10 August 2023

Shree Hari's Devine Name

This evening I was listening to a divine discourse on Shreemad Bhagavath Kathaa by Shree Satyatma Theertha Swaamiji, Presiding saint of Uttaraadi Mutt (to which I belong). He was mentioning about the importance of chanting Shree Hari's Names even when engaged in works other than those of spiritual or religious nature.

I fondly remember my maternal grand mother who had the daily habit of  singing divine songs praising Shree Hari after taking her bath until she completed her cooking in the mornings. One of these songs which I vividly remember was "Krishnaa ena baarade?..." meaning "Why not chant Shree Krishnaa's name?...".

She was a nice lady who hailed from a village known as Sathya Vijaya Nagaram (named after Shree Sathya Vijaya Theertharu, a Maadhwaa saint). (One of her brothers by name Vasudeva Rao, was Principal of Sanskrit College in Mysuru, in those days). 

Good old days.

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I am a retired K-12 Education Management Professional. I have worked at different levels in K-12 school systems, textbook publishing, elearning and Education NGOs. I have held memberships in The Association for Science Education (UK), American Association of Physics Teachers and The Malaysian Institute of Physics. I hold a 1st class B Sc Degree in Physics followed by B Ed [English and Physical Science] and M A [Childcare and Education] degrees. My published works include 59 articles in teacher development magazines in India and the US and a book entitled `Creative Classrooms and Child Friendly Schools' (listed in Amazon). This book is almost an anecdotal account of my professional experience in six countries (including Cambodia where I worked as Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Education, Youth And Sports). I served as mentor in the Certificate of Teaching Mastery Program offered by Teachers Without Borders.