Dharma Study: Dharma in the Workplace

Most of us spend majority of our time at work. We all have to interact with many people and go through different kinds of stress (dukkha) at workplace. We carry this suffering from the work to the world. We all can minimize the stress and enjoy our work by taking the practice to the workplace. Our complex and toxic workplace can open many doors to dharma, when we have right intention. Practicing dharma at workplace can arise compassion, empathy and improve our relationships at workplace. It can be an avenue to make the positive difference in the world.

In this short dharma session series, we will talk about taking the dharma practice to the workplace and discuss how the 4 Noble Truths, Noble 8-Fold Path and karma yoga can be practiced at our work and experience better work life for us and for our colleagues. In each session we focus on practicing different branches of the Noble 8-Fold Path at the workplace. Session will have short talk with time for interactive experience sharing. Discussion focuses on individual experiences at workplace with the lens of dharma.

About Anand Garlapati
Since the encounter with the Buddha’s teaching around 5 years ago, Anand has been practicing at Red Clay Sangha. Anand works in information technology. He is born in India as a Hindu and very familiar with Sanathana Dharma, Karma yoga and Bhagavadgita since childhood. Anand has some familiarity with the Sanskrit language since childhood, which is helping him with the understanding of the dharma and the practice. He is influenced by the doctrine of non-violence laid out by Buddha, Jesus Christ, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and others. Anand received the precepts from Red Clay Sangha’s guiding teacher Gareth Young in 2023. Anand has been experimenting with dharma and Karma Yoga in workplace for last several years and witnessed big transformation. Anand would like to share and discuss how one can reduce stress, improve relationships and make a difference in the world by practicing dharma and karma yoga.