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The garbhini as the highest role model
Integrity: sheelam pradhanam purushe
Integrity and Shree
Integrity and Duryodhana
At the same time: Dont let your morals stand in the
way of your doing good Krishna. Satyad jyeyoanritam vachah.
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Nyasa leadership as the path of the heroic
Veerabhogya vasundhara
Dynamism: charaiveti charaiveti
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Self-mastery and leadership: shama, dama, manasam,
tapas
The tree as the metaphor for shama and dama.
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Serenity and the awakening of intell igence.
Ordered flexibili ty. The Book of Five Rings. Tao. The
MB story of Ganga and Sagar. Krishna as an example:his goal is fixed [dharma]; but he is not rigid in his
path. Like a river.
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Speaking of such a leader, the Mahabharata says:
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Kim tasya tapasa rajnah kim cha satyaadhvarairapi;
supali taprajo yah syat sarvadharmavideva sah. [MB
Shanti 69.73] What shall that leader do with tapas, or with vows or
with sacrif icial ri tuals. The one who has looked after
his subjects well, he has already achieved the results
of all sacrifices and rituals. Also, raja kalasya karanam.
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Chanakya on such leadership
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Prajasukhe sukham rajnah, prajanam cha hite hitam;
natmapriyam hitam rajnah, prajanam tu priyam hitam.
In the happiness of his subjects lies the happiness ofthe king; in their good, his good. What he likes is not
what he should do; instead what his subjects like is
his what he should do.
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Rajno hi vratam utthanam, yajnah karyanushasanam;
dakshina vrittisamyam tu, deeksha tasya
abhishechanam. To a king, readiness to action is his religious vow ;
satisfactory discharge of duties is his performance of
sacrifice; equal attention to all is the offer of fees and
ablution towards consecration. [the metaphor ofleadership as a Vedic sacri fice]
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According to Indian perceptions, leadership should
help the leaders and the led grow to their highest
potentials; help the organization maximize itspotentials; do good to all the stakeholders in its widest
sense lokasangraha.
The butterfly effect. What you do has implications you
cannot even imagine.
The carpenters last house
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Thank You!Satya Chaitanya