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February 19, 2018
Effective Decisions: The Vedic Management Way
Exclusive to Vedic Management Centre by U. Mahesh Prabhu
How do we know that a decision we take would yield us the best results? What constitutes a good decision? How do we know a decision to be bad before we take it? Questions like these often baffle people from all walks of life. We are essentially the sum total of the decisions we take. Yet, prevailing management subjects offer us little help in understanding the nature and art of decision making.
The commensurate investments we do in o...
February 14, 2018
The True Meaning of Sannyasa
Exclusive to Vedic Management Centre by U. Mahesh Prabhu
Was Prince Siddhartha justified in leaving his wife and children to become Lord Buddha? Was it right for Adi Shankaracharya, as a young boy, to leave his widowed mother to become a renunciate? Narendranath’s family was in abject poverty when he chose to be a renunciate and became Swami Vivekananda. How can people who haven’t lived life of a householder guide those who live normal life? Questions like these often arise every time there...
February 12, 2018
Vedic Philosophy of Happiness and Sorrow: Sukham & Duhkham
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It is the nature of human beings to always strive to avoid Duhkham or pain and sorrow and to pursue Sukham or pleasure and happiness. All that humanity has pursued from science to religion or philosophy, is for the sake of removing suffering and finding lasting happiness. Usually human beings have confused pleasure with happiness. Pleasure, which is gained through external circumstances, is not true happiness, which is an enduring cond...
February 9, 2018
Political Power & Vedic Wisdom
This article by U. Mahesh Prabhu is a part of The Kautilya Project of Vedic Management Centre
Kings from the early Rig Vedic period had mentors who were held in highest regard. They were called Rajaguru. Rajaguru essentially translates to Guru of the King.
King Bharat, after whom India is also called Bharath, had Bharadwaj. King Rama had Vashistha, Mauryan King Chandragupta had Kautilya a.k.a. Chanakya a.k.a. Vishnugupta, founder of Vijayanagara Empire – Hakka and Bukka – had Vidyaranya, th...
February 8, 2018
Arishadvargas: Six Detriments for Success
Exclusive to Vedic Management Centre by U. Mahesh Prabhu
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...
January 27, 2018
Revealing the Virtue
Ancient Sanskrit tale of Vedic sages translated, retold and illustrated by U. Mahesh Prabhu
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, 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 for five years. One day he burst out, in the open court “Old...
Wait for it
Ancient Sanskrit tale of Vedic sages translated, retold and illustrated by U. Mahesh Prabhu
A little over a thousand years ago, the land of Kashmir was ruled by a queen named Didda. She ascended the throne after her husband – Kshemagupta – died at a very young age. Didda was a ruthless, powerful yet absolutely effective ruler, who also defended the land from foreign invaders. She seldom hesitated to imprison, torture or even slay anyone who dared to question her authority.
When Didda became o...
December 30, 2017
Whose Miracle?
Ancient Sanskrit tale of Vedic sages translated, retold and illustrated by U. Mahesh Prabhu
There was once a spiritual master who attracted many disciples. When he died his devotees did not wish his cult to come to an end. There was a young scholar who served the master and who happened to be considered as wise. The disciples made him the new master and showed him all the reverence which they used to show to their departed master.
The new “guru”, by his learning, impressed the devotees even m...
December 25, 2017
One Unkept Promise
Ancient Sanskrit tale of Vedic sages translated, retold and illustrated by U. Mahesh Prabhu
A long time ago there was a small kingdom somewhere around the India’s Gangetic plains ruled by a king named Shashijit. One year it faced a great crisis. The monsoon was good, and the crops were fine. But just before harvest, swarms of locusts invaded the fields and consumed almost the entire crops. This happened for two consecutive years! As a result the land was threatened by a severe famine. The des...
December 23, 2017
Comparison – The Nemesis of Happiness
Long ago there lived a young man named Virendra. He earned his living by serving a merchant. He passed his nights sleeping on the veranda of an inn whose keeper had a kind of liking for him. Virendra wasn’t rich; yet lived a contented life.
One day after long toil he returned to the inn feeling exhausted. As he was about to sleep, he found a few beggars cooking their food at a distance. “How lucky are...
