“Children are not vessels to be filled, but lamps to be lit.” Swami Chinmayananda Never can our children’s education be complete unleash we impart to them a true appreciation of the eternal values of life and help them to open up their sense of beauty and rhythm. All that each one of us has are gifts from God. What we do with what we have is our gift to God. Let us make our complete life a gift to Narayana. What is Balavihar? How does it work? Balavihar is a group of children, meeting once a week, at a set venue, for 90 minutes, for the sole purpose of learning our precious culture, spiritual wisdom, and related values through books, stories, and games. Inculcating the values of Sanatana Dharma, as taught in our scriptures–Shrimad Bhagavad Geeta, Upanishads, Epics and Puranas-will help our children grow into responsible citizens of tomorrow.

• Balavihar classes for various age groups are conducted by trained sevaks and sevikas. These voluntary dedicated workers impart to our children in their formative years, the glory of our rich culture, aiming at character formation and reverence for our ancient heritage.

• The high ideals and values from our great scriptures are taught in the form of stories, games, quizzes, crafts, bhajans, hymns, shlokas, skits, dances, etc.