scholarly journals Leadership Lessons from Bhagavad Gita

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
USHA JAISWAL ◽  
KARANAM N. RAO
Keyword(s):  
Role Model ◽  
Bhagavad Gita ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Managerial Practices ◽  
The People ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
Bhagavad Gītā ◽  
Leadership Lessons ◽  
Made In ◽  
Management Theories

There has been a flurry of activity in management literature for developing management theories for the last one and half century. People, in general, tend to assume that globally renowned companies adopt the best managerial practices and the management theories of the West are the best worthy of emulation by the Eastern counterparts. In the backdrop of crumbling communist concepts and the near failure of capitalistic models, especially after the fall of Lehman Brothers in USA, scholars have begun to perceive the hollowness of those models and turned their attention to the ancient wisdom of oriental countries.  Leadership is having greater significance in managing an organization. Leaders are the persons who motivate and build the morale of the followers in achieving organizational goals to newer heights. Notwithstanding the prevalence of plethora of literature on leadership from the Western management perspective, scholars have begun to take a relook at ancient Indian scriptures which have valuable lessons in the area of leadership. In Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna acted as a role model and imparted great lessons of leadership to Arjuna. An attempt is made in this article to draw leadership lessons from Gita which inspired the people from time immemorial.

Bhagavad Gita in Modern India

Hinduism ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjay Palshikar ◽  
Gangeya Mukherji
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Print Culture ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
Late 19Th Century ◽  
Bhagavad Gita ◽  
Early 21St Century ◽  
Managerial Practices ◽  
History Of ◽  
Bhagavad Gītā

The Bhagavad Gita has a special place in the intellectual and political history of modern India. The period from the late 19th century to the early 21st century has seen, first, a long and eventually successful nationalist struggle for freedom, and, intertwined with this struggle in complex ways, there has been a steadily growing political assertion of Hindu identity. The Gita has been a part of both these developments in a mutually reinforcing role. The text has circulated in seemingly disparate domains from devotional groups to psychology and managerial practices. But these apolitical contexts have contributed to the continued political significance of the poem, persuading writers from diverse ideological backgrounds to engage with it. The thriving print culture, a large middle class, and the swift growth of new media have ensured that the Gita will remain in India’s public culture for the foreseeable future.

scholarly journals The Influence of Indian Literary-Philosophical and Religious Works on the Eastern Literature

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Besire Azizaliyeva
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
World Literature ◽  
Literary Critic ◽  
Indian Literature ◽  
Immigrant Literature ◽  
Bhagavad Gita ◽  
Early 21St Century ◽  
The People ◽  
American Immigrant ◽  
Bhagavad Gītā

The religious and philosophical elements expressed in ancient Indian literature have had great influences on world literature. One notable example is the ancient Indian piece, "Panchatantra". This magnificent written work ofworld literature has become one of the most famous and influential works in the development of the European and Asian story genre. The Indian masterpiece has also influenced the Arabic-American immigration writer, Kahlil Gibran. Thus, the impress of Indian scripturecan be seen in many of Gibran’s works such as "The Prophet". The philosophical and religious teachings of the "Bhagavad Gita" have had an impactful role in M. Naimy’s development as an Arabic immigration writer. Mikhail Naimy, a poet, writer and a literary critic, was one of the prominent representatives of the early 21st century Arab-American immigrant literature. When conveying the idea of wholeness and unity between an individual soul and God in his work, “The Book of Mirdad”, the author used different religious and philosophical sources including the ancient Indian scripture Bhagavat-Gita. The concepts such as an eternal soul, “I”, a God’s messenger are very similar in “The Book of Mirdad” and the Indian religious-philosophical teachings. M.Naimy has accented the importance of issues that reflect many of the ancient Indian beliefs expressed in the "Bhagavad Gita" including the material sides of world and divinity, vision, soul, and spirit. The ancient Indian beliefs of "The People are Raised to the God’s level” are distinctively reflected by M. Naimy in his novel "The Book of Mirdad".

A Birthday Party for a Sacred Text

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 225-242
Author(s):  
Joanne Punzo Waghorne
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Sacred Text ◽  
Bhagavad Gita ◽  
Birthday Party ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The People ◽  
Birthday Celebration ◽  
Bhagavad Gītā ◽  
Holy Book

For over a decade, various Hindu organizations in Singapore have joined to celebrate an extraordinary series of events, called the Gita Jayanti. The term jayanti literally means "victory" or "victorious" but more usually indicates celebration of the birthday of a holy figure or a deity. Put simply, this is a birthday celebration for the Gita, a compact text that increasingly functions in the Hindu diaspora much like the Bible—a portable compendium of teachings, a deeply poetic source of individual comfort, a text to be memorized, chanted, studied. I know of no other Hindu text with such a birthday, nor had any of the people whom I interviewed about it encountered this celebration outside of Singapore. As part of the celebrations, the Gita undergoes a ritual that parallels the consecration of a deity for use in a temple. In this case the Gita takes on the body of Krishna who is understood to have spoken these holy words many centuries ago. In this sense the Bhagavad Gita, here treated as the Holy Book of contemporary Hinduism, is an iconic body of Krishna just as the bronze murti is also an iconic body—the ultimate iconicity.

scholarly journals The Pyramid of Values: Value-based Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 01-9
Author(s):  
Nanjundappa S Harshavardhana ◽  
Kuravanka G Srinivas
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Role ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Active Listening ◽  
Bhagavad Gita ◽  
Religious Perspective ◽  
Greater Good ◽  
The Will ◽  
Nervous Breakdown ◽  
Bhagavad Gītā ◽  
Leadership Lessons

The Bhagavad Gita (BG) is studied from spiritual, theological and religious perspective. It is a collection of 700 verses wherein beset by compassion and grief, Arjuna loses the will to fight and has a nervous breakdown. The supreme lord Srikrishna’s preachings by which he convincingly manages to motivate Arjuna to fight his enemies with determination constitutes the gist the BG. It is considered as ‘India’s book of Answers’ to all the problems of human civilization and has inspired generations over thousands of years. Srikrishna preaches three-fold path of: i) Action (Karma); ii) Devotion (Bhakti) and iii) Knowledge / Intellect (Jnana) emphasizing that the greatest battles are fought in one’s own mind. Wisdom from the BG is increasingly recognized in the field of leadership and management. It emphasizes that the core of leadership lies in one’s character and is influenced by ‘Value’ systems and combination of three key ‘Personality’ traits. A good leader should cultivate ‘Sattvic’ virtues and act selflessly for greater good of all with judicious use of power that comes with authority. The principle leadership lessons taught by BG are: i) To know thyself; ii) Practice renunciation by selfless service; iii) Fearless action with integrity; iv) Embrace formidable challenges with a  prepared mind to face them and v) Moral righteousness. The BG recommends one to approach leadership role with an attitude as a custodian who protects and motivates his team by practising the art of ‘Active Listening’. Incorporating the teachings of BG would facilitate a leader to be free of bias, observe equanimity and make wise decisions leading to contentment and inner peace. 

scholarly journals Karma Yoga Dalam Kepemimpinan Organisasi

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 136
Author(s):  
Gede Ngurah Wididana
Keyword(s):  
Servant Leadership ◽  
Bhagavad Gita ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Service To Others ◽  
Bhagavad Gītā ◽  
Modern Era

Leadership determines the success of an organization in achieving organizational goals.  Karma yoga is a service attitude practiced by everyone as a leader for himself and organization to provide the best service to others and organization.  The application of karma yoga as the service attitude of life taught in the Bhagavad Gita is really important to be studied relevant to the leadership of organization in modern era. The servant leadership described by Greenleaf is closely related to karma yoga as a service attitude by leader in organization, which aims to serve sincerely by dedicating service to god.  Karma yoga is depicted in Mahabharata as a patient and loving attitude, courageus and responsible, diligent and learner, honest and loyal. Karma yoga constitutes the basic for the servant leadership to realize organizational goals.

Need of Human Rights as a Better Way of Life

Think India ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 72-83
Author(s):  
Tushar Kadian
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Labour Unions ◽  
The People ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Made In

Actually, basic needs postulates securing of the elementary conditions of existence to every human being. Despite of the practical and theoretical importance of the subject the greatest irony is non- availability of any universal preliminary definition of the concept of basic needs. Moreover, this becomes the reason for unpredictability of various political programmes aiming at providing basic needs to the people. The shift is necessary for development of this or any other conception. No labour reforms could be made in history till labours were treated as objects. Its only after they were started being treating as subjects, labour unions were allowed to represent themselves in strategy formulations that labour reforms could become a reality. The present research paper highlights the basic needs of Human Rights in life.

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