Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum (Where Man Management Starts)

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In the Bhagavad Gita, it is stated "No one remains without doing any work even for a moment, everyone is made to do action helplessly by the modes, Gunas born of prakruti".

The Bhagavad Gita is a text of about 700 verses. It is a spiritual classic that originated many 5000 years before. The Bhagavad Gita takes all form a conversation between, Krishna and Arjuna. The themes of the conversation range from the vast cosmos to the innermost soul of human being often referred to as the self.

When I was introduced to Bhagavad Gita several years ago, I was fascinated with its poetic verses and its philosophical teachings I started looking at the Bhagavad Gita in a different perspective when I started exploring the subject of leadership as a part of my academic and professional pursuits.I noticed many remarkable leadership lessons embedded within the Gita.

If you do not do anything, you cannot have experience. The whole life is a field of experience. Each movement you make each thought you have, each work you do, can be an experience and must be an experience, and naturally work in particular is a field of experience where one must apply all the progress which are endeavors to achieve inwardly.

Each person has to fight his own battle of Kurukshetra. It is a war not only worth winning, but is the divine order of the universe and of the eternal relationship between the soul and god, a war that sooner or later must be won.

In the holy Bhagavad Gita, the quickest attainment of the victory is assured to the devotee who, through undiscourageable practice of the divine science of Yoga meditation, learns like Arjuna to hearten to inner wisdom - song of spirit Leadership weaves this battlefield, conversation into a narrative on the problems faced by leaders such as Arjuna and the solution provided by Krishna from a perspective that is both compelling and contemporary.

Management of time is a systematic way of doing all activities in any field of human effort. The western management thought of prosperity to some for sometime has absolutely failed in its aim to ensure betterment of individual life and social welfare. The despondent position of Arjuna in the first chapter of the Gita is typical for this human situation which may come in the life of all men of action some time or other Krishna in the Gita advises how to manage for a better time His times.

The 18 principles of the Bhagavad Gita have deep philosophical as well as practical implications for leaders of all the fields. In this book, Krishna literally guides Arjuna and indeed all leaders Like Arjuna through AUTHENTICITY (truth), BEING (raw material for becoming leaders) and CONVERGENCE which a leader achieves between his current reality and his goal, or between a problem and its solution, corporate warriors and leaders who see themselves in this millennial march of evaluation of humankind and human-centered organizations may find the message of the Gita truly life-changing. 108 Important slokas of Bhagavad Gita in this book gives direction to the leaders to transform themselves and also 108 Bhagavad Gita leadership quotes one can understand easily and implement in day to day activities.

I feel honoured by having been called upon to write a foreword to this book Krishnan Vande Jagadgurum" by Dr. Rajendra Kumar.

Dr. Rajendra Kumar's interpretation and presentation of Lord Sri Krishna's advice is a remarkable projection of Srimad Bhagavat Gita wherein the traditional spiritual outlook is blended and interspersed with a courageous modern outlook.

The source books of Hinduism contain the doctrines of great moral and spiritual introspection and intuitive geniuses but human visions seldom combine height, Weight and depth in its analysis. Lord Sri Krishna - the supreme Lord incarnated not only to advise Arjuna and restore the lost moral, ethical e world, but also to give a perfect permanent integral vision of the ancient Truth and the way to reach IT. The new contribution which Lord Krishna made to universal thought can be best summed äs "Gita"; Though the exigencies of conversation with Arjuna compelled a certain course to be taken to deal with problems of that age in addition to the problems of all climes and times. He did not discourage the harmonizing and synthesis of Sadhanas though there may be some difficulty in combining active way and meditative way.

Lord Krishna Himself, the supreme Jagadguru, is a tireless worker. In Ramayana, Janaka is as much a siddha as Yagnavalkya, though one is a householder and altruistic worker and ruler and the other became a renouncer and ascetic.

The ultimate goal is perfect, supreme and Eternal Bliss. To attain this, Perseverance is the 1st key to success. It is the quality to face adversity in the eye, not buckle; rather carve one's own path. The perseverance turns weakness into strength; that separates the men from boys!

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will and the other from a strong wont! Life often takes ups and downs but what determines is how we cope with, in such situations in our attitude and what determines is how we cope with, in such situations in our attitude and humility. Win or lose, it is all part of the game. More than the result what matters most is how we conduct ourselves in the whole process. One need not be over vexed if one has made mistakes a squandered opportunities. If you fall, pick yourself and march on. This effort alone brings continuous waves of joy.

The second key to success is forgiveness. To the one who has been forgiven, it is relief, grace and salvation. It brings a sense of peace. When we feel that at one time in our past we have been forgiven that memory will kindle a feeling of thanksgiving and gratitude in our soul. Lord Krishna said in Srimad Bhagvat Gita that forgiveness is the characteristic of one born a divine. There are 100 of events in Mahabharata glorifying this virtue. The best persons to serve as mentors are those who are widely admired for their 'forgiveness' and perseverance besides their professional competence and humaneness. Such persons are not swayed and forgiveness. Likewise there are many advices and instructions in Bhagvat Gita to serve as nursing to the tormented souls in business or in general life.

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