The thirty-one lessons of The Master Course, Book Two,may be read each day at the end of morning family

worship.

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Daily Lesson ! Lord Ganesa was created by God iva.

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He is Sivas son. He helps to remove obstacles and to solve problems in our life. We always worship Him first. He helps us to be happy.

Daily Lesson "! Lord Ganesa has an elephants head.

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Everybody loves an elephant. Pray to Lord Ganesa. He helps you to study well in school and to have ood friends. !ou come close to Him when you are "ind and helpful. #lways sin in praise of Him.

Daily Lesson #! $ambi was a little boy.

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His father was a priest at the Ganesa temple. %hey lived in %irunaraiyur& in South 'ndia& a thousand years a o. (ne day $ambis father went to another villa e. $ambi had to do the puja for Ganesa. He too" sweet rice& modaka balls and fruit to the temple. He lit the lamps and chanted.

Daily Lesson $!
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He prostrated to Lord Ganesa and as"ed Him& )Please eat the food.* +ut the food was still there. $ambi cried and cried. He wanted Ganesa to really eat the food. ,inally Ganesa said& )$ambi& stop cryin & stop cryin .* %hen Ganesa ate the food that $ambi offered.

Daily Lesson %! When his father came home& $ambi told him what had happened. +ut the father did not believe it. So $ambi too" his father to the temple. %here $ambi did the puja. and a ain offered food. His father was ama-ed to see Ganesa eat it. %he story of $ambi traveled far and wide. Later in life he discovered hidden holy te.ts with the help of /in 0a1ara1a 2hola. $ambi became a reat saint and lived many years.

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When his father came home& $ambi told him what had happened. +ut the father did not believe it. So $ambi too" his father to the temple. %here $ambi did the puja. and a ain offered food. His father was ama-ed to see Ganesa eat it. %he story of $ambi traveled far and wide. Later in life he discovered hidden holy te.ts with the help of /in 0a1ara1a 2hola. $ambi became a reat saint and lived many years. Daily Lesson &! 'n 3445 a reat miracle be an happenin amon Hindus all over the world. (n September 63st of that year in 'ndia& Lord Ga7e8a dran" mil". 'n thousands of temples around the
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world& millions of people offered mil" to Ga7e8a. %he mil" they offered disappeared. Ga7e8a had ta"en it& 1ust li"e he ate $ambi9s food a thousand years a o. Even on television the ++2 and 2$$ showed Ga7e8a ta"in the mil". %his was a very reat blessin shared by the whole world. Daily Lesson '! Every year in #u ust: September we celebrate Lord Ga7e8a9s birthday. We ma"e or buy a clay ima e of Him. 't is made of clay because clay dissolves in water. We brin Ga7e8a home. He is our honored uest for ten days. We dress Him in
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fine clothes. We feed Him the best food. Every day we do special puja to Him. (n the eleventh day& ;isar1ana& we carry Him to the river& la"e or ocean. We all say <=aya Ga7e8a> as we put Him into the water. Jaya means )victory.*