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The Yoga of Management

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Yoga is known to many as exercise, posture, and meditation. This kind of Yoga is called अषटाङ 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...

Satyavati’s Paradox: The forgotten crucial lesson from Vyasa’s Mahabharata

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A few generations before the time of the Mahabharata War, King Shantanu of Hastinapur’s first wife was a princess named Ganga. While there are mythical stories about her representing the greatest river of the Indian subcontinent, the Ganga herself, Vyasa never mentions this. Captivated by her stunning beauty, Shantanu desired her hand in marriage – she accepted on one condition: that he would never question her in any of her decisions o...

Kautilya’s Concept of 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-gritti...

Arishadvargas: The Six Detriments for Success

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Power – is essential to great accomplishments – every person who’s ambitious or wise understands this. Seers of Vedas held Power next to Wisdom. For gaining power is easier than retaining it, whereas wisdom, once attained, only increases with time. Be this power wealth, position or influence, political, economic or intellectual.

A poor person might win millions in a lottery. A dull minded person might be made the ruler of a country owi...

Kautilya’s approach to conflict resolution: Sam, Dam, Dand & Bhed

This article by U. Mahesh Prabhu is a part of The Kautilya Project of Vedic Management Center

Arthashastra, compiled, edited and commented by Kautilya a.k.a. Chanakya a.k.a. Vishnugupta, speaks more about administration, organization, clandestine operations, economy and diplomacy than war. Considering this, many political and diplomatic commentators often consider(ed) Arthashastra to be of lesser significance than the likes of The Art of War by Sun Tzu. Now, could that be considered logical?...

King Bharat’s Dilemma vis-à-vis Pandava’s Paradox

One of the common questions posed about the Mahabharata is, “How did Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva – who weren’t born to Pandu – all come to be known as Pandavas (sons of Pandu) and claim the throne of Hastinapur over legitimate 100 sons of Dhritarashtra (elder brother of Pandu?” This article by U. Mahesh Prabhu tries to answers this question in depth.

Critics of Vedic texts have often posed tough questions to those who claim to follow Vedic philosophy. Usually, self-styled...

King Bharat’s Dilemma vis-à-vis Pandavas Paradox

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One of the common questions posed about the Mahabharata is, “How did Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva – who weren’t born to Pandu – all come to be known as Pandavas (sons of Pandu) and claim the throne of Hastinapur over legitimate 100 sons of Dhritarashtra (elder brother of Pandu?” This article answers this question in depth.

Critics of Vedic texts have often posed tough questions to those who claim to follow Vedic phil...

The Vedic Perspective on Criticism

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Let me start with a tale from my book – RISHI TALES 1:

[image error]The old king, on his deathbed, told his son, “My boy, be good and do good, and never disregard our minister’s comments or suggestions.”

After the death of the king, this prince ascended the throne.

The young king was never happy with the old minister for he always found some fault with the king’s ways.

The young king bore the minister’s criticism patiently for five years but one day...

Rajaneeti, Artha Shastra & Artha Sutras

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Everyone has their idealistic view on politics. When news breaks on any platform, trolls go ballistic across all social media – it appears as if everyone is a judge, jury, and executioner. They assume truths based on news reports or “leaks” made available by internet watchdogs. It appears as if nobody is content with how the world is being administered, and everyone has an opinion, suggestion, as well as a strategy to set things in ord...

Vedic approach to stress and crisis management

The following column by U Mahesh Prabhu was first published by BW Businessworld.

The mind is an important element in any situation. Its functioning has consequences; beneficial or otherwise. According to various Vedic scriptures, it has been established that a healthy mind leads to a healthy body; conversely, an unhealthy mind can lead to an unhealthy body. However, there can seldom be a healthy body without a healthy mind. The power of the mind is, therefore, humongous. If the mind is in a s...