concepts of karma n dharma wrt d palestine war

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piyali

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as u get d gist of d topic from its title, i would welcome inputs from management paradise wrt the same.
The situation goes as,

The long war in Palestine has let the common man there destitute and cynical. The air looms with hopelessness and negativity and people seem tired of their lives. The World Health organization (WHO) is setting up a program where groups from various parts of the world come and do volunteer work for the physical and mental upliftment of the people living there.


You are the 6 member team that has been sele=ted from India to help them cope with the situation =nd the effects of the war. The WHO stresses on the fact that all the modules that are being used over there have to be in line with the culture and traditions of the country. Your approach thus is to help them come to terms =ith the situation and move on by using concepts like Dharma, Karma.

Looking forward for some tips and suggestions which would help me in going ahead with the topic...
Thanks,
Piyali...
 
The case will require you to read up a lot on the concept of dharma and karma. You can find reference notes in Indian Management Thoughts and Practices - MBA Online section.

A modern rendering of dharma and karma can’t be done without the following considerations. Contrary to the translation provided by the Indologists, dharma is not religious belief and karma is not fate. Dharma, in the simplest sense, refers to a system of rights and duties and Karma refers to conscientious action. Together, they invoke a strict adherence to principles, and serve as a reminder that unconscientious and unprincipled actions can bring negative consequences. The principles themselves appear as a set of codes or guidelines for individuals, groups and society to live by, bearing the stamp of the time and place they were last formulated.

The essence of dharma lies in its insistence on coherency. When the Indian mind was conceptualizing dharma, it knew very little about the laws of development of nature or society. But it had firmly grasped that there was harmony in nature and this could not be violated at will by society without inviting unforeseen consequences. Dharma was aimed at minimizing the adverse consequences of unknown laws. It encompassed an elaborate system of rules, guidelines and even prejudices to coax members of the society to live by to preserve that basic harmony and coherence. But dharma could only be as coherent as the contemporary knowledge and the social organization permitted. The Bhagavad Gita and other treatises on dharma and karma provide masterful summations of the state of dharma at particular time and place in Indian history.

Dharma was the anti-thesis of pragmatism, the main content of the later being the abandonment of principles. Pragmatism treats all principles as fair game and only those laws emanating from sciences are not transcended for obvious reasons. As per the rest, while dharma seeks coherency in anything and everything, pragmatism sacrifices coherency to the dictum “the end justifies the means”. Conventions, rules, wisdom and even common sense are sacrificed in pragmatism by appealing to a faith that a positive outcome is inevitable and will vindicate the means. In other words, pragmatism is the marriage between science and faith, constantly shuttling between coherency and incoherency in action and thought. Without appealing to blind faith, even when common sense tells otherwise, pragmatism cannot survive. On the other hand, faith has no place in dharma as it beckons people to follow known principles and engage in conscientious action.
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Inculcating the concept of dharma and karma ( nishkaam karma) et al will revive their hope and faith in life and spritual living.
 
The case will require you to read up a lot on the concept of dharma and karma. You can find reference notes in Indian Management Thoughts and Practices - MBA Online section.

A modern rendering of dharma and karma can’t be done without the following considerations. Contrary to the translation provided by the Indologists, dharma is not religious belief and karma is not fate. Dharma, in the simplest sense, refers to a system of rights and duties and Karma refers to conscientious action. Together, they invoke a strict adherence to principles, and serve as a reminder that unconscientious and unprincipled actions can bring negative consequences. The principles themselves appear as a set of codes or guidelines for individuals, groups and society to live by, bearing the stamp of the time and place they were last formulated.

The essence of dharma lies in its insistence on coherency. When the Indian mind was conceptualizing dharma, it knew very little about the laws of development of nature or society. But it had firmly grasped that there was harmony in nature and this could not be violated at will by society without inviting unforeseen consequences. Dharma was aimed at minimizing the adverse consequences of unknown laws. It encompassed an elaborate system of rules, guidelines and even prejudices to coax members of the society to live by to preserve that basic harmony and coherence. But dharma could only be as coherent as the contemporary knowledge and the social organization permitted. The Bhagavad Gita and other treatises on dharma and karma provide masterful summations of the state of dharma at particular time and place in Indian history.

Dharma was the anti-thesis of pragmatism, the main content of the later being the abandonment of principles. Pragmatism treats all principles as fair game and only those laws emanating from sciences are not transcended for obvious reasons. As per the rest, while dharma seeks coherency in anything and everything, pragmatism sacrifices coherency to the dictum “the end justifies the means”. Conventions, rules, wisdom and even common sense are sacrificed in pragmatism by appealing to a faith that a positive outcome is inevitable and will vindicate the means. In other words, pragmatism is the marriage between science and faith, constantly shuttling between coherency and incoherency in action and thought. Without appealing to blind faith, even when common sense tells otherwise, pragmatism cannot survive. On the other hand, faith has no place in dharma as it beckons people to follow known principles and engage in conscientious action.
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Inculcating the concept of dharma and karma ( nishkaam karma) et al will revive their hope and faith in life and spritual living.
 
can sum1 plz explain me the concept of man and runa in detail.... i gotto add it as well in d same project
 
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