There is an Everest climber in each one of us. During our life, we get to know about our ‘Everest’ and the ‘climb’. This case study is about Tine Mena, the youngest Everest climber from the North East of India. The case takes us through the stages of development of various qualities, values, vision and […]
Tag: Leadership
Leadership and Authenticity: The Case of Buurtzorg Nederland (2017)
The authors explain the relationship between leadership and yoga in the contributing chapter. Yogais seen as a worldview and a way to enhance virtuous behaviour. So far, leadership has been studied as a style, an attribute, or trait. New models propose it as anactivity. The authors propose leadership as a cognition and a virtue. The […]
Inspired Leadership in Times of Crisis: Gandhi’s Secret
Yoga is really nothing but ceasing to think that you are different from the Self or Reality 6 Part 3 – The secret key to successful action 7 If you further contemplate verse 2.48 of the Bhagavad Gītā, you will discover that taking action from a deep point of stillness, which is your true Self or […]
Svadharma and Business
सुखस्य मूलं धर्मः , धर्मस्य मूलं अर्थः अर्थस्य मूलं राज्यं , राज्यस्य मूलं इन्द्रियजयः sukhasya mūlaṃ dharmaḥ , dharmasya mūlam arthaḥ arthasya mūlaṃ rājyaṃ , rājyasya mūlaṃ indriyajayaḥ The root of all happiness is Dharma, Dharma prevails with the support of Wealth.Wealth, in turn, is facilitated by the State, State responds best to self-controlled consumption. […]
Vedic inspirations for contemporary political leadership
On 16 July 2020, Mr. Z.E. Chan Santokhi took oath as the 9th President of Suriname. Although the ceremony was kept low profile due to Covid-19 restrictions and precautions, this ceremony caught the imagination and attention of Hindus across the globe17 18 including Indian people19 and notably the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. There are […]
Inspired Leadership in Times of Crisis: Gandhi’s Secret
Yoga means uniting of the individual self, your superficial or fake self, with the universal or supreme Self, your deepest Self. The Gītā calls this ‘the ultimate secret of Yoga Part 2 – Towards a balance between creation and destruction In the Bhagavad-gītā two opposing armies stand poised in the battlefield to settle a dramatic […]
Bhagavadgītā and Leadership
Śri Kṛṣṇa teaches His disciple Arjuna true spiritual leadership ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते । आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः ॥ ५-२२॥ Bhagavadgītā V: 22 The enjoyments that stem from [the sensory] contacts [with objects] are the birthplace of suffering: such [enjoyments] begin and then they end, Son of Kunti! The one […]
Lokasaṁgraha: Living in Life of Service
Lokasaṁgraha reminds us to see the self in others. The Corona crisis seen from the concept of Lokasaṁgraha proposes that we all become leaders and serve others. The word Lokasaṁgraha appears in the Bhagavadgītā only twice in verses 3.20 and 3.25. Grammatically, Lokasaṁgraha is ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa samāsa of lokānām and saṁgrahaḥ. In his commentary on […]
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