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"Love is to the human heart what sunshine is to the flowers."
Being the visionary that he was, Swami Chinmayananda saw that in the hi-tech urban civilization both sunshine and love would be hard
to come by. Anticipating this need, he started the Bala Vihars. A group of 10 to 25 children meet at a certain place on a weekly basis and
the children and the sevaks/sevikas learn the art of living in love, the Hindu way. The idea is to provide an environment where the
personality of the child blossoms in a spontaneous way. Good conduct, emotional refinement, intellectual finesse and spiritual
awareness are developed by mature sevaks through fun and play, and through stories and bhajans. Sometimes it is through tears,
but more often through smiles; sometimes through strictness, but mostly by persuasion. The children are encouraged to be
responsible, alert and sensitive members of society. Swamiji believed that just as the strength of a wall depended on the quality
of each brick, so too, the health of a society depended on the individuals. If the individuals are healthy, the society is healthy.
His strategy for building a new society was to "Catch them early and young."
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Gwinnett Bala Vihar |
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Starting Date: | September 7, 2008 |
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Sunday 2:30 - 4:00 pm |
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Location: |
Berkmar High School 405 Pleasant Hill Rd NW Lilburn, GA 30047
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If you are interested in registering your child(ren), please download the registration form
Gwinnett Bala Vihar Registration Form
and send it along with payment to the following address:
Chinmaya Mission Atlanta – Gwinnett Bala Vihar
c/o Anuradha Swaminathan
1078 Grassmeade Court
Snellville, GA 30078
(Please make Checks Payable to Chinmaya Mission Atlanta)
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