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The Vivekananda series …….. 8. Transformation

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Transformation

Transformation is the fundamental principle of life and nature. Get a pair of slippers and stop complaining that the world isn’t carpeted !

Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita 12 – The New

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I remember using this verse (verse 22 from chapter 2) during a Bhagvad Gita recitation competition that I participated in at the Ramakrishna Mission in Shillong. वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि | तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही || 22|| vāsānsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛihṇāti naro ’parāṇi tathā śharīrāṇi vihāya … Read more

The road to “awesome” Wealth

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Happy Diwali everyone .. and may the lights you lit on Diwali night continue to light up your year ahead. Did you buy new clothes ? Eat lots of sweets and burst many crackers? Maybe a few less “Lakshmi bombs” but more of the sparklers and rockets that shower sparkles of different colors. Did South … Read more

Elections and Leadership Lessons – 2. Being Organised

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Imagine an army general being disorganized …. Or a judge dropping his/her papers here there and everywhere … Or a chef who doesn’t get the ingredients in one place for the dish he/she is planning… Or a teacher coming into the class and wondering what to teach :). You are smiling, but we accept disorganized … Read more

The Vivekananda series …….. 8. Transformation

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This is one of Swami Vivekananda’s quotes that’s so easy not to follow 🙂 because he says it’s better to wear slippers than carpet the whole Earth !! It goes completely against what we like to do – change others while we want to remain unchanged. 🙂 As we litter the streets or throw out … Read more