In het studiejaar 2020-2021 starten we een nieuwe opleiding aan de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: de Nederlandstalige postacademische opleiding tot hindoe geestelijke verzorger. Het is de eerste opleiding in Nederland die zich richt op geestelijke verzorging gevoed door [...]
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Artikel over management visie door prof. dr. Sharda Nandram https://www.nyenrode.nl/nieuws/n/samen-naar-integratief-wereldbeeld Bruikbare links Oudste documentaire over yoga
Bhagavadgītā and Leadership
Śri Kṛṣṇa teaches His disciple Arjuna true spiritual leadership ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते । आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः ॥ ५-२२॥ Bhagavadgītā V: 22 The enjoyments that stem from [the sensory] contacts [with objects] are the birthplace of suffering: such [enjoyments] begin and then they end, Son of Kunti! The one […]
“I had Corona!”
Story by Radj Ramcharan, project leader at the Stichting Lezen en Schrijven (Foundation on reading and writing) and secretary of the ASHA Foundation in Utrecht, The Netherlands Radj Ramcharan didn’t feel well and after a medical examination he turned out to have Coronavirus. He spent a few days in the hospital. After a recovery period […]
Corona-positive on Arrival in China
Stephan Dyckerhoff lives in China. He avoided the Corana outbreak by spending a couple of weeks in quarantaine in Switzerland, but eventually on his return to China he turned out to have Corona. The Editorial team asked him to share his experiences with us in his role as father and business person. “When I heard […]
Geïnspireerd leiderschap ten tijde van crisis: Het geheim van Gandhi
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. Part 1 – A world out of balance and the Gītā[1] In my classes for managers I often ask them to give some examples of truly authentic leaders. The first to be named were most often historical figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson […]
Call for Special Issue, Journal of Management Spirituality and Religion (JMSR)
This is a link (here) to a call for papers for a Special Issue for the Journal of Management Spirituality and Religion (JMSR), a journal of the interest group MSR within the Academy of Management. The topic is: An Integrative Approach to COVID-19 Crisis: Learnings from Indigenous Knowledge Systems. The guest editors are: Sharda S. […]
Coping with COVID-19 at Buurtzorg India
Compiled by Prithika Prasad based on input from Barunansu Sarkar & Devjit Sarkar, Buurtzorg Edugreen Neighbourhood Care[1], India Coronavirus has affected countries all over the world and responses to the pandemic have been vastly different. “India is a hugely populous country. The future of this pandemic will be determined by what happens in densely-populated countries. […]
Led by what?
The fifth part of the Chāndogya Upanishad recounts how the five senses argue amongst each other about who is the very best. Speech, Sight, Hearing, Thinking – each of them thinks it is superior to the other. To settle their disagreements, they turn to Prajāpati, the Lord of Creation. He says that the most superior […]
Lokasaṁgraha: Living in Life of Service
Lokasaṁgraha reminds us to see the self in others. The Corona crisis seen from the concept of Lokasaṁgraha proposes that we all become leaders and serve others. The word Lokasaṁgraha appears in the Bhagavadgītā only twice in verses 3.20 and 3.25. Grammatically, Lokasaṁgraha is ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa samāsa of lokānām and saṁgrahaḥ. In his commentary on […]
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