Management Insights from Indian Spirituality: Investigations from the Epics for Managers
| An attempt is made to explore the relationship between two worlds, the world of spirituality and the world of management. By spirituality, I mean Indian spirituality or more precisely the traditions of Sanatana Dhama. The paper attempts to advance the view that there is an urgent need to contemporize the insights contained in our spiritual traditions so that they reflect a modern sensibility. The failure to do so will consign our traditions to decay and irrelevance when in fact they are powerfully pertinent, germane and connected. More than any discipline, it is spirituality that helps us make these connections and if for that reason alone, merits serious attention. Mahatmas attract us because their universe knows no sectarian boundaries. They are self-realized individuals who are intimately connected to their divinity. Caste, sex, color, nationality, region, community, race or ethnicity eludes them. In their exalted state, they are unable to see others apart from themselves because they dwell in the Supreme Consciousness. Their lives are living examples of selflessness, love, devotion and sacrifice. Our scriptures speak of four paths to self-realization including those of jnana, bhakti, karma and yoga. Yet, the life of a Realized Master illustrates the profound truth that these paths are actually one and the same! |
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Management Insights from Indian Spirituality: Investigations from the Epics for Managers
| Project Team: | Ramnath Narayanaswamy | |
| Sponsor: | IIM Bangalore | |
| Project Status: | Ongoing (Initiated in January 2014–December 2014) | |
| Area: | Economics & Social Science | |
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