Prajna Classes

Day 1 (August 28th 2007)



Day 2 (August 29th 2007)



Day 3 (August 30th 2007)



Day 4 (September 5th 2007)



Day 5 (September 6th 2007)



Day 6 (September 7th 2007)



Day 7 (September 12th 2007)



Day 8 (September 13th 2007)

Teacher training classes on telebridge

Jai Srimannarayana to all,

JETUSA Bay Area is planning to have Prajna Classes for interested future teachers of Prajna on telebridge by Sriman Muraliji. We will be starting our first training class tomorrow which is Hygri:va Jayanthi, an auspicious day to start our training. We are fortunate enough to have Sriman Muraliji with us. He is willing to teach all the interested people on telebridge. It is not necessarily, a teacher training. All the interested people can dail in and learn the slokas from Prajna Module 1 and 2.

There is a lot of demand for conducting Prajna classes at new locations and timings every year. We need a lot of volunteer support in running the regular classes under the guidance of His Holiness Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji and Kum. Saradaji. I humbly request everyone in Prajna to utilize this wonderful opportunity and join the coaching classes to help ourselves in being aware of Prajna curriculum. Check the website for current schedules and dial in number.

Prajna students perform Hayagri:va Puja

On the last day of summer holidays, the occasion of Hayagri:va Jayanti, Prajna children of Bay Area performed Hayagri:va Puja. With the mangalashanams of our beloved acharya the Prajna children this summer have been involved in 2 summer camps, one at Fremont and one at Sunnyvale and today they have performed Hayagri:va puja. Lord Hayagri:va is worshiped as the personification of all knowledge. "Haya" means knowledge, "gri:va" means one who holds all the knowledge in his throat. If one worships Lord Hayagri:va for mastering any particular branch or branches of knowledge, He grants it readily and sees to it that there are no obstacles to acquire such knowledge. May Lord Hayagri:va bless these children with all the knowledge they would need to start their fall classes and ensure a successful academic year. Thanks to Sheshdriji for making the photos available to us so quickly. Here is the slideshow of today's event. Check out Swamiji's article about Lord Hayagri:va here: http://www.chinnajeeyar.org/Articles-Magazines/Hayagreeva.asp

Prajna Summer camp at Fremont

Summer is almost coming close to an end and the Fremont local chapter conducted its phase of Prajna summer camp. The camp was held near Ardenwood area and about 40 students registered to come for the event. The camp was held from August 13th to August 17th 2007. Certificates were distributed on the last day of the camp.

Swamiji's message on India's Independence day

Credits: Audio has been made available by Sri Krishnagaaru from India. We have just converted the original 'wma' file to streaming 'mp3' to allow the audio to be embedded into the blog directly. Please visit http://chinnajeeyar.org/audios/independenceday2007_message.wma for the original location of the audio file. For the streaming version click below to play.

Prajna Summer camp at Sunnyvale

The Sunnyvale local chapter conducted its Prajna summer camp for 2 weeks from July 16th to 20th and July 23rd to 27th 2007. The camp was conducted in Sanatana Dharma Kendra, Sunnyvale. Roughly about 100 to 150 children had registered for the camp. The camp was completed successfully with certificates being distributed to all the children at the end of the camp. The children also put up performances at the end of each week.

Swamiji leaves for New Jersey

After the usual Theertha Goshti Swamiji bid goodbye to all of us. Swamiji and several others with Swamiji were heading to New Jersey.

Sri Swamiji's interview on KZSU 90.1 FM

This morning at 7:30 am Sri Swamiji gave an interview on Stanford University's KZSU 90.1 FM radio. Radio host, Sri, asked our Swamiji several questions related to the Jeeyar Education Trust and the various activities of Sri Swamiji. Swamiji talked about the history of JET and its international chapters like JETUSA and JET Australia. Swamiji explained the motto of JET - 'Serve all beings as service to God' and 'Worship your own and Respect all.'

For those who missed the wonderful talk today, here is the streaming version of the talk. Please listen to it and be inspired to be a part of this wonderful organization - JET and contribute to its several services, for this organization comprises of a vast number of volunteers doing various services guided by Swamiji's vision and guidance. Listen to the divine message from HH by clicking on "Play" button below.

Jai Srimannarayana!

Sri Swamiji arrives at Fremont

The day after Memorial day - Tuesday morning at around 2:15 am Sri Swamiji set foot in the Bay Area at Sriman Vishnuji's residence. Several devotees were waiting eagerly for Swamiji's arrival. Once Swamiji arrived Vishnuji welcomed HH into his home after washing Swamiji's feet and adorning Swamiji with a garland. Once inside, Swamiji peformed A:rathi to the lord. It looks like after all we were showered by his divine grace - HH talked to each and every devotee even after a long tiring journey. Swamiji fixed the timings for Theertha Goshti for the day (Tuesday 05/29) at around 10:00 am. After a while we all wished Swamiji "Good night" in the form of "Jai Srimannarayana" and took leave for the night. Here are a few pictures taken during the occasion.

Welcome to the JETUSA California Bay Area Blog

Jai Srimannarayana,

This will be the new home for all news updates related to JET in general and JETCalifornia in particular.

Here you will find the following:

1. Swamiji's answers to our questions
2. News and local updates
3. Videos and audios playable directly in the browser
4. Photo slideshows of all events
   

Please bear with us while we update the contents and open the blog for everyone.

Thanks

Karthik RD (Site and Content Manager)