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The summer camp that transformed me
Posted 9th July 2008 at 07:16 AM by RamyaVaradharajan
I attended a summer course for three days at Sundaram buildings (Gream ways station) on "Indian Culture and spirituality". I wanted to share my experience of the same; but let me start with the schedule and slowly proceed towards the topics !!
When I shared with my friends at college, they called me "Jnana pazham"
(true fruit of wisdom, but in tamil slang as if teasing me). But truly speaking, I felt that a break like that was essential to break the monotony of life !!! 
DAY I
Morning Session:
(1) Talk by Justice Prabha Sridevan
(2) An interactive session by Mrs. Vimala on “Love and Service”
(3) Yoga session by Dr.S. Hema
(4) Learnt Durga Suktham (Veda chanting)
Afternoon Session:
(1) Group discussion on “How spirituality is related to and/or distinct from religion?”
(2) Listened to Swami’s speech on “Indhriyas and their importance and usage”
(3) Bhajan singing
DAY II
Morning Session:
(1) Yoga practice with Dr.S.Hema’s guidance and assistance
(2) Bhajan singing
(3) Talk by Mrs.Subulakshmi on “Spirituality in modern civilization”
(4) Talk on “Spirituality in Leadership”
(5) Group discussion:
(I) any incident that had occurred in your life and how do you feel that incident could have been handled by you in case you had a Guru by your side
(II) a leader who has had an effective impact on you
(III) Why does spirituality need a leader?
Afternoon Session:
(1) Continuation of Swami’s sppech on “Indhriyas”
(2) Bhajan singing
(3) Documentary video
(I) Sai in Prashanthi
(II) On Evolution
(4) Games
(I) The “I” game
(II) Tall tales
(III) Dumb charades on Swami’s sayings
(IV) Multiples of nine and Sairam game
(5) Durga Suktham completion
DAY III
Morning Session:
(1) Bhajan singing
(2) Talk by Smt.Hemamani on “Acupressure and Rekhi”
(3) Talk by Mrs. Vasumathi on “Spiritual enfoldment in Sai mission”
(4) Talk by Mrs.Sai Saraswathi on “Spirituality in day to day activities”
(5) Completion of Swami’s discourse on “Indhriyas”
Evening Session:
(1) Durga Suktham chanting
(2) Drama on stage
(3) Yoga practice session
(4) Written test on the three days activities and prize distribution
Am very happy to share with my friends here that my script for the Drama was selected as the best !! :) We were given a few minutes time to prepare and we were a group of eleven people. Likewise about four groups !!!
Regards with Love
RamyaVaradharajan
When I shared with my friends at college, they called me "Jnana pazham"
(true fruit of wisdom, but in tamil slang as if teasing me). But truly speaking, I felt that a break like that was essential to break the monotony of life !!! DAY I
Morning Session:
(1) Talk by Justice Prabha Sridevan
(2) An interactive session by Mrs. Vimala on “Love and Service”
(3) Yoga session by Dr.S. Hema
(4) Learnt Durga Suktham (Veda chanting)
Afternoon Session:
(1) Group discussion on “How spirituality is related to and/or distinct from religion?”
(2) Listened to Swami’s speech on “Indhriyas and their importance and usage”
(3) Bhajan singing
DAY II
Morning Session:
(1) Yoga practice with Dr.S.Hema’s guidance and assistance
(2) Bhajan singing
(3) Talk by Mrs.Subulakshmi on “Spirituality in modern civilization”
(4) Talk on “Spirituality in Leadership”
(5) Group discussion:
(I) any incident that had occurred in your life and how do you feel that incident could have been handled by you in case you had a Guru by your side
(II) a leader who has had an effective impact on you
(III) Why does spirituality need a leader?
Afternoon Session:
(1) Continuation of Swami’s sppech on “Indhriyas”
(2) Bhajan singing
(3) Documentary video
(I) Sai in Prashanthi
(II) On Evolution
(4) Games
(I) The “I” game
(II) Tall tales
(III) Dumb charades on Swami’s sayings
(IV) Multiples of nine and Sairam game
(5) Durga Suktham completion
DAY III
Morning Session:
(1) Bhajan singing
(2) Talk by Smt.Hemamani on “Acupressure and Rekhi”
(3) Talk by Mrs. Vasumathi on “Spiritual enfoldment in Sai mission”
(4) Talk by Mrs.Sai Saraswathi on “Spirituality in day to day activities”
(5) Completion of Swami’s discourse on “Indhriyas”
Evening Session:
(1) Durga Suktham chanting
(2) Drama on stage
(3) Yoga practice session
(4) Written test on the three days activities and prize distribution
Am very happy to share with my friends here that my script for the Drama was selected as the best !! :) We were given a few minutes time to prepare and we were a group of eleven people. Likewise about four groups !!!
Regards with Love
RamyaVaradharajan
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 |  Excellent Ramya, don't worry of other's teasing..it is for our own good...waiting to read more on those topics... Congrats on being selected to have the best script for the Drama.. Hope we will be glad to read that too... sriniketan |
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| |  Hi Ramya Just getting a break from the fast routine once in a while and attending a camp like this can do wonders for everyone. It is nice you got to experience it. Congrats on your script being selected as the best! Love |
 Updated 9th July 2008 at 08:55 AM by sundarusha |
| |  my dearmost sis i miss all these vedanta classes so... I am thanking God you chose to share it here with me.. thank you my friend.. do continue.. waiting to read more:) |
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| |  Dearest Srini ma'am, That is very true. Frankly speaking, I inspired a handful of my friends at college and you know what was the improvement ?? I attended a similar summer course just before a few weeks. I proudly say, I was in the organising commitee and about five of my friends too attended and enjoyed like anything. That gave me real happiness. That I shared something valuable to people of my same age for some betterment !! My script was similar to my story "The distance between God and us is the distance between us and ourselves" :) Thats why I tried writing the same last week !! Thank you very much and heart felt congratulations too for winning the contest !! You very well deserved !! Love RamyaVaradharajan |
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| | Dearest Usha ma'am, Very aptly said. It was an inward journey that we all tried to realize !! Thank you very much for your support and wishes :) Love RamyaVaradharajan |
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| | My lovely dearest Chithu sis, Thats so sweet of you !! Will definitely share what ever I experience and feel to share; not to share (as you all are well versed and better qualified than me) but to rectify and correct myself from the best ever platform that I had ever seen. Thank you so very much for always lending a supportive hand !!! Love RamyaVaradharajan |
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| | Ramya, What contest and what I won...still wondering...can you explain it to me... sriniketan |
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| |  Dear Ramya, That sounds like a great learning experience along with a break from the routine...maybe you could share a jist of your drama script??! And please keep spreading the word... Ranganayaki |
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| |  Wow Ramya, That sounds really very interesting!! You seemed to have had a blast and an excellent learning experience. Ive enjoyed most of these too so I could relate to your euphoric feeling. And my dear Congratulations on your story being selected as the best, But ofcourse our Ramya's has to be the best. Love, Devika |
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| |  Hi Ramya, A good learning experience and starting it early in life will help you have a disciplined routine. Great going gals. Thanks for posting it here. |
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| | Dearest Srini ma'am, I meant the "Blod cheer leader contest" :):) |
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| | Dearest Ranganayaki ma'am, Hope you can find time to go through http://www.indusladies.com/forums/in...en-god-us.html That says the gist opf what we did that day :) I still have a list of topics to be posted. I will definitely do it slowly. Thank you very much for your motivating feedback !! Love RamyaVaradharajan |
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| | Oh my dearest Devika ji, You make me experience the clouds nine feeling once again by your ever enthusiastic and motivating feedback !! Thank you very much. Of course there were just four entries for the contest :) Still I treasure it the most !!! Very true. The experience was exhilarating and I thoroughly enjoyed the same. I shall share it very soon with all the specific topics !! Love RamyaVaradharajan |
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| | Dearest Mals friend, Very aptly said. When we start to experience something at a very early stage, I guess the feeling lingers till our last breath. As experienced by the wiser and better generation (relating to our parents and grand parents), I have just started to sprout on the spiritual platform !! Thank you for your encouraging feedback !! Love RamyaVaradharajan |
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