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RISHIKAS: The World’s First & True Feminists | Recorded Live



Vedic texts were written by sages and seers, who were not just great men (Rishis) but also great women (Rishikas). These colossal women played a pivotal role in the development and transmission of Vedic wisdom. Little is known about them personally, though the lineages of the Vedic sages are often listed according to their mothers.
In this fourth edition of our ongoing Vedic Webinar series, founder of the Vedic Management Center, U Mahesh Prabhu, offers a refreshing perspective on these extrao...

Upcoming Free Webinar: RISHIKAS: The World’s First & True Feminists

Vedic texts were written by sages and seers, who were not just great men (Rishis) but also great women (Rishikas). These colossal women played a pivotal role in the development and transmission of Vedic wisdom. Little is known about them personally, though the lineages of the Vedic sages are often listed according to their mothers.
In the fourth edition of our ongoing Vedic Webinar series, founder of the Vedic Management Center, U Mahesh Prabhu, will offer a refreshing perspective on these extr...

OnDemand Webinar: RISHIKAS: The World’s First & True Feminists



Vedic texts were written by sages and seers, who were not just great men (Rishis) but also great women (Rishikas). These colossal women played a pivotal role in the development and transmission of Vedic wisdom. Little is known about them personally, though the lineages of the Vedic sages are often listed according to their mothers. In the fourth edition of our ongoing Vedic Webinar series, founder of the Vedic Management Center, U Mahesh Prabhu, will offer a refreshing perspective on these ex...

UPCOMING WEBINAR: The Mind & The Mantra | Vedic Webinar | Episode 6 | U. Mahesh Prabhu

Mantra is a Vedic Sanskrit word that is made of two, namely: Mana (Mind) and Traya (Protection). Mantra is anything which PROTECTS THE MIND. And not just hymns and songs found in the Vedic texts like Vedas, Upanishads, Aranyakas and Shastras. In the times we live in where a great many uncertainties loom large; we need to protect our minds more than ever. Even though the MIND stems from BRAIN and dies with it; MIND IS NOT BRAIN. While BRAIN can be contained and treated with MEDICATIONS; MIND is...

Kautilya’s Arthashastra on Personal Wealth Creation

There’s a saying in Kautilya’s Arthashastra:

 

When people are without hope, it is not because someone has snatched hope away from them. But because they have chosen hopelessness – albeit unconsciously.

 

Also,

 

A mind which was hopeless in the past has created hopelessness in the present. But a mind that embraces hope in the present will ensure a prosperous future.

 

But given the fact such assumptions and presumptions have become an overwhelming aspect of our lives, how are we to hold on ho...

The Yoga of Management

Exclusive to Vedic Management Center by U. Mahesh Prabhu

Yoga is known to many as exercise, posture, and meditation. This kind of Yoga is called अष्टाङ योग: Astanga Yoga which happens to be a small part of larger Yogic Knowledge practiced and professed by Yogic seers.  The Sanskrit word Yoga comes from the root word Yuj which means to link or connect, it can also mean Path. One of revered Vedic scripture – Bhagavad Gita – offers significant insight into this subject. Each of Bhagavad Gita’s 18 C...

The Vedic Approach to Conflict Resolution by U. Mahesh Prabhu

The world is mired in myriads of conflicts. Be that conflict between two individuals, between families, businesses, or, even, nations; they have existed owing to extreme and false notions. Against all the “modern” sophistication and advancement in education, sciences and technologies; we have not only failed to find any concrete solutions with approaches to manage, let alone, resolve such crises once and for all; worse, most seek to escalate such conflicts to profit from it. Peace can seldom hap...

UPCOMING WEBINAR: The Vedic Approach to Conflict Resolution by U. Mahesh Prabhu

The world is mired in myriads of conflicts. Be that conflict between two individuals, between families, businesses, or, even, nations; they have existed owing to extreme and false notions. Against all the “modern” sophistication and advancement in education, sciences and technologies; we have not only failed to find any concrete solutions with approaches to manage, let alone, resolve such crises once and for all; worse, most seek to escalate such conflicts to profit from it. Peace can seldom hap...

The Kautilya’s Perspective on Wealth: Artha, Vyartha and Anartha

This article by U. Mahesh Prabhu is a part of “The Kautilya Project”

If you want to know about the importance of wealth, ask a pauper; if you want to know the pains of wealth, ask a billionaire. “It’s a pain to earn wealth, causes stress to retain it, and leads to catastrophe when you lose it. Wealth is a sum of pain and gain,” said revered king-turned-hermit, Bhartrihari. True wealth, like all material things, has its own pros and cons. There are not many texts which explain the nitty-gritty of...

Introduction to Yoga Vashistha | Recorded Vedic Webinar by U. Mahesh Prabhu

Yoga Vashistha (Vasistha) is probably the first, and most definitive text presenting practical and holistic approach to Yoga – one that is beyond the conventional exercises and breathing techniques. Enumerated in the original Ramayana written by a Rishi (Vedic sage) named Valmiki; it records an elaborate intellectual discussion between the then crown prince of Ayodhya – Rama – and his Rajaguru (Royal Mentor) Rishi Vashistha. At the beginning of this discussion Rama is a disillusioned individual,...