Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Spiritual Accounting Comes to Toronto

Event Description

Since all major decisions in society are made with the help of money, it essentially decides what society is like. Money influences what we do, what we buy and where we work.

The current accounting system is concerned primarily with profit maximization at any cost and the result is the worst ever economic crises, worldwide consumer culture, global poverty and more impending crises.

Ancient knowledge of east explains that the root of all other manmade crises, lie in polluted consciousness. For a harmonious and sustainable society we need an accounting system that looks beyond the 'green buck' and considers all the needs of the self.

Devamrita Swami, a monk, author and Yale graduate will present Yoga of money, a holistic approach to the crises that grips our world.

REGISTRATION: This is a CMA sponsored event and is free for CMA members/volunteers. For non-CMA guests, there is a $10 registration fee. Seats are limited and registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please RSVP to Aarti at urbanedgeyoga@gmail.com / 647.261.7499.



About Devamrita Swami

Devamrita Swami is a monk with profound spiritual practices that go back almost 4 decades. A Yale graduate, an avid researcher and author of several books he has travelled around the world continuously for past 40 years. Main stops on his global circuit are Australia, New Zealand, the USA, South Africa, Russia, India, Argentina, Chile, the UK, Scandinavia, and Central Europe. In the past two years he has added Toronto, Canada to his global circuit.


Expertly blending together his Yale experience and spiritual knowledge he has done extensive research on subjects such as Spiritual Economics and Spiritual Accounting. He has students who have done their masters and doctoral programs on similar subjects too. His presentation on Spiritual Economics at Rotman School of management was attended by over 100 guests. He has presented on this topic to the Russian chamber of commerce.


Travelling around the world he has presented at several Universities and corporations. This is his third annual tour of Toronto. In the past two years he has addressed over 1000 people on topics as diverse as environmentalism, yoga, vegetarianism, spiritual economics etc. Currently based out of New Zealand, he is the author of several books like Searching for Vedic India, Perfect Escape, Beyond the barriers of limited science and Spiritual Greed. His strategic guidance has proved invaluable to students and professionals seeking to balance their spiritual and professional life.

Born in New York City, at the age of thirteen, he received a scholarship to prep school in the mountains of New Hampshire, where he studied until at seventeen, he received a scholarship to Yale University. In 1972, Devamrita Swami graduated from Yale University. At this time he came in contact with the ancient teachings of the east and quickly discovered the new doors this opened up for him. Ever since Devamrita Swami travels around the world constantly to fulfill invitations by prestigious universities and companies.

Quotes By Devamrita Swami

Spiritual accounting is the consideration of not just fiscal gain and loss, as mainstream accounting does, but also of all the factors of human life and its impact: physical, mental, ecological, and certainly spiritual. Spiritual accounting means: “Let’s wise up—we must see the whole balance sheet of human existence, not just the dollars and cents.” When seen in this way, our so-called economic development may actually be uneconomic, when all the ecological, health, and spiritual costs and damages are tabulated. Accounting, so much at the heart of our current attempt at civilization, can actually become real accounting by consideration of all the aspects of our life, rather than giving us merely a distorted report of just financial profit and loss.
~Devamrita Swami

Friday, March 27, 2009

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