2. The Bhagavad Gita ("Song of God") is the essence of
the Vedas and Upanishads. It is a universal scripture
applicable to people of all temperaments, for all
times. It is a book with sublime thoughts and
practical instructions on Yoga, Devotion, Vedanta
and Action. The Bhagavad Gita has influenced many
great thinkers over the years.
3. Teachings -
Why do you worry without cause?
Whatever happened, happened for the good.
What did you lose that you cry about?
Change is the law of the universe.
This body is not yours, neither are you of the
body.
Dedicate your being to God.
Whatever you do, do it as a dedication to
God.
4. UNIVERSAL VALUE OF BHAGWAT GEETA &VALUES
MENTIONED IN THE SCRIPTURE
WORDS OF WISDOM
One, who sees analytical study and devotional service to
be on the same level, sees things as they are.
Regard honest well-wishers, affectionate benefactors, the
neutral, mediators, friends and enemies, the irreverent
all with an equal mind.
For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the
best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his
mind will remain the greatest enemy.
A person in the divine consciousness, although engaged
in seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving
about, sleeping and breathing, always knows within
himself that he actually does nothing at all. Because while
speaking, evacuating, receiving, or opening or closing the
eyes, he always knows that only the material sense are
engaged with their objects and that he is aloof from them.
5. Continuation….
All living entities are born into delusion, bewildered by dualities
arisen from desire and lust.
At the time of death, the consciousness created by the living being
carries him this next body. If the living being has made his
consciousness like an animal’s, he issuer to get an animal’s body.
Those who are wise lament neither for the living nor for the dead
That which dwells in the body can never be slain. Therefore you need
not grieve for any living being.
There are two classes of men who try to realize the self. Some are
inclined to understand it by empirical, philosophical speculation,
and others by devotional service.
Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism,
while philosophy without religion is mental speculation
6. Continuation…..
Without being attached to the fruits of activities, one should
act as a matter of duty, for by working without attachment
one attains the Supreme.
Thus knowing oneself to be transcendental to the material
senses, mind and intelligence, one should stable the mind by
deliberate spiritual intelligence and thus by spiritual strength
conquer this insatiable enemy known as lust.
All living beings are but part of the Supreme, or, in other
words, they are mine.
But ignorant and faithless persons who doubt the revealed
scriptures do not attain God consciousness; they fall down.
For the doubting soul there is happiness neither in this world
nor the next.
7. MANAGEMENT BY VALUES & ESSENTIAL REQUISITE FOR
TODAY’S SENERIO
“ Mahabharata "is a true epic, which
has given birth to Bhagvad Gita an
ocean of both knowledge and ethical
management.
Many gurus have gone comprehensively
to find out the intense meaning of each
verse in Bhagvad Gita and trying
to connect it to the present world. Verse
that really made an impression, and
also try to correlate the same with the
presentManagement scenario.
8. Continuation…..
ESSENTIALS –
The best way to overcome such
disturbances is meditation, laughing,
and edifice in a sacrificial propensity.
Remember, in Gita Krishna also said
same.
9. HOW WE CAN APPLY THESE VALUES TO BUILD
A GREAT TEAM Introduction
Management has become a part and parcel in everyday life, be it at home,
office, factory, Government, or in any other organization where a group of
human beings assemble for a common purpose, management principles
come into play through their various facets like management of time,
resources, personnel, materials, machinery, finance, planning, priorities,
policies and practice.
Management Guidelines from the Bhagavad-Gita
There is an important distinction between effectiveness and efficiency in
managing. Effectiveness is doing the right things and Efficiency is doing
things right. The general principles of effective management can be applied
in every fields the differences being mainly in the application than in
principles. Again, effective management is not limited in its application
only to business or industrial enterprises but to all organizations where the
aim is to reach a given goal through a Chief Executive or a Manager with the
help of a group of workers.
10. HOW CAN WE ERADICATE, SOCIAL EVILS FROM
THE SOCIETY
Manager's Mental Health
The ideas mentioned above have a close bearing on the end-state of a
manager which is his mental health. Sound mental health is the very
goal of any human activity more so management. An expert describes
sound mental health as that state of mind which can maintain a calm,
positive poise or regain it when unsettled in the midst of all the
external vagaries of work life and social existence. Internal constancy
and peace are the pre-requisites for a healthy stress-free mind.
Some of the impediments to sound mental health are:
Greed -for power, position, prestige and money.
Envy -regarding others' achievements, success, rewards.
Egotism -about one's own accomplishments.
11. Continuation….
Suspicion, anger and frustration.
Anguish through comparisons.
Gita tells us how to get out of this phenomenon by
prescribing the Following capsules :
Cultivate sound philosophy of life.
Identify with inner core of self-sufficiency.
Get out of the habitual mindset towards the pairs of
opposites.
Strive for excellence through work is worship.
Build up an internal integrated reference point to face
contrary impulses, and emotions.
Pursue ethic-moral rectitude.
12. PRESENT THE STATUS OFWOMEN MENTIONED IN THE
SCRIPTURE ANDCOMPARE WITH TODAY’S STATUS
BHAGWAT GEETA DESCRIPTION OFWOMEN
According to the Bhagwat Geeta, "those who take shelter
in Me, though they be of lower birth women, vai syas
(merchants), as well as sudras(workers) can approach the
supreme destination." This places women in spiritual role
similar to that of men. However, because of the place
of women in traditional Indian society, women are thought
to be inferior. This is clearly expressed in the Gita in
a number of chapters. Women are thought to be
untrustworthy and stupid, easily corrupted, and a
hindrance to men on the path to liberation .
13. Continuation...
Friends, We think u have misunderstood. In this same Mahabharata, in
many places, women were praised a lot. It is said, even gods are scared
of PATHIVRATHA’S anger. bhagavan Krishna himself became worried on the
anger of gaandhari, a great pathivratha. In "Shaanthi parva", when
dharmaputhra requests Bheeshma to explain about the nature of women.
Bheeshma explains about two kinds. of women.
1. first, the most dangerous, selfish, wavering mind with sex desire and always
discontented and even brahmadeva cannot satisfy them.
2. second, the women, who respects their husbands, worships elders and do
their duties, sincerely with patience. the second varieties are said as the mothers
to the whole world, and it is also said that the house becomes a hell, where these
women are not happy and these kind of women must be respected and treated
kindly and Krishna also agrees this.
14. Continuation....
STATUS OFWOMEN IN TODAY’S SENIOR
The role of women in religion, especially Eastern religions, is a strange one.
Western religions are fairly straightforward about a women's place.
For example, most Western religions (excluding the Roman Catholic Church)
allow women in leadership roles within the religious community. Judaism
allows women rabbis, most Christian religions allow women ministers, and
even Islam, which does no tallow women mullah, have had many influential
female Sufi's throughout Islamic history.
Women have had similar roles in Eastern religion. However, the big difference
in Eastern religion is in the philosophical or scriptural attitude towards
women versus the actual, "everyday role" of women.
15. HOW TO MANAGE CONFLICT & STRESS, BY PRACTISING
VALUES OF THE SCRIPTURE
PRACTISS TO MANAGE CONFLICTS -
INTRODUCTION OF THE ARMY COMMANDERS
WAR STARTS WITH THE BLOWING OF CONCH SHELLS
ARJU NA WANTS TO IN SPECT THE ARMY AGAI NST WHOM HE IS
ABOUT TO FIGHT
ARJU NA'S DILEMMA
ARJUNA DESCRIBES THE EVILS OF WAR
WHEN GOING GETS TOUGH, EV EN TOUGH ONES CAN GET
DELUDED