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Vidya Thirumurthy

Vidya Thirumurthy

Associate Professor (Retired), Education Department

Pacific Lutheran University

Vidya Thirumurthy recently retired from her position as associate professor in the Education Department of Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington.

Published Articles

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Vocation and Dharma throughout Life's Stages: A Hindu Perspective

Vidya Thirumurthy

No. 47 · Spring 2018

Thirumurthy traces her own attempt as a Hindu faculty member at Pacific Lutheran University to grasp the Lutheran concept of vocation, finding in the Bhagavad Gita’s teaching on dharma — duty fulfilled without expectation of reward — an equivalent that, like vocation, varies across the four stages of life and calls individuals to transform others through selfless service.

Vidya Thirumurthy

Published Articles

Vocation and Dharma throughout Life's Stages: A Hindu Perspective