Five Things Children Should Learn From Lord Ganesha

There are many stories related to Lord Ganesha, which, besides teaching them the importance of worshipping, shall induce rich values and impart lessons that may prove valuable in their lives.  

Such five things which need to be adopted from Lord Ganesha and taught to the children so that they achieve happiness, contentment and success in life are given here below :

 

1. Respecting Parents :

Lord Ganesha had a lot of love, devotion and respect for his parents. According to Hindu Mythology, once Lord Shiva & Parvati decided to test both their sons – Ganesh and Kartik, for their intelligence. So they entrusted them with a task of roaming around the world three times, and the winner would be given a miracle fruit which would provide them with knowledge and immortality. As the race started, Kartik immediately set out on his peacock for winning the race ahead of Lord Ganesha.  

But Lord Ganesha, instead of running around the world, reviewed his resources that he had a mouse as his vehicle and that he cannot win the race on it. He then used his intelligence and wisdom and started taking three rounds of his parents standing there. Lord Shiva asked him about the reason for the same.  

Lord Ganesha replied that his parents are his complete world for him and that by roaming around his parents, he has roamed the world three times, faster than his brother Kartik, who was wasting energy in taking circle around the world. Such great was Lord Ganesh's respect towards his parents.

Likewise every child should pray in front of the Lord Ganpati Statue & pay respect to their parents at all times.

 

2. Being Sincere & Dutiful :

Lord Ganesha, besides his intelligence and wisdom, was known for his sincerity and dutifulness. As embodied in old stories, Lord Ganesha was created by Parvati, in the absence of Lord Shiva, from her body dirt. Once, Parvati asked Lord Ganesha to guard the house's entry door, while she went for a bath. Ganesha agreed to the same. In the meantime, Lord Shiva came back and tried to enter the house. But Lord Ganesha, as per orders of Parvati, did not allow Lord Shiva to enter. Lord Shiva, unaware that Ganesha was his son, got annoyed and to punish Ganesha for the same, beheaded him and entered the house. Parvati got grief-stricken on hearing the death of his son.  

Lord Shiva realised that a mistake was committed, and a dutiful person was punished. On the persistence of Parvati and to reward Lord Ganesha for his dutifulness, Lord Shiva rewarded Ganesha by replacing his head with the first living thing he saw, i.e. an Elephant. Hence, one should be dutiful towards parents for which God shall always reward them.

3. Being Humble:

One of the main features of Lord Ganesha was that he always remained humble. Though he had a huge physique, he chooses a mouse as his vehicle, symbolising his humbleness towards a tiny creature. Hence, being humble to those smaller than us in quality needs to be learned from Lord Ganesha. Even today, Lord Ganesha humbly removes all obstacles and problems of his devotees.You just need to pray in front of ganpati murti daily to experience his blessings. 

 

4. Being A Good Listener :

Lord Ganesha had big ears. As he was always in search of knowledge, he listened very patiently to others. It was only due to the good listening powers that he succeeded in attaining great intelligence and wisdom. It symbolises that one should be a very patient listener to gain wisdom and knowledge. A great listener can analyse the situation perfectly and find an effective solution for the same.  

 

5. Being Innovative & Never Giving Up : 

Lord Ganesha was a warrior as far as completion of work was concerned. He is also called Viganhartha. As per the old story, once Saint Vyasa was telling the tale of Mahabharata to Lord Ganesha. Lord Ganesha was penning the same. But while writing, his pen broke suddenly, but Saint Vyasa kept on dictating the Mahabharata Story. Lord Ganesha was swift to find a solution. In fact, he utilised his tusk as a pen to write the entire Mahabharata.  

Resultantly, though his tusk broke from one side, he could write down the complete Mahabharata story. Thus, one should learn never to give up and makeup with the resources available with us at the need of the hour.The same rule applies for children.They should keep the ganpati idol on their desk while studying.It would motivate them to complete their difficult task innovatively.

 

Conclusion:

Besides above, Lord Ganesh taught us to accept our imperfections; make the best use of what we have, use our knowledge and power wisely; to be kind to everyone, and maintain a balance in life. Children should adopt these valuable lessons to lead a happy, wealthy and contented life.