Role of self-care in bhakti - The Monk's Podcast 101 with Sukhavaha Mataji and Gaur Kumar Prabhu
Channel: Chaitanya Charan
Date: 17/02/2021

Summary 2:00:16
Sukhavaha Mataji / Susan Bauer  https://www.aheartconnection.com
Born and raised a Protestant minister’s daughter, counseling and assisting others was household given. Inspired by her father, (who at the age of 84 still attends self-development seminars), she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Social Welfare from Pennsylvania State University. During her youth, she went on spiritual quest and accepted initiation into Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Bhakti tradition in India stemming from the 16th century and was given the name Sukhavaha devi dasi.  With her counseling skills coupled with spiritual knowledge, she was ordained an Interfaith Minister in January of 1992.

Susan has been involved in number of social welfare projects across the globe including the Barsana Eye Camp and spiritual care department of Bhaktivedanta Hospital in Mumbai. She frequently speaks at leading spiritual communities on compassionate communication, emotional healing and building vibrant organizations.
    
She has developed A Heart Connection as a safe support system based on her own life's journey for inner peace and for developing deeper relationships. She is also an author of Revealing the Heart : Practice of Compassion , a memoir  of her experiences  integrated with her new discoveries in compassionate communication. She is also mother of three children and grandmother of two.

Chaitanya Charan Das is a monk, spiritual mentor and author.

Building on his engineering degree from the Government College of Engineering, Pune, he has studied extensively the philosophical and sociological ramifications of modern science. Complementing his scientific education is his keen spiritual sensitivity honed by systematic and sympathetic study of the bhakti tradition for over two decades. He has been an invited speaker at several international conferences on the interface of science and spirituality, including the World Peace Conference 2006 and World Peace Congress 2008 organized by UNESCO.  Based in India, he has given talks at colleges and companies all over the world from Australia to America.  His writings appear regularly in several Indian newspapers including the reputed Speaking Tree column in The Times of India. Apart from 300 analytical articles (available at www.thespiritualscientist.com) and 1600 inspirational daily meditations on the Bhagavad-gita (available at www.gitadaily.com),  he is the author of 20 books on a wide variety of subjects ranging from Science and spirituality, socio-cultural analysis of religion, and the ancient texts of India, especially the Ramayana, Mahabharata and Bhagavad-gita

He is a member of ISKCON’s leading intellectual body, the Shastric Advisory Council, which offers scriptural advice to the GBC (Governing Body Commissioner). He is an associate editor of Back to Godhead, ISKCON’s global magazine. His writings in English have been translated into several foreign languages including German, Chinese and Romanian and several Indian languages including Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Hindi and Marathi.

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