The Vivekananda series …. 2. Arrival
What is enlightenment? the capacity to see oneself as one really is, says Osho. Swami Vivekananda says, stopping the travel signals arrival.
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Hanuman, Jambavan and Lessons for life
Hanuman, Jambavan and potential 🙂 This is one of the most popular blog posts of mine. I was reminded about this yesterday as I saw the episode of Ramayana on TV about precisely this exchange between Hanuman and Jambavan. There are so many life lessons that I pick up everyday in nearly every episode. Am truly … Read more
The Lala in the cabin
Yesterday there was a buzz in the TV channels about the Congress party meeting where it was expected that Rahul Rajiv was supposed to be made the President and the “vice” dropped from his designation. Well there is a popular saying in Sanskrit which says “Vinashakale Vipareeta Buddhi”, the English translation would be “when bad … Read more
Hanuman, Jambavan and potential :)
Most Indians would be familiar with Hanuman, the monkey God as he is called. He had an important role to play in Ramayana in finding Seeta and during the war, reviving Lakshman by bringing the entire Sanjivani hill. He is considered “chiranjeevi” or the deathless one. He also played a part in Mahabharata by sitting … Read more
Leadership is all about asking the ‘right’ questions…
Years back, my wife and I were facing one of the most challenging situations of our lives, to put it mildly. We had just exited our businesses, with a huge loss. We had borrowed from our friends, relatives including parents, well wishers, financial institutions and money lenders, and were paying high rates of interest on … Read more
The Vivekananda series …. 2. Arrival
This is a tough one and especially finding a connect to the corporate, working life. Basically, the idea here seems to be that it’s all within you and to realise your Buddha, you just look inwards and no external journey is needed. Will try to apply it to the corporate world – we run after … Read more