YJA Convention 2012 07 Tampa FL Tenth 027618

Author(s): Young Jains of America (YJA)
Publisher: Young Jains of America YJA USA

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SOUL DETOX AND SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT SPEAKER: PRAMODA CHITRABHANU
Many people spend very little time to ponder about their spiritual aspect of life. Who has time with college applications, exams, and student debts to pay? Dreams and spiritual directions are forgotten as impractical and impossible. In this session we will find our forgotten soul and discover the toxins that cover our soul and malign the nature of the self. Further we will explore the Jain way to detoxify the soul and attain Enlightenment through practice of the religion-Dharma.
SPIRITUAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SPEAKER: SUDHIR SHAH
Session Descriptions
Have you ever lamented over the disconnect between the challenges of day to day life, school, career, and your spiritual values? Have you separated your spiritual life from your daily life because you don't know how to bring them together?
Learn how to be led by your intuition, how to handle those things blocking you, what needs to "go" to move forward and what needs to ""start" so you can be true to yourself. This is a journey to living and working authentically. We will use a case study format to explore the thrills and challenges of designing and launching a business in perfect synergy with your spiritual incline. This journey will be about looking deep into our lives, passions, desires and business to find our unique path of walking into our authentic purpose in business and life.
THE MANY SIDES OF JAINISM SPEAKER: HEMANG SRIKISHAN
Hemang Srikishan is a Jain Pathshala teacher in Chicago. He and his students have spent the last year talking about the various ways to describe Jainism. Whether it is the Five Vows, the three A's or something else, there are many frameworks to portray Jainism. Come to this session and see some of the many ways to answer the question, "What is Jainism?
THE POWER OF MANTRA SPEAKER: SWAMI ASHWINI PRAJNAA
Mantra comes from becomes Man + Atra, or here - the definition of mantra is "your mind is present". Mantras are a combination or collection of good words that create positive energy or vibrations. According to science, everything is made up of waves or frequencies. Each religion has specific mantra, and the sound of temple bells, Om mantra, Navakar mantra or even buzzing bees are equally important. The science behind mantras lets us bring positive vibration to our bodies and sustain it. Come explore the various benefits that come from being in tune with the mantras around you!
THE UP SIDE OF ANGER SPEAKERS: HEMA POKHARNA & MANDA POKHARNA
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret." So how should one deal with emotions like anger, which if expressed wholeheartedly, can have negative implications and if these feelings are suppressed they eat away at us from within? Anger, if it is recognized and acknowledged, can become positive energy to enable us to change the situation we are angry about. Explore how anger can be turned into a 'win-win situation with constructive and compassionate outcomes.
iJain: Evolution of a Mind