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YJA: Applying Jain Professional Ethics in Daily Life
Saturday, September 14, 2024 | 11 a.m. PDT / 2 p.m. EDT
In the spirit of the Paryuṣaṇa and Daśalakṣaṇa season, join Young Jains of American (YJA) and Arihanta Institute for a webinar presentation by Professor Christopher Jain Miller, PhD: “Applying Jain Professional Ethics in Daily Life.”
Learn about the tradition of Jain Professional Ethics while also reflecting on the opportunities to lead a more nonviolent and compassionate professional life.
Jain tradition offers much for us to think about when it comes to professional ethics, both in the way that we treat one another at the workplace as well as in the type of work that we choose to engage in to make a living.
Join this webinar to explore the history and fundamental Jain principles behind Jain Professional Ethics, and learn how to apply these principles in your current or future profession. Whether you are a seasoned professional or just trying to figure out your career path, Jain scriptures will provide you with much inspiration for making a righteous living.
Speaker Bio
Christopher Jain Miller, the co-founder and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Arihanta Institute, completed his PhD in the Study of Religion at the University of California, Davis. He is Professor of Jain and Yoga Studies at Arihanta Institute, Visiting Researcher at the University of Zürich's Asien-Orient-Institut, and Visiting Professor at Claremont School of Theology. Christopher's primary fields of research interest are Yoga Studies and Jain Studies, and he currently serves as the co-chair of the Yoga in Theory and Practice Unit at the American Academy of Religion as well as on the steering committee for the Yoga Darśana Yoga Sādhana conference.
Christopher is the author of Embodying Transnational Yoga: Eating, Singing, and Breathing in Transformation (Routledge 2024) and the co-editor of Engaged Jainism: Critical and Constructive Studies of Jain Social Engagement (SUNY 2025) as well as Beacons of Dharma: Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age (Lexington 2020).