Fri, 28 Jul
|Zürich College of Vedic Studies
Career Dharma: The natural art of work
Not sure what your nature is, and how to find a matching career where your work is your dharma? Gain an overview of the nine principles of dharma in work so that you can move towards having a satisfying career that is the best expression of yourself.
Time & Location
28 Jul 2023, 18:30 – 29 Jul 2023, 15:30
Zürich College of Vedic Studies, Bergstrasse 54, 8032 Zürich, Switzerland
About The Event
Not sure what your nature is, and how to find a matching career where your work is your dharma?
Gain an overview of the nine principles of dharma in work so that you can move towards having a satisfying career that is the best expression of yourself.
Get clarity on your natural values in our livelihood, get a sense of your “self” and core place in the world of work – what resonates with you and what doesn’t in terms of the work you do and the ways in which you feel rich and fulfilled. Recognize the signs through your life so far as to our deep values, and plan to continue to nourish and train those values and skills going forward.
You will learn:
- Nine principles of dharma in work
- Six ways to be rich and prosperous
- Four Fields and their qualities
- What happens when we do someone else’s work (work in the wrong field)
- Putting it all together and making a plan to move forward
The amount of seats is limited
Language: English
Location: Seminar room
Schedule
Fri, Jul 28
- 18.30 - 19.30 Part 1: Overview
- 19.30 - 19.45 Break
- 19.45 - 20.30 Part 2: Our Prosperity Type
Sat, Jul 29
- 11.30 - 13.00 Part 3: Understanding the Four Fields and Our Inclination
- 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch break (vegan meal included in the price)
- 14.00 - 15.30 Part 4: Crossing into the Wrong Field, Implementation Plan and Q&A
Fees
Fee includes Vegan lunch during Saturday afternoon break.
Seminar fees are collected for the purpose of covering for travel expenses of Urmila Mataji and anything excessive of that will be donated to her.
Separate personal donations are welcome as a gratitude for Urmila Mataji's selfless work.
About facilitator
Urmila Devi Dasi (Dr. Edith Best) joined ISKCON in 1973 in Chicago. She received first initiation in 1973 and second initiation in 1975 from His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. In 1996, Urmila and her husband, Pratyatosa, entered the renounced order of vanaprastha. They have three grown married children, thirteen grandchildren (one of whom is married), and two great-grandsons.
She is the chair of the Sastric Advisory Council to ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC) and was an associate editor of Back to Godhead magazine from 1990-2020. She has taught the entire Bhakti Shastri course over 15 times, and was a professor of Sociology and Education at Bhaktivedanta College in Radhadesh. She travels worldwide teaching sastra as well as practical courses in education and organization. Urmila has three decades of experience teaching primary and secondary students, which include 19 years of experience as a school administrator and leader. She has a Master’s degree in School Administration and a PhD in Educational Leadership from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Urmila’s publications include:
- Vaikuntha Children, a guidebook for devotional education, Padma Inc. (May 1992)
- The Great Mantra for Mystic Meditation, Padma Inc. (April 12, 2012)
- Essense Seekers, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (April 16, 2018)
- Dr. Best Learn to Read, an 83 book complete literacy program with technology enabling the story books to speak in 25 languages at the touch of a special “pen”
- and dozens of articles
Schedule
1 hourPart one: Overview
Seminar room
15 minutesBreak
Tickets
Seminar Registration
Fee includes a four-part seminar (on Friday and Saturday) and a vegan meal on Saturday afternoon
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