RSC-SSE- Group2-Lesson Plan
SAI SPIRITUAL EDUCATION LESSON PLAN
Group: 2
Value: Right Conduct
Sub Value: Effort
Quote:
No One is Wise by birth. Wisdom results from one’s own
efforts. Start the Effort. My Grace is always there.
-Sathya Sai Baba
Opening: THREE AUMs /Gayatrhi/Sai Gayathri/ Silent
Sitting/Shanthi’s
Prayer: Om Gananam tva Ganapati gum Havamahe
Kavim Kavinam Upamasra vastamam
Jyestharajam Brahmanam Brahmanaspat aana
Srnvan nuti bhissi dasadanam
Prano Devi Saraswati vajebhir vajeni vati
Dhinama vitraya vatu
Ganeshaya Namaha
Saraswatai Namaha
Shri Gurubhyo Namaha
Hari Hi Om
May we worship Ganapati, the Protector of Noble People
The best Poet, the Most Honourable,
The Greatest Ruler and the treasure of all knowledge
O Ganapati, please listen to us and take your seat in our heart.
May we worship Goddess of all learning and
bestower of all knowledge to Her we prostrate.
We bow to lord Ganesha, Devi Sarasvati and
our divine Guru who removes darkness and ignorance.
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Share /Review Life Application from previous lesson
Introduce today’s sub value and discuss quote
Affirmation: I will put Effort in to whatever that task I am on.
GROUP SINGING:
(http://prasanthi-mandir-bhajan.net/Jagadashraya_Sri_Raghurama.mp3)
Jagadashraya Sri Raghurama
Jagadodhaara Sai Rama (Jagadashraya ...)
Parama Pavana Taraka Nama
Sri Rama Shata Koti Pranama
Charanam Sharanam Aathma Rama
Right Conduct – Effort. (Effort and Joy, Avoid tears)
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Story/Discussion/Lesson:
Story : Teary Joe, a story about Effort and joy, avoid tears.
Teary Joe was a boy with special ability: he could make himself cry in
less than a second. If he disliked something, or things became difficult, or
someone contradicted him, Teary Joe would not hesitate to put on a pitiful
face and set great big tears running down his cheeks. In this way he managed
to get practically everything he wanted, because no one could resist the pity
inspired by his tearful little face.
But one day, Teary Joe met Pipo. Pipo was asking people in the street
for some change, in return for him helping them in any way he could. Pipo was
very poor; he had no home and no family, so he made a living however he
could. Even so, Pipo always had the biggest of smiles on his face.
Joe took to Pipo, so he decided to help him out in making some money.
He went over next to Pipo, took off his hat, put it face-up on the ground, and
started crying with the most pitiful of expressions.
Instant success! In few minutes, Joe’s hat was full of coins and sweets,
but when Joe offered all this to Pipo, Pipo declined.
I prefer deserving what I receive, answered Pipo with his usual smile, “It’s much more fun making an effort to get things. You know what? Today
I’ve washed a dog, I’ve collected hundreds of nails with a magnet, tidied a
wardrobe full of paintings, accompanied a blind old lady to the park… maybe I
haven’t gotten everything I’ve wanted, but I’ve done a load of interesting
things.
How about you? How have things been for you?”.
Teary Joe didn’t answer; he just walked sadly away. Joe had gotten
everything he wanted, but he’d done practically nothing of interest the whole
day. He hadn’t even enjoyed himself, what with spending almost all his time
crying.
That evening, having returned home, Joe requested a delicious cake for
his supper. When his mother said No, Joe tried to cry but, remembering Pipo
and how joyful he was, and seeing his own reflection in mirror, Joe couldn’t do
it. Instead, he asked himself how he could use the situation to do something
interesting.
So he tried to get the cake in some other way. To the joy and surprise of
his parents, Joe spent the whole evening helping his mother to tidy and label
the pantry, water the plants and organize the library books.
In the end there was no cake. But that wasn’t so bad, because Joe
discovered it had been much more fun doing all those things that evening
rather than just sitting crying to get a piece of cake that, in the end, wouldn’t
have been worth it.
Moral: Earn what you want/need with your own Effort. The giver too should
give it happily. Children who cry to get what they want are missing out on a
lot of great stuff.
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Danger to the World:
“The danger threatening the world is none other than the world filling up with
children who spent their time doing nothing, but expecting everything they
wanted.”
Discussion Questions:
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What do you think is the most important message in this story?.
Does it remind you of anything in your life?.
How do you feel if you were Teary Joe when Pipo declined your help.
Is Pipo Right or Wrong, in declining to take the money from Teary Joe.
How could you improve your behavior at home?.
Life Application:
1. Don’t whine if you are given what you wanted.
2. Put your efforts and earn what you want.
3. Don’t waste your time doing unnecessary things like watching TV, Video
Games, and Chatting etc.
4. Help your parent at home. Write it on the log sheet and get it signed from your
parent whom you have helped. Eg. If you have helped your Mom, get it singed
from your Mom but not from Dad.
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