Summer Camp 2019 - Day 2 - Summary


I woke up at 6:00am that day. Next I woke up my roommates. After bathing in our personal bathroom, we went to have milk. They either gave us Badam milk or Bournvita. They also gave us plain milk if we asked the sevikas. After soothing our throats with the warm milk, we assembled at the main temple for the Vedic chanting session, conducted by Swamiji.

We started the Medha Sooktham, an invocation dedicated to goddess Saraswathi. We had finished chanting the first stanza that day. It was followed by the yoga session which was conducted by Shruthi Aunty. She talked about Surya namaskar and its benefits. She also made us do Shravasan. It was followed by breakfast. They served us Idly and chutney.

We chanted Bhramarpanam Bhramahavihi before all meals. At lunch and dinner, we chanted the chapter 15 of Bhagawad Gita as well. After breakfast, I went to my room and played makeshift cricket with my roommates for the next one hour until the talks session started. But the talk was one of Swamiji’s instead of Sevikas and the talk was on Guru parampara. The workshop started after Swamiji’s talk and we had casual conversations during that time.


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