Vedanta In Action >>Move your Feet [/b]
We talked briefly about Vedanta an exquisite branch of philosophical thought in the last installment. Now we see how it is indeed like a grove of knowledge fruits; waiting to be plucked and consumed by one and all.
The mistake many managers commit is looking at their subordinates drudgingly. They start to think that they have been acknowledged and hence command servitude. Whether we want to or not, there is always a higher authority over us. For a floor worker it is the first line manager; for him there is the Team leader; who in turn answers to the Branch Manager –answerable to the Regional Head and the cycle goes on. Does this bother us in the very least?
In Srimad Bhagvata Gita , Lord Krishna says to Arjun when he drops his Arms :
“Look at me Arjun ! If I stop my work for a second , the Universe will be in chaos. I have nothing to gain from doing this; I am the Supreme Lord , then why do I toil so hard?
It is because I love this world and its dwellers.”
So if we don’t believe in the core values of the organization we work for ; we will never do any good , for both ourselves and the organization in question. The work we do under some sort of obligation will never be pristine. It will always have a scent of resentment on it.
Then what is the Alternative?
The answer according to Bhagvada Gita lies in looking at Karma or work as worship. It says:
“Just as a Lotus leaf doesn’t become wet by the pond surrounding it ; A work/job cannot bind an individual by adding consequentiality of the result , while it is being done.”
Immersing ourselves into action past hollow words and contemplation will always lead to a ideal situation even if things didn’t turn out so well , you can be rest assured your muscles will remember the sensation the next time you are about to tread down the same dead-end again .
We talked briefly about Vedanta an exquisite branch of philosophical thought in the last installment. Now we see how it is indeed like a grove of knowledge fruits; waiting to be plucked and consumed by one and all.
The mistake many managers commit is looking at their subordinates drudgingly. They start to think that they have been acknowledged and hence command servitude. Whether we want to or not, there is always a higher authority over us. For a floor worker it is the first line manager; for him there is the Team leader; who in turn answers to the Branch Manager –answerable to the Regional Head and the cycle goes on. Does this bother us in the very least?
In Srimad Bhagvata Gita , Lord Krishna says to Arjun when he drops his Arms :
“Look at me Arjun ! If I stop my work for a second , the Universe will be in chaos. I have nothing to gain from doing this; I am the Supreme Lord , then why do I toil so hard?
It is because I love this world and its dwellers.”
So if we don’t believe in the core values of the organization we work for ; we will never do any good , for both ourselves and the organization in question. The work we do under some sort of obligation will never be pristine. It will always have a scent of resentment on it.
Then what is the Alternative?
The answer according to Bhagvada Gita lies in looking at Karma or work as worship. It says:
“Just as a Lotus leaf doesn’t become wet by the pond surrounding it ; A work/job cannot bind an individual by adding consequentiality of the result , while it is being done.”
Immersing ourselves into action past hollow words and contemplation will always lead to a ideal situation even if things didn’t turn out so well , you can be rest assured your muscles will remember the sensation the next time you are about to tread down the same dead-end again .