Sunday, February 28, 2021
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Reading Notes, Ramayana Part D
Notes
Page 16
- Rama is alive
- Rama kills Kumbhkarna
- Indrajit defeats Rama and Lakshmana and goes back to Lanka
- Hanuman heard of this and went back to war in the mountains
- Lakshmana came back to fight Indrajit and killed him
- Rama then battles Taranisen and Ravana's (Virabahu) son and defeated them both
Page 17
- Ravana threatens Sita because of his failures
- Ravana rides into battle after challenging Rama again
- Rama finally kills Ravana
- After Rama receives Sita after the battle, Indra grants him a boon
- Rama then returns home
Page 18
- Rama is crowned the king and Sita becomes the queen
- Hanuman is rewarded by Sita and honors Rama
- The Story of Ratnakar
- Ratnakar renounced his bad deeds and became Valmiki the poet
- Valkami composed the Ramayan about Rama's journey
Page 19
- Rama makes the decision to get rid of Sita
- Sita is left in the forest then stumbles upon Valmiki
- Sita then has twins
- Rama wants her back but she vanishes into the Earth making Rama sad
- Rama then embraced his sons acknowledging them as princes of Ayodhya
Page 20
- Rama makes a statue of Sita that starts speaking to him
- Rama enters Ayodhya where Lakshmana beheads himself leaving Rama in grief
- Rama then departs leaving Bharata and Shatrughna to be kings
- Story about Tenalirama, Ramayana murals all of the palace that told the story
- Story about Shiva about birth and death
(British Library: Mewar Ramayana)
Bibliography
TinyTales from the Ramayana, Laura Gibbs. https://sites.google.
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Reading Notes, Ramayana Part C
Notes
Page 11
- Vali tormented Sugriva enough until he finally had enough
- Hanuman carried Rama and Lakshmana to meet Sugriva
- Rama and Sugriva became allies to try and kill Vali
- Sugriva went to fight Vali and lost
- Rama was able to fatally wound Vali though
- Sugriva then gets crowned the king upon Vali's death
- To make peace Sugriva sent monkeys to search for Sita led by Hanuman
- The monkeys receive help just as they are about to fail
Page 12
- Sampati finds out his brother Jatayu is dead
- Sampati then pointed the monkeys in the right direction
- Hanuman was the only one who could reach the island needed to continue
- Hanuman finally makes the jump to the island and climbed the top of the mountain to go to Lanka
- On his journey, Hanuman gets attacked by a sea monster named Surasa and Simhika but he escaped
- Hanuman finally reaches Lanka and hears Ravana threaten Sita
Page 13
- Hanuman finally gets to address Sita right before she is about to hang herself
- Hanuman shows Sita the ring that Rama will give her
- Sita says Rama must come to her and so Hanuman starts a war on the way back to Rama and kills Aksha
- Hanuman gets captured and taken to Ravana and his life was spared
- Hanuman is punished by his tail being lit on fire but he runs around while this is happening and burns down the palace and the houses of Lanka
- Hanuman then returns with good news about Sita for Rama
Page 14
- The monkeys and bears celebrated the good news and got drunk on the honey
- Hanuman goes and tells Rama the good news and he wept with joy
- Ravana grew angry at the news and captured Sita
- Rama then led his army to the ocean god, Varuna for help to cross to Lanka
- Varuna says to build a bridge so Rama seeks out Nala and starts building a bridge to Lanka
- A woman that appeared to be Sita washed ashore but it turned out to be Benjakai
Page 15
- Once the bridge was halfway to Lanka, sea-monsters destroyed it but mermaids agreed to help rebuild it
- Rama reaches Lanka at last
- Ravana tried and tried again to stop Rama's army but failed
- A war starts between Rama and Ravana
- Rama and Lakshmana get killed on the battlefield and Sita sees and bursts into tears
- Rama is found to be still alive so the war is not over
- The goddess that healed Rama bestowed victory upon him
Bibliography
TinyTales from the Ramayana, Laura Gibbs. https://sites.google.
Sunday, February 14, 2021
Topic Research - Creation
This week I'll focus on the topic of creation.
- This First Story is about the Indian traditional creation story of Samudra Manthan. The Samudra Manthana explains the origin of Amrita, the nectar of immortality and the omnipotent god of destruction Shiva drank the vish.
(Wikipedia)
- The second story could be about the many tales of Brahma who created the entire universe out of himself. He could create certain things instead or make someone the main character in the story.
Note: I couldn't find a 3rd story honestly, I searched for an hour and the only creation story that came up when I searched was about Brahma.
Saturday, February 13, 2021
Feedback Strategies
Feedback Strategies
Article 1 - Five Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job!"
This first article was interesting to me because every time you do something good and someone says "good job" it typically makes you feel good. I like this article because it goes into what saying "good job" too much can do to a child. If you say "good job" repeatedly and for every small task then it starts to lose its meaning. This can create children who depend on constant positive feedback for every little thing they do or children who won't feel as accomplished when they do hear it.
Article 2 - How to Give Bad Feedback Without Being a Jerk
This article stood out to me because often times when you give feedback like constructive criticism it can come off as rude. I like this article because it teaches you how to give feedback without sounding like a jerk. One thing that is pointed out in this article is asking someone whether they want feedback or not. Sometimes people don't want feedback but then receive it. This can make people feel bad depending on the type of feedback.
Thursday, February 11, 2021
Week 3 Story
Author's Note: I based my story on the Ramayana stories I read this week.
Bibliography: TinyTales from the Ramayana, Laura Gibbs. https://sites.google.
Story:
Ravana's real name was Dashagriva. He was born with ten heads and ten pairs of arms. He was one of three children, born from Vishrava and Kaikasi. He was granted immortality by Brahma. Vibhishana and Kumbhakarna were his brothers.
Ravana got his name from Shiva and became his devoted servant. Shiva granted Ravana a beautiful woman named Mandodari and they bore a son named Meghanada. Ravana's father bore another son and named him Vaishravana. He became the guardian of the world.
Ravana claimed the city of Lanka. He went on to defeat Yama, the god of Death. This made the gods very fearful. In order to hide from Ravana, the gods disguised themselves as animals. Eventually, Ravana was cursed and was promised to be destroyed. Ravana went to fight the Vali, the monkey king but became his ally.
Ravana's brother, Vibhandaka bore a son and named him Rishyasringa. He was supposed to remain hidden, but he defied isolation orders. He went out to find a woman and bear a son.
King Dasharatha was granted, sons. Rama was born. Rama falls in love with Sita and heroically lifts the bow, completing her father's challenge to win Sita.
King Dasharatha needed one of his sons to succeed him. He was worried that Rama would renounce the world. Kaikeyi turns Dashratha against Rama and Rama is exiled. The King is filled with guilt. He cannot even leave his own bed. The King dies, with no sons by his side. Bharata and Shatrughna do not know that their father has died. When they return, they learn about their father's death and their brother's exile. They go to search for Rama. Bharata tries to convince Rama to return. Rama refuses his offer. Bharata wants a token of Rama to take with him. He takes Rama's golden sandals.
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Reading Notes - Ramayana, Part B
Ramayana, Part B
circa 1700
(Victoria and Albert Museum)
Reading Notes
Page 6: Tales 51-60
- Kings wants Rama to succeed him
- Worried Rama would renounce the world
- Kaikeyi turned Dashratha against Rama
- Rama is exiled
- Bharata will become king
- Rama did not protest exile
- Lakshmana went with him
- Goddess of sleep appeared
- Dasharatha feels grief for Rama
- Can't leave his bed
- King died
- Bharata and Shatrughna didn't know what happened
- They learn about Rama's exile
- Bhrata and Shatrughna go to find Rama
- Bhrata wants Rama to return
- Returns with Rama's golden sandals
Page 7: Tales 61-70
- Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana visit Sharabhanga
- Sharabhanga told them where to go on their journey
- He rose to heaven
- Sita is carried away
- Slashed off Viradha's arms with swords
- Mandakarni was besotted
- Rama visits Agastya
- Agastya gives Rama weapons
- Kakshmana tries to strike boar but missed
- Indra appeared
- Sita mets Anasuya, wife of Atri
- Sita receives gifts
Page 8: Tales 71-80
- Lakshmana tempted by a beautiful apsara sent by Indra
- Eagel: Jatayu
- Tells of their father's death
- Shurpankha wants to marry Rama but he refused
- Lakshmana sliced off her ears and nose
- Khara and Dushana attack
- Ravana is informed of what happened
- Maricha is needed to kidnap Sita
- Turns into golden deer
- Sita tells Rama to capture it
- Sita is left alone
- Jatayu fights Ravana
- Sita drops jewelry to leave a trail
Page 9: Tales 81-90
- Ravana tricked Jatayu
- Ravana brought Sita to Lanka
- Deer used Rama's voice
- Jatayu died
- Gooses got a long neck from Rama grabbing it
- Looking for Sita
- Lake Pampa: Shabari dwells here
- Kabandha: monster, head was in stomach
- Sugriva fled to Rishyamuka Hill
Page 10: Tales 91-100
- Anjana: Hanuman's mother
- Wanted a mango, bit into the sun
- Fell and broke his jaw: Hanuman (Big-Jaw)
- Brahma came to heal Hanuman
- Indra gave him thunderbolts as protection
- Hanuman grows up to be a monkey
- Hanuman asks Surya to be his guru
- Vali: King of Kishkindha
- Vail smashed Dundhubi into ground
- Matanga curses Vali
- Mayavi wanted to avange his father
- Vali fought with Mayavi
- Vali tried to kill Sugriva Sugriva fled to Rishyamukha Hill
- Hanuman joined Sugriva in exile
Bibliography
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