Who is a fool? 1. He who is ignorant of scriptures, yet vain, poor yet proud, and who resorts to unfair means for the acquisition of his objects, is a fool. 2. He who, forsaking his own, concerns himself with the objects of others, and who practises deceitful means for serving his friends, is called […]
Success and Prosperity 1. The following brings happiness in life a. Health, b. Un-indebtedness, c. living at home, d. Companionship with good men, e. certainty as regards the means of livelihood, f. Living without fear. g. acquirement of wealth, h. a beloved and a sweet-speaking wife, i. an obedient son, j. knowledge that is lucrative […]
Venu Payyanur Inroduction Vidura was half-brother to Dhritarashtra and Pandu. He was a son of a maid-servant who served the queens of Hastinapura. In some accounts, he was an incarnation of Yama or Dharma Raja, who was cursed by the sage, Mandavya, for imposing punishment on him that exceeds the sin. Vidura is held to […]
Venu Payyanur Bhishma – Bhishma was a great archer and a warrior of peerless valor and courage. He had the stature and personality befitting that of a King and was a true Kshatriya and disciplined ascetic – a rare combination. In the great battle at Kurukshetra, Bhishma, bound by his oath to serve the ruler […]
Venu Payyanur There are great similarities between important characters in Mahabharata and managers of a typical organization. Let us look at some of the important characters starting with the Pandavas. Yudhishthira – Yudhishthira is also known as Dharmaputra (Dharmaputra means, the son of “Dharma” or the one who made “Dharma” as his son) and Ajatashatru […]
Venupayyanur A vast majority of the problems the world is facing today are results of the failure of our soft skills: relationship skills, communication skills, persuasion skills, conflict management skills, assertiveness skills and so on. The Mahabharata, which is the story of how the Bharatas failed in managing a conflict among themselves, leading to an […]
Venu Payyanur We can learn many important lessons on motivation and commitment from the Mahabharata war stories that can easily be applied in our day to day professional life. Motivation is the driving force which causes us to achieve goals. According to various theories, motivation may be rooted in a basic need to minimize physical […]
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