Mindfulness, Humility & Holistic Approach to Education: Gadadhara Pandit Dasa at TEDxTeachersCol

In this talk, Gadadhara Pandit Dasa shares his personal journey about becoming a monk and his goal to introduce university communities to a more holistic and balanced life style as part of their education and work experience. As part of his talk, he takes the audience on a meditative journey and explains the added value of integrating a few minutes of meditation into your daily life.

Gadadhara Pandit Dasa has been a monk in the bhakti-yoga tradition since September of 1999. Pandit currently serves as the first-ever Hindu chaplain of Columbia University and New York University. His activities at Columbia include facilitating weekly vegetarian cooking classes, discussions on the Bhagavad-Gita, and sessions on the art and practice of mantra meditation. Pandit is a regular contributor for the religion section of the Huffington Post. He was featured in the NPR piece "Long Days and Short Nights of a Hindu Monk", The New York Times, as well as the PBS documentary on the Bhagavad Gita. For more from Pandit, check out his website at nycpandit.com

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