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Sample Career & Vocation Charts

Amoghasiddhi Buddha

"One Whose Accomplishment Is Not In Vain"

Fame

Jyotisha offers a variety of fame indicators including characteristics of domain-5, Surya, and lord of panchaamsha varga. Also Kala-Sarpa Yoga often indicates public 'destiny'.

  • The single best indicator of overall fame & public approval = 10th-from-Arudha lagna.

Nature of this rashi and any graha in this domain will characterize the overall public recognition and public judgment upon the native.

According to Brihat Jataka of Varaahamihira  

the livelihood is determined by the significations of the lord of the 10th navamsha

Phaladeepika says: 

the method of earning a living is determined by the navamsha sign occupied by radix L-10

If the Lord of 10th navamsha is:

Then the means of earning or profession is:

if radix L-10 occupies a navamsha of:

Then the native will make his livelihood through:

Ravi [Sun]

  • Scented Plants, 

  • Gold, 

  • Woolen textiles, or 

  • medicines.

Ravi [Sun]

  • fruit-trees, 

  • by reciting the Mantras, 

  • by cheating people, 

  • by gambling, 

  • by telling lies, 

  • selling wool, 

  • medicine & the like, 

  • by working on metals or 

  • through service under a renowned king or person. (Shloka 2)

Chandra [Moon]

  • agricultural products, 

  • & items emerging from Water like Pearl, Coral, and Shells. 

  • Company of opposite gender will benefit earnings.

Chandra [Moon]

  • water products (pearls, corals etc.), 

  • transacting in agriculture, 

  • cattle rearing, 

  • voyage to holy places, 

  • service under young women or 

  • trade in garments. (Shloka 3)

Mangala [Mars]

  • service, 

  • serving the masses, 

  • police, 

  • law,  

  • electronics, 

  • medicine or 

  • trading of metals.

Mangala [Mars]

(Shloka 4)

Budha [Mercury]

  • writing skill, 

  • clerical work, 

  • ancient texts, 

  • editing, or 

  • feature writing.

Budha [Mercury]

  • composing poetry, 

  • study of the sacred lore, 

  • being a scribe or a clerk, 

  • as tricksters, 

  • through the knowledge of astrology, 

  • studying Vedas for others, 

  • recitation of Mantras, 

  • as a priest or 

  • through fraud. (Shloka 5)

[see the entertainer Madonna]

Guru [Jupiter]

  • priestly works

  • salt

  • elephants

  • eye decoration/eye medicine

  • mining

  • traveling, or 

  • by serving the guru

Guru [Jupiter]

  • with the help of Brahmins, deities or through state favor, 

  • recitation of Puranas, 

  • studying Sastras, 

  • preaching or giving religious instructions, or 

  • handling money.  (Shloka 6)

Shukra [Venus]

  • arms

  • gems

  • decoration

  • artistic things

  • sweet or dairy products

Shukra [Venus]

  • women, 

  • cows, 

  • buffaloes, 

  • elephants, 

  • horses, 

  • through dancing in all its three forms, 

  • through silver, 

  • scents, 

  • milk, 

  • ornaments and silken fineries,

  • royal associations & 

  • his own poetic talents.  (Shloka 7)

Shani [Saturn]

  • hard labor

  • killing

  • speculation

  • real estate

  • gambling, and

  • horse trading

Shani [Saturn]

  • by dealing in roots & fruits, 

  • by dint of hard work, 

  • through attendants, rogues and the earnings of menials of no scruples, 

  • through adulterated food grains, 

  • working as porters, 

  • by resorting to base occupations, 

  • through sculpture, 

  • wooden materials and 

  • by working as an executioner or a butcher.

Jyotisha career profile

Career factors may originate in vargas placement, but all career indicators are ultimately described by their behavior in radix.

When a single graha occurs in several important career lagnas (e.g., the graha is simultaneously lagnesha, lord of 10th navamsha and lord of dashamsha) that dominant graha comes to define the career.  

  • If Shani plays several roles the native will have a Shani-driven work experience: hierarchies, supervisors, conformity to rules, heavy and repetitive workload.  

  • If Shukra dominates the career pattern, native will work in creative, luxurious, artistic, femininized environments.  

  • And so forth per karaka labels of the grahas.

Everyone works, but not everyone's work is praised or recognized. For most people, career profile is spread across several radix graha. Most careers consist of mixed experience, with some periods of obscurity & some periods of relatively high social recognition. However if the grahas are obscure, a life of unacknowledged, unappreciated effort -- due to servitude or perhaps intentional hiding -- may be understood.  

(This chart is filled in with the career grahas for the entertainer Madonna.)

Leading career indicators

Lord of the navamsha of Radix L-10 - as this graha behaves in radix

  • Budha

Lord of the 10th Navamsha  - as this graha  behaves in radix

  • Shukra

Lord of 10th Dashamsha - as this graha behaves in radix

  • Guru

Additional career indicators 

Karmaa Bhava; L-10

  • Shukra

Yuvati bhava (10th-from-10th);  L-7

  • Shani

10th-from-Chandra

  • Shukra

Surya

  • Chandra/Surya

lagnesha  

  • Surya

Arudha of karma bhava (10th-from-L-10) shows Public Reputation and Fame for career. (The public image may or may not be related to actual performance!)

  • Budha (Chandra)

10th-from-mahadasha-pati shows temporary career emphasis

  • [Chandra]

Lord of the navamsha occupied by the radix L-10  

Find the radix L-10, then find that graha in navamsha. The lord of the navamsha occupied by radix L-10 is the single strongest primary significator of public career.  

Phaladeepika says that this graha's radix characteristics according to rashi, sthana, & drishti  will tell much about the native's profession.  

  • If that graha is well-connected to the other career indicators (e.g., L-10, L-7, lord of D-10, Surya, etc.) the professional success quotient is high. Personal works will be socially praised and widely recognized.

  • If that graha is not strongly linked to career indicators - even whilst ruling a beneficial radix house, or being uccha or swakshetra in radix, or having other glories not connected with career - there will be professional obscurity.  The person might live a very happy life - but s/he will not be publicly recognized.

Navamsha occupied by radix L-10 

As described by Phaladeepika (table above), this rashi is a strong indicator of career also. 

The karaka qualities of its lord will reveal the general method of earning a living.  Despite the incredible diversity of the modern global economy, the general areas of livelihood which Phaladeepika describes are still accurate (although they do require elaboration).

However, it will be more instructive to look at the specific disposition of the lord of radix L-10's navamsha - as that graha behaves in radix -  to determine the career skills and environment most closely. 

Radix characteristics of the lord of 10th navamsha as described by Brihat Jataka of Varaahamihira (table above) help focus our search for the general environment in which livelihood is earned. 

I.e., 10th-navamsha rashis of Shani directs our expectations toward rote or manual labor; conformist or anonymous environments; and survival concerns of food, clothing, and shelter.  Rashis of Shukra suggest a sweet environment; of Surya, someplace quite hot; Kuja environment is in some way militarized, etc.

In our modern economy with extended life-spans, people often experience several sequential "incarnations" of their career which may appear different from each other - but will be found to arise from the same basic skill set.

If the radix position of the 10th navamsha lord = Budha in 6, the person may have several related "careers" but they will all engage literacy skills (reading/writing/calculating) regarding debt/finance. 

If the radix position of the 10th navamsha lord = Kuja in 4, all the "careers" will be connected via exploratory skills (active engagement, research,  problem-solving, exposing & capturing prey) in home & education.  

If the radix position of the 10th navamsha lord = Guru in 3, spirit of teamwork can generate numerous careers in business administration varying among sales, marketing, public relations, advertising etc.  .

  • Man with 10th-navamsha lord = radix Budha/6, was once a juvenile stamp collector, then a junior accountant, then president of a prestigious private equity firm, then a retired stock portfolio manager.  In the future he might teach finance or write a finance book.  But it will all be sewn together by the lord of the 10th navamsha.

  • Woman with 10th-navamsha lord = radix Kuja/4, was once a babysitter, then a high-school homework tutor, then a college teacher, then a corporate computer trainer, then headmistress of a school, then a mother, then a master teacher & researcher in university.  In the future she could teach in any educational setting or do any type of research. But it will all be sewn together by the lord of the 10th navamsha.

Sarvartha Chintamani, Ch 2/Shloka 7 says:

"When the planet occupying the Navamsha is powerful, the acquisition of wealth will be without much effort. 

Should it be weak a little wealth will accrue. 

The country where the native will acquire wealth will be signified by the sign representing the 10th house or the Navamsha owned by the lord of the 10th house. 

But when this Sign is occupied or aspected by its lord the native will earn in his own country. 

So shall be if the Navamsha occupied by the lord of the 10th house is an immovable sign. 

When the said sign is owned or aspected by planets other than its lord, the person concerned will earn in the place other than his own country.

The livelihood is also determined from the nature of the planet who is lord of the Navamsha sign occupied by the lord of the 10th house."

Lord of Dashamsha as it behaves in radix

forms the third major career significator.  It is worth looking for the role of the lord of 10th dashamsha also, but only as a strengthening and confirming proof for otherwise active career grahas.

Lord of dashamsha tells mainly about one's psychic or spiritual disposition within career manifestation.  Similar to lord of navamsha exposing how one is operating psychologically within intimate relationships (whether one is consciously aware of one's true behavior or not) - lord of dashamsha tells what wisdom or psychological agenda we bring into career.  Similar to the way lord of navamsha reveals how our partner sees us and what they (often subconsciously) expect from us; so the lord of dashamsha tells what hidden parts of ourselves the professional environment evokes and develops.

Lord of dashamsha will always have some qualities, but those qualities might not be distinctive.  If lord of dashamsha is weak in radix, the native will not be motivated to use his career role as a way of getting crucial spiritual information about himself.  Again, this is similar to lord of navamsha being weak: the native does not evoke much information from his marriage; the marriage is not spiritually too important in this life.  By contrast, when lord of navamsha is strong, the native is intensely engaged in his intimate partnerships (for better or worse) because the partnerships are for him a gold mine of psycho-spiritual informatio about the parts of himself he can only see in the mirror of the partner.

If lord of dashamsha is strong in radix, the public service environment becomes a site of great self discovery.  One's professional colleagues become important mirrors onto the Self.  Through handling significant public responsibilities which affect many people below, one grows spiritually in understanding of the great forces which direct us all, even while wielding considerable power over his inferiors. 

Handling earthly power over the welfare of a community, nation, or planet provides the same type of test as handling the emotional power over one partner in marriage. However the power in dashamsha expresses as one-to-many relationship as distinguished from the one-to-one relationship of a native to their spouse or, ideally, of the native-to-their-ishtadevata.

When the lord of any varga is empowered in radix (whether a powerful benefic or a troublesome powerful malefic) the native has programmed highly significant spiritual information into the web of relationships he expects to encounter in the environment described by that varga.

E.g., if the lord of D-20 is strong, spiritual practice is a site of profound self-revelation to the native.  The spiritual path in this case may be smooth (as in a wonderful benefic) or ragged (as in a violent malefic) but the path is crucially important in this lifetime. 

If the lord of D-3 is strong in radix, then teamwork, siblings, group mental process, competition, and self-made wealth are powerful venues for self-realization.

Mahadasha of the varga lord and its bhukti periods will emphasize matters of the varga whose lord is strong in radix. 

Self-revelation is required to connect us with missing (subconsciously concealed) aspects of ourselves.  

When we get all the pieces of the Self puzzle, we are whole and at that moment of wholeness we know God.  It is possible to advance on the path toward realization using any environment, any set of relationships, any mirrors we choose.

If dashamsha lord is strong in radix, the native is choosing career, public service, and earthly power as a vehicle for self-knowledge on the road to God-realization. 

The dashamsha may also be read "internally" that is, the same method as reading the radix, to very finely tune the profile of profession.  

Q. How are predictions on profession made?  There are differences of opinion on this point.

A. Some read profession from the 10th house from the Ascendant or the Moon.  

Some read it from the Navamsha lord-of-the-lord of the 10th.  

The first house also indicates profession in 'Prasna'.  All these have to be looked into & the strongest one indicates 'profession'.

- B.V. Raman, A Catechism of Astrology,[4th edition 1992]  part II page 2

Q: From which Bhava or planet can the place or direction of one's livelihood be ascertained?

A: Ordinarily the 10th Bhava is the one that denotes all particulars relating to one's livelihood including the place or direction; the sign that is found on the cusp of that Bhava determines the place or direction one has to look too for the line of least resistance.  

As regards the planets, the matter is somewhat more complicated.  The lord of the 10th Bhava is in some Navamsha.  The lord of that Amsha is one of the planets that has major significance.  The sign in which that lord is placed, the lord of the 10th, and also the sign in which the Sun is located have also subsidiary importance.  

All these influences have to be carefully blended & judged in the case of a particular horoscope and the dominant direction is to be taken note of before prediction as regards place or direction of profession can be made.  

If the Moon is strong, the above has also to be applied from the position of the Moon also.

- B.V. Raman,  A Catechism of Astrology,[4th edition 1992]  part II page 2

Sample Vocation Charts

Entertainers

[for Popular Leadership see Politics]

Astrologers, Psychologists, Theologians, Educators & Writers

  • 9: Astrologer, Teacher, Writer

  • 14: Teacher of Developmentally Disabled adolescent boys (coming soon)

  • 16: Professional (commercial) Sports Coach (coming soon)

  • Special Olympics & Kids Sports Coach (coming soon)

Physicians, Nurses, & Body Healers

Attorneys & Businesspeople

  • Corporate Stock Trader (coming soon)

  • Independent Stock Investor (coming soon)

  • 6: Corporate Senior Attorney

  • Urban Planner (coming soon)

Scientists & Engineers

  • Biometrics mathematician (coming soon)

 

see more in the Spiritual Leaders & Wealth-Builders sections

Q: What are my prospects for adding a new consultancy to my existing career? 

Or developing a second, successful career at midlife in this new field, in which I have become deeply interested?

A: 

If it's Jyotisha you're interested in as a second career, look for a prominent Ketu.

Ketu makes a person psychic and when Ketu is in a key career house (7 or 10 radix, yuti L-10, and/or associated with 10th navamsha or 10th dashamsha) there will be a "liminal" career for sure.  

Liminal careers are by definition not recognized by materially-oriented society but Shri Ganesha will have His way, better not to fight it.

Ketu yuti your Moon makes you a bit of an outcaste. That's a good yoga for practicing intuitive Jyotisha but it also makes the native prone to tremendous mood swings between very spiritual vs. depraved.  That's Ketu.

IMO, the best indicators of a person's career whether in Jyotisha or any other discipline, are: 

  1. lord of the 10th navamsha, as that lord behaves in radix 

  2. lord of the 10th radix, as that lord behaves in dashamsha

  3. lord of the 7th radix, as that lord behaves in dashamsha 

All the other radix & navamsha & dashamsha planets play supporting roles.

D-9's L-10 as it behaves in radix will accurately indicate not only the profession, environment or industry in which the person develops their career.

(If multiple careers, the careers will be closely related in the logic of the native's overall character even if not in terms of conventional social categories).

L-10 radix as it behaves in D-10, shows the strength of public success in one's chosen field.

Should radix L-10 be weak in D-10, the profession will be unrecognized, low status, marginal - not famous, not well paid.

Should radix L-10 be neechha in D-10, native is not much respected, even if the income is good. 

L-10 radix's role in D-10 will give more information about the total career profile. 

Even if the career is weak, it will still exist. Everyone has some sort of leadership role, public responsibilities, and career.

Details of its weak or strong or conventional or odd existence such as the subject area of expertise and the environment (e.g., 4th house = home/classroom) are elaborated in L-10 radix's role in D-10.

Q: I've read that having one panch-maha-purusha planet guarantees a great career.  What do you think?  I've got an uccha Shani  as lagnesha that looks very promising.

A: Having one super-strong planet (Shani) gives the native tremendous drive and focus. 

You can do any work at all in this world and do it well. 

If Jyotisha practice is your goal, I agree that you are likely to approach the study of Jyotisha in a balanced and systematic way with attention to principle and detail; the same way you have approached other studies. 

However, the nature of your eventual practice, if any, would conform to the L-10 and 10th D-9 items (1) and (2) above. 

I suggest that you make a complete inventory of those (1) and (2) attributes (and double-check (3) characteristics) including sign, house, drishti, and timing of Vimshottari dasha periods. 

You may choose to enter consulting practice or you may choose to use Jyotisha as a private meditational practice, depending on what you conclude from (1) and (2) [and double-check (3)]. 

Other items such as lagna and lagnesha, Chandra, Budha etc. are influential but ANY career foundation requires strength in (1) and (2) to achieve public validation of success. 

I hope this opinion provides some structure for your continuing studies. Jyotisha is a vidya and its knowledge channels through the human personality. 

If you can, to further your studies, I'd recommend obtaining several readings from different working Jyotishi to provide a range of viewpoints. The vidya of Jyotisha is expressed differently through different Jyotishi personalities.

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their  unwanted people without killing them, used to burn their  houses down -- hence the expression "to get fired."

Mahatma Gandhi was reputedly asked as to what he thought of Western Civilization.  

He thought for a moment and said, "that would be a good idea."

The Job Interview

A mathematician, an accountant and an economist apply for the same job. The interviewer calls in the mathematician and asks "What do two plus two equal?"

The mathematician replies "Four."

The interviewer asks "Four, exactly?"

The mathematician looks at the interviewer incredulously and says "Yes, four, exactly."

Then the interviewer calls in the accountant and asks the same question: "What do two plus two equal?"

The accountant says, "On average, four -- give or take 10%, but, on average, four."

Then the interviewer calls in the economist and poses the same question: "What do two plus two equal?"

The economist gets up, locks the door, closes the shade, sits down next to the interviewer, and says, "What do you want it to equal?"

Architecture is inhabited sculpture. ~~ Igor Stravinsky

"There is dignity in work, only when it is work freely accepted. " ~~ Albert Camus

"There is no easy formula for determining right and wrong livelihood, but it is essential to keep the question alive. To return the sense of dignity and honor to manhood, we have to stop pretending that we can make a living at something that is trivial or destructive and still have sense of legitimate self-worth. 

A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls."

~~Sam Keen

"By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day. " 

~~ Robert Frost

"When I was a little boy they called me a liar, but now that I am a grown up they call me a writer." 

-- Isaac Bashevis Singer

"He who has a trade, has an estate. "

- Benjamin Franklin

Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to the Lord what is the Lord's.

~~ Yeshua ben Yasef of Beth-Lehem (Jesus-Christus)

Matt. 22:21

Noah's ark was built by amateurs. 

The Titanic was built by professionals.

"The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a ‘C', the idea must be feasible."  

~~ a Yale University management professor, in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found the Federal Express Corp.)

"Success is just one long street fight."  ~~ Milton Berle

Title and Authority:

The government inspector said to the farmer, "I need to inspect your farm."

The old farmer said "You better not go in that field."

The Ag representative said in a 'wise' tone, "I have the authority of the U. S. Government with me. See this card, I am allowed to go wherever I wish on agricultural land."

So the old farmer went about his farm chores.  Later, the farmer heard loud screams and saw the Department of Agriculture rep running for the fence, close behind was the farmer's prize bull.

The bull was madder than a nest full of hornets and the bull was gaining at every step.

The Old farmer called out: "Show him your card!"

Dalai Lama: 

"In the traditional [Tibetan] society, most people automatically did the types of work their families did--nomads, farmers, merchants, and so on. But some people still engaged in work that was not in keeping with the principle of non-harm, because there are butchers, metal smiths who make swords, and so on. But these kinds of work were also generally hereditary."

Howard Cutler: 

"Speaking of work and the implementation of the concept of non-harm, ...you mentioned that there was a rule in Tibet that any new invention had to guarantee that it was beneficial or at least not harmful for at least seven generations."

DL: 

"...there do seem to be certain practices and policies that successive Tibetan governments adopted in Tibet that reflect putting into practice certain Buddhist ideals, such as the Buddhist principle of respecting the natural world, particularly the animal world. 

For example, all the communities living near the Yamdrok Lake used to rely heavily on fishing in the past. Recently I heard about a policy that was adopted during the Fifth Dalai Lama's time where they were discouraged from fishing, and in order to compensate them, some other communities would band together and provide them an equivalent value in grain, so that they would be compensated against their loss. 

Similarly, in the area near Mount Kailash, around Lake Manasarovar during a particular season, a lot of waterfowl migrate there. They lay their eggs on the shores and apparently there was a government policy that during the egg-laying season, they would appoint people to watch over the eggs to make sure they were safe. Of course, there might be individuals who in addition to taking the salary probably ate some of the eggs as well. These things happen. But overall there is this kind of attitude of non-harm. 

"So, even though in Tibet, people didn't always follow the principle of non-harm in their work ...this principle was still deeply ingrained in the people. 

"In general, I think this could be applied in the West. Although not everybody has options about the work that they do, at least I think it is good to give serious thought to the kind of work one does, and the impact it has on others. I think it is best to choose work that does not cause harm to others, that does not exploit or deceive others, either directly or indirectly. I think that's the best way."

~~ H. H. Dalai Lama, & Dr. Howard C. Cutler, M.D. (1998, 2004). The Art of Happiness at Work, Riverhead Trade Pub.

"...when seeking work, or if you already have a job, it is important to keep in mind that a human being isn't meant to be some kind of machine designed only for production. No. 

Human life isn't just for work, like [a socialistic] vision where everyone's purpose is just to work for the state, and there is no individual freedom, where the state even arranges the person's vacations and everything is planned out for the individual. That is not a full human life. 

Individuality is very important for a full human life, and then accordingly some leisure time, a bit of holiday, and time spent with family or friends. That is the means to a complete form of life.... If your life becomes only a medium of production, then many of the good human values and characteristics will be lost -- then you will not, you cannot, become a complete person.

So if you're looking for work and have a choice of a job, choose a job that allows the opportunity for some creativity, and for spending time with your family. 

Even if it means less pay, personally I think it is better to choose work that is less demanding, that gives you greater freedom, more time to be with your family, or to do other activities, read, engage in cultural activities, or just play. I think that's best.

~~ H. H. Dalai Lama, & Dr. Howard C. Cutler, M.D. (1998, 2004). The Art of Happiness at Work , Riverhead Trade Pub.

H.H. on Job Loss:

"Among Tibetans, at least traditionally, the economic conditions are such that this nine-to-five daily employment isn't really an important part of [working life]. In Tibet, either you are a farmer or a nomad or a merchant. The work is seasonal.... During the season they work very hard, and when they finish they come back and don't have any employment.

...in modern society, and particularly in industrialized nations, the issue of unemployment is a very difficult situation. There are no easy answers. 

One has no choice but to try to cope, and make one's best effort to find new work. There is just no other solution.

However, the basic attitude of the individual plays a very significant role, and can make a big difference in how someone responds. While we may not have control over our situation, our attitude is something that we have some control over. 

So first, what we need to realize is that uncertainty and change are very much a part of the modern economy, particularly with regard to employment. 

That is a serious problem, but a fact that we have to accept. There is no guarantee that there will be a job tomorrow if you are working today. 

So, if we understand this ahead of time, it may change how we respond when that happens. Then we won't feel so surprised, as if we are singled out. We understand that the loss of a job has many factors, the result of many causes and conditions. We will understand that, in many cases, it may even have roots in global economic issues. 

This way, we won't become so upset by taking it personally, or looking around us for someone to blame for our problems. This alone may help reduce our mental agitation. 

Of course, here we are talking about unemployment due to some wider causes or layoffs, not due to being fired because of one's own incompetence.

So there might be different ways in which individuals will respond to the challenges of change. What is important is to acknowledge this fact and try to work out how best to cope with the immediate problem itself. 

For example, if you need employment as a means of your livelihood and if you become unemployed, then all your efforts should be put into looking for new employment so that your livelihood will be secure. 

But there are two different responses. 

One person may feel demoralized and become sort of paralyzed, thinking, There is no hope, I lost my job, what am I supposed to do? 

But another individual in the same situation might look at it as an opportunity to make some changes. As a challenge. So that is the more positive way, the more proactive way of dealing with this problem. 

But of course it is not easy.

There may also be other ways that might help at least reduce the mental anxiety of dealing with the situation, so that a person can use all their mental energy to find new work. For Buddhists, there are certain thought processes and considerations that help--for example, the belief in karma [one's actions] and ultimately taking responsibility for one's own karma. 

Although this kind of mental attitude may not have any effect in physically resolving the situation, at least it will help ease the individual from the psychological effect of losing the job, and so on. 

And of course, believers in other religious systems can also take some consolation in their own beliefs."

~~ H. H. Dalai Lama, & Dr. Howard C. Cutler, M.D. (1998, 2004). The Art of Happiness at Work , Riverhead Trade Pub.

Busy Flight Attendant

"The little boy (who had been looking out the window of the airplane) turned to his mother and asked, 'If big dogs have baby dogs, and big cats have baby cats, why don't big airplanes have baby airplanes?'

The mother (who couldn't think of an answer) told her son to ask the flight attendant, so the boy went down the aisle and asked the flight attendant.

The flight attendant, who was very busy at the time, smiled and said, 'I saw you talking with your mom- Did your Mom tell you to ask me?' 

The boy said, 'yes she did.' 

'Well, then, you go and tell your mother that there are no baby airplanes because Southwest always pulls out on time. Have your Mom explain that to you.' "

"I always believe that each individual human being has some kind of responsibility for humanity as a whole. 

Particularly, I always believe that as scientists, you have a special responsibility. Besides your own profession, you have a basic motivation to serve humanity, to try to produce better, happier human beings. Whether we understand consciousness or not, we must produce warm-hearted persons. That is important. I want to express that. 

Whenever I meet scientists, I always have to say this.

Through my own profession, I try my best to contribute as much as I can. This proceeds without my being concerned whether another person agrees with my philosophy or not. 

Some people may be very much against my belief, my philosophy, but I feel alright. So long as I see that a human being suffers or has needs, I shall contribute as much as I can to contribute to their benefit. 

Scientists and medically qualified people can contribute especially. That's different; that's a particular context. A human being needs to be cared for according to your professional calling. You can contribute; that's your shared professional responsibility."

~~  H.H. Dalai Lama,  Consciousness at the Crossroads: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Brain Science and Buddhism. Zara Houshmand, R.B. Livingston, & B. A. Wallace (Eds.). www.snowlionpub.com

  

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