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1.     Remember that you are special and so is everyone else. 2.     Pay attention when people speak to you. 3.     Say “Please” and “Thank you”. 4.     Treat others the way you want to be treated. 5.     Look at people when they speak to you. 6.     Keep your promises. 7.     Control your anger (try counting to ten.) 8.     Let people know

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Our Good Attitude is: ·        Foundation of our thoughts and actions ·        Our frame of mind ·        What determines our behavior ·        A win win situation ·        Very important factor for succeeding in school How To Have a Good Attitude: ·        Always talk sympathetically ·        Try to help, not fight each other. ·        Listen to your parents and adults ·       

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Sanskaras means making impression that would determine the future quality of life. These religious ceremonies ensure that individual follows the right path in their life. There are sixteen sanskaras. Sanskaras prevent an individual from joining undesirable company and influence him to become a useful citizen. The first sanskara marks the beginning of life and the final sanskara is performed at

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Most Hindus wear a Tilak or Bindi (kumkum) on the forehead – particularly on religious or special ceremonies. The Tilak is applied on saints and the Lord as a form of worship. The Tilak is also applied to welcome people, or to honor a guest or when bidding farewell to a son/daughter/relatives. It invokes a feeling of sanctity in the

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We greet each other with Namaste. In Sanskrit it means namah + te, That is I bow to you.”Nama” Signifies reducing ones ego in front of another, a gesture of friendship and humility. The life force in all of us is the same. Recognizing the oneness with folded palms; with our head bowed down we salute the divinity in the

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Yajna and Agni have special place in lives of Hindus. We perform Yajna at all the auspicious events of our lives– be it birth of child, marriage ceremony, or house warming. Despite such a significant role, Yajna, perhaps, is one of least understood rituals. Some dismiss it calling it wastage of ghee, samagri and money. There is a need to

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All of us are thinking machines. We are thinking all the time – either consciously or sub-consciously. The kind of thinking we entertain has profound impact on our lives. We become what we think most of time. Any and every great – or shameless – event starts from a tiny thought. In our Vedic culture, sages have placed high importance

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Krishna was a dynamic incarnation (Avatar) of Lord Vishnu. Krishna’s incarnation brought a powerful influence upon Indian thought and life. Every aspect of Krishna’s life and deeds is a symbol indicating a subtle truth. Lord Krishna is represented in different forms in different pictures. Each form signifies meanings and teachings. In all the representations, there are some common attributes. Krishna’s

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The Goddess Saraswati is represented as sitting on a lotus. She has four hands. She holds the sacred scripture in one hand and a lotus in the other. With the third and fourth hands she plays the Indian lute (veena). The four hands of the Goddess represent the four aspects of the inner personality of human kind, namely, mind, intellect,

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When we invoke Lord Shiva, we are reminded of His divine power (Shiv Shakti) of rewarding the good and destroying the evil. When we study Lord Shiva’s picture, we find that there is a message in each symbol that adorns the image. 1.     The Water of the Ganges from the head has four messages for us. a.     It is very

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