Palgrave Studies in Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment
Series Editors
Satinder Dhiman
School of Business, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA, USA
Gary Roberts
Robertson School of Government, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Joanna Crossman
International College of Management, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Satinder Dhiman
Editor-in-Chief
Gary Roberts and Joanna Crossman
Associate Editors
By way of primary go-to-platform, this Series precisely maps the terrain of the twin fields of Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment in the disciplines of business, psychology, health care, education, and various other allied fields. It reclaims the sacredness of workwork that is mind-enriching, heart-fulfilling, soul-satisfying and financially-rewarding. It fills the gap in scholarship in the allied disciplines of Workplace Spirituality and Flourishing. Using a comprehensive schema, it invites contributions from foremost scholars and practitioners that reflect insightful research, practices, and latest trends on the theme of workplace spirituality and fulfillment. The uniqueness of this Series lies in its anchorage in the moral and spiritual dimension of various positive forms of leadershipsuch as Authentic Leadership, Servant Leadership, Transformational Leadership, and Values-Based Leadership.
We welcome research monographs and multi-authored edited volumes representing myriad thought-positions on topics such as: Past, Present and Future Directions in Workplace Spirituality; Workplace Spirituality and World Wisdom/Spiritual Traditions; Culture Studies and Workplace Spirituality; Spiritual, Social and Emotional intelligence; Nature of Work; Mindfulness at Work; Personal Fulfillment and Workplace Flourishing; Workplace Spirituality and Organizational Performance; Inner Identity, Interconnectedness, Community and Transcendence; Managing Spiritual and Religious Diversity at Work; Spirituality and World Peace Imperative; Sustainability and Spirituality; Spirituality and Creativity; and Applied Workplace Spirituality in Health Care, Education, Faith-based Organizations, et al.
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Satinder Dhiman
Bhagavad Gt and Leadership A Catalyst for Organizational Transformation
Satinder Dhiman
School of Business, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA, USA
Palgrave Studies in Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment
ISBN 978-3-319-67572-5 e-ISBN 978-3-319-67573-2
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67573-2
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r Knrpanamastu
This book is humbly dedicated to r Kna, the master creator of the Song Celestial who, more than 5000 years ago, proactively impelled change from the prevailing unjust order to that of righteousness and showed the path of liberation through Self-knowledge.
:
tvadya vastu govinda
tubhyameva samarpaye
O Lord! I offer unto Thee
What is really Thine only!
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|| etena me nibandhena
arpit vai gurudakin ||
Whatever I have composed here,
I offer as a tribute to all my revered teachers.
Acknowledgments
The goal of life is to manifest the Divinity already within us . ( Swami Vivekananda )
r akara (788822 CE), the preeminent Vednta philosopher, counts association with great seer-saints among the rarest of the rare blessings:
durlabha trayamevaitaddevnugrahahetukam /
manuyatva mumukutva mahpuruasaraya //3//
These are three things which are rare indeed and are due to the grace of Godnamely, a human birth, the longing for liberation, and the protecting care of a perfected sage.
I have been very fortunate to have the blessed opportunity to sit at the lotus feet of a few such illumined sages.
This book is the direct result of the abiding Grace of the Lord, received in the form of the holy association with these seer-saints. In these pages, I have tried to be an empty reed, just echoing what I have received from the lips of my preceptors in life and spirit. They gave me what cannot be taken. The effect of their teachings can only be described by the Biblical phrase, The scales fell off from my very eyes.
But how can one recount ones debt to the Supreme Lord Nryana :
Thy Benediction has made me captive of Thee;
No ransom will ever be sufficient to redeem my debt.
Likewise, my debt to r akarcrya is ineffable. His illuminating commentaries on the triple canon of Vedntathe Bhagavad Gt, Upaniads , and Brahma Stras have been the guiding light and solace of my life.
I am particularly indebted to Paramraddheya Swm Rmsukhdsj Mahrj , whose commentary on rmad Bhagavad Gt, entitled, Sdhaka-Sajvan , is unparalleled in the Hindi language; Swm Brahmtmnand Saraswati , my root Vednta teacher, whose profound silence continues to echo in my soul; Swm Gynajvandsj and r Dylu Swamj , whose simplicity, blessed love, and affection continue to be the source of my strength; Swm Daynanda Saraswati j and Swm Paramrthnanda , whose discourses on the Gt and Upaniads represent some of the finest traditional Vednta teachings currently available in the English language; Br. Shri Pranipta Chaitanya , who patiently taught me the Bhagavad Gt akara Bhya over Skype for a period of three years; and Swm Satchidnandendra Saraswati , whose writings in Sanskrit, Kannada, and the English language present akaras liberating teachings in their most pure, pristine form.
I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Pujya r Sreenivsa Mrthy j my present Vednta teacher, who has been generously and lovingly teaching me the art and science of realizing the truths of Vednta in ones own direct, intuitive experience (