed to hear, as I have been full
of fear and uncertainty. I have
struggled with public speaking lately as well.
I have heard the stories of Hanuman before, but it is always
an experience to hear a passionate speaker.
It was even more interesting how the morning unfolded. I was leaving around 10:00 AM, but then my
daughters were not interested in joining me.
I then had second thoughts and was going to rake the leaves in the front
yard. Upon further consideration, I got
dressed and headed out on my own. I
arrived at 11:00 AM to hear that the speaker was running late. Upon asking what speaker, I was given a brief
description and decided to stick around.
If my girls had come, they certainly would not have lasted the two
hours.
2 comments:
Hello, Children generally are not interested in philosophy and learning. They want fun things. Would you have sat through a two hour lecture with words and no visuals at their age?
While telling them a story about your childhood (!)throw in a comparison between Hanuman's adventure (notice no plural, one adventure is fine) and a super heroe's.
If children are exposed to your/Hindu stories while growing up, they will seek out more when they are adults, just the way you are doing it now. All the best. Meera
Thanks for the comment.
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