Guru Poornima
Guru Purnima is also Maharishi Ved Vyasa’s birth anniversary and Buddha’s first sermon was delivered on this day. Sharing a few excerpts from Osho’s discourse on who should be a teacher.
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Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita #30 – Motivation
Chapter 2 Verse 49 दूरेण ह्यवरं कर्म बुद्धियोगाद्धनञ्जय | बुद्धौ शरणमन्विच्छ कृपणा: फलहेतव: || 49|| dūreṇa hy-avaraṁ karma buddhi-yogād dhanañjaya buddhau śharaṇam anvichchha kṛipaṇāḥ phala-hetavaḥ dūreṇa—(discrad) from far away; hi—certainly; avaram—inferior; karma—reward-seeking actions; buddhi-yogāt—with the intellect established in Divine knowledge; dhanañjaya—Arjun; buddhau—divine knowledge and insight; śharaṇam—refuge; anvichchha—seek; kṛipaṇāḥ—miserly; phala-hetavaḥ—those seeking fruits of their work Translation … Read more
A teacher can make a huge difference!
A lot of us keep going back to when we were young and recall how our teachers were role models, and have played a very important role in what we are today. About a fortnight back, we were driving from Gurgaon to Hyderabad, passing through a village by the name of Partapur that falls on … Read more
Teachers Day at Siem Reap
Dear Appa, Happy Teachers Day !! And thank you for being my first teacher. You gave me the values, the work ethic, the spine to face the world and the wings to fly. Thank you. Infact I was remembering you a lot more yesterday… It was a day of pride and frustration mixed in equal … Read more