{"id":935,"date":"2024-06-05T13:11:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T20:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/?p=935"},"modified":"2024-06-11T08:05:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T15:05:04","slug":"symbolism-in-hinduism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/symbolism-in-hinduism\/","title":{"rendered":"5th Grade – Symbolism in Hinduism – Kavitha Veerappan, Bhaskar Ramakrishnan & Deepthi Pillai"},"content":{"rendered":"

5th Grade teachers \u2013 Kavitha, Bhaskar and Deepthi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have you ever wondered why we have so many Gods in different forms? (Hint: Symbolism) Read more as our 5th graders recap their learnings from the Symbolism in Hinduism class.<\/p>\n

Lord Ganesha:
\nWhen I was taught Symbolism of Lord Ganesha what really stood out was the \u201cTrunk\u201d which symbolizes Discrimination which is basically how you make the best choice. \u2013 Siddhanth<\/p>\n

Ganesha Pancharatnam:
\nThis was a cool mantra we learnt in class. \u2013 Shriya<\/p>\n

Lord Vishnu:
\nWhat stood out is when Lord Vishnu was lying down on his serpent with his eyes closed. He isn’t resting but thinking of all the people as his job is to balance. The serpent behind him cannot spit venom because it would damage itself, so you should not poison yourself. \u2013 Om<\/p>\n

Lord Shiva:
\nWhat awed me was the \u201ccrooked crescent moon\u201d of Lord Shiva. It means that nothing is perfect. I also liked his three eyes of Love, Wisdom and Anger. This anger is to make you listen when you are not doing good deeds. \u2013 Neel<\/p>\n

Shivalinga Project:
\nDuring Mahashivaratri, we made Shivalinga which has three baga\u2019s. Top portion \u2013 Rudrabaga, the middle portion \u2013 Vishnubaga and the bottom portion \u2013 Brahmabaga. We had a lot of fun making Shivalinga out of clay. \u2013 Siddhanth<\/p>\n

Lord Nataraja:
\nLord Shiva is often worshiped as Lord Nataraja, King of Dance!! \u201cDhamaru\u201d in his hand represents creation of primal sounds, e.g. Maheshwari Stotram, Sanskrit alphabets. Lord Nataraja\u2019s one hand is in the posture known as \u201cAbhaya Hasta\u201d, Lord blessing us with good qualities. \u2013 Saanvi<\/p>\n

Sri Dakshinamurti (Guru):
\nThe symbolism that stood for me for Sri Dakshinamurti . He is the youthful quiet god and he is a Guru. He is very quiet and never speaks. He symbolizes that the truth can be observed when you are in silence. \u2013 Spriha<\/p>\n

Mother Durga:
\nMother Durga symbolizes killing negative tendencies and the destruction of \u201ctamo guna\u201d. One form is Mother Kali who looks ferocious but her ferociousness represents the killing of bad qualities. The lion and tiger that Mother Durga and Mother Kali ride symbolizes the taming of bad habits. \u2013 Shubha<\/p>\n

Mother Lakshmi:
\nIn class the concept of Goddess Lakshmi stood out to me. She teaches us the importance of six qualities we need for life \u2013 sama, dama, uparati, titksha, shraddha and samadhana. \u2013 Shriya<\/p>\n

Mother Saraswati:
\nMother Sarawati helps us gain spiritual knowledge. Her sitting on a rock symbolizes that we have to be steady as a rock amidst all the chaos that happens in daily life. \u2013 Praytush<\/p>\n

Shanti! Shanti! Shantih!!
\nEver wonder why we say Shanti three times? First Shanti is for the World, the second Shanti is for friends and family and the last Shanti is for our own calmness. \u2013 Shriya<\/p>\n

Each aspect of the Lord’s form symbolizes qualities that are valuable to our spiritual growth as we can see from this recap expressed by all the 5th graders in their own words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

5th Grade teachers \u2013 Kavitha, Bhaskar and Deepthi Have you ever wondered why we have so many Gods in different forms? (Hint: Symbolism) Read more as our 5th graders recap their learnings from the Symbolism in Hinduism class. Lord Ganesha: When I was taught Symbolism of Lord Ganesha what really stood out was the \u201cTrunk\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1007,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-teachersreflections","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=935"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1155,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935\/revisions\/1155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}