Submissions are invited for articles for our next issue (Issue 13) ThemeSpirituality and the Fourth Industrial Revolution We are facing certain challenges in society today which scholars have been articulating as the outcome of Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA) or the emerging Fourth Industrial Revolution (a recent term coined by scholars from the World […]
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Acknowledgements
In addition to the support of many others from our editorial team, we acknowledge the following contributions during different phases of this publication: Paula van der Wal Dutch Direct Translation Services Paula has edited the language used in the articles. Artwork photos credits Willeke Hendrikx Healingart, Nederland
A Special Report on the OM RISE Workshop Building an Academic Discipline of Spirituality in Management and Society
A two-day international workshop on Building an Academic Discipline of Spirituality in Management and Society was organized online from 7-8 February 2023 at IIT (BHU) Varanasi, India, in collaboration with scholars from various countries. The workshop focused on advancing our discussion on the discipline of spirituality for management and society. It sought to delve deeper […]
Editorial Note: Spirituality, Management And Society, Issue 7 – Yoga
Dear all, We are delighted to share the 7th issue of OM RISE Magazine with you. For this issue, the theme is Yoga. The popularity of yoga globally was recognized when the United Nations declared 21 June as International Yoga Day. In the current issue we celebrate this day by sharing a collection of articles […]
Yoga and the Bhagavad Gītā
In recent years yoga has gained tremendous popularity. In the western world, the image associated with yoga is a class full of young men and women stretching on yoga mats and performing breathing exercises, with the aim to improve both mental and physical health. The yoga market has become a big business. Students pay high […]
Yoga seen from the Triyoga systeem
‘Yoga’, which often evokes images of meditation and yoga poses, sparks a sense of positivity within. However, there is more to the word than just its meaning or the beautiful imagination. It is a complete philosophy that has existed for ages and continues to live on. The global popularity of yoga has attracted individuals to […]
Integration
The term yoga suffers quite a bit from “meaning expansion”. This is also true for other similar concepts from the East – Tao, Zen, karma, and nirvāna. The original meaning of these words seems to have been somewhat lost. Conceptions are shifting. In our time of opulence, busyness and threat, we usually associate yoga with […]
Yoga and Moral Rules: Some Thoughts on the Yamas
It is well-known that yoga has become immensely popular all over the world since the middle of the twentieth century. Yoga is perhaps one of the most successful cultural exports of India. It is also well known that many Western practitioners associate yoga mostly with postures (āsana) and breathing exercises (prāṇayāma). There are many varieties […]