Chinmaya Mission Bala Vihar Classes

The real strength of Chinmaya Mission’s Bala Vihar program lies in the curriculum. The author of this exclusive curriculum is Acharya Darshana Nanavaty. She has developed a complete curriculum for Grades K-G through to the 12th grade based on Hindu scriptures.

The concept is simple: to provide a place for children to learn while having fun. There is no homework, or semester exams or weekly tests, no certificate of merit or stickers for every accomplishment because each child is the best. The children should come to the classes because they love to come and get inspired.

That is the concept which drives Chinmaya Bala Vihar. Naturally, it requires teachers who are as inspired to attract the children. The Bala Vihar teachers are trained volunteers. All that a potential Bala Vihar teacher requires is the willingness to teach. 

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YUVA KENDRA CLASSES

Youthfulness attracts the young and the old. The springboard of dynamism and cheerfulness in the form of Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda attracted a large number of youth from his early days of discourses. But it was in the early sixties when he went to institutions of higher education that youth started realizing the need to know more about Vedanta. After each discourse of Swamiji they would meet him and ask so many questions on life and living that Swamiji felt something had to be done for the youth.

It was in 1975 at Bangalore after a 5-day camp of teenagers that he felt the time was ripe to start the Chinmaya Youth forum. This was renamed as Chinmaya Yuva Kendra. The youth follow a study group setting where they discuss ideas of Vedanta.

The youth have energy to do a lot of activities and in our classes, they can express their strengths. 

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ADULTS

The Study group movement was conceived as a means of ensuring continued interest in the study of the scriptures. A Study group meets each week for an hour and a half at a set place.. The course of study is graded so as to make it easy for members to imbibe gradually the deeper suggestions made in the scriptures. A Study group follows three disciplines-first self-study, then enlightened discussion, and, finally, reflection on the knowledge gained in class. Swami Chinmayananda said: "In the breeze of discussions, in the wind of arguments, the chaff gets blown off and the true teachings in the clear depth become evident. This is discriminative knowledge". He added that the ground for the Study group was the opportunity for reflection. This kind of inquiry which removes "error, vagueness and doubt" and through which we come to own the knowledge is called manana or reflection; it is a process of purification through analysis. Study group activities have been the backbone of the Chinmaya Movement.

A well-conducted class contributes to the self-development of a member by enhancing his powers of analytical thinking and inculcates the art of listening, patience, and reverence for others. It also provides fellowship. What is more, it strengthens his sense of belonging.

For more information:

416 356-4451
Lifeseva@gmail.com

Chinmaya Mission Global
www.chinmayamission.com

Chinmaya Mission West
www.chinmayamission.org