Goloka Dhama, Abentheuer, Germany - A two-day spiritual care workshop was recently held as part of the Janmastami festival at Goloka Dhama in Germany. It was attended by devotees from across Germany and Belgium.
Hari-dhama dasa, a senior UK disciple of Mukunda Maharaja, conducted the workshop, which looked at the skills and knowledge needed for devotees to take care of the elderly and dying in the German yatra. The two-day event looked at the theory behind spiritual care and devotees where given the opportunity to put these skills into role-play practice. He has 30 years’ experience with working with dying hospice patients and currently works for the UK National Health Service as a Vaisnava chaplain and emergency care clinician.
Gavesi Dasi, his wife and a professional cognitive behavioural therapist, ran a session on counselling skills.
At the end of the workshop a network of 14 devotees was established to provide devotee care in their respective areas across the yatra. Further workshops will be held in other parts of Germany and Belgium giving devotees an opportunity to deepen their knowledge and skills. Those interested in the subject can contact him at haridhama@gmail.com
Please see his paper “Spiritual Need, Pain and Care: recognition and response in ISKCON”http://www.dandavats.com/?p=19180
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