spirituality and management

[Guest guest]

SPIRITUALITY AND MANAGEMENT

Swami Sukhabodhananda , PRASANNA TRUST, BANGALORE

as interviewed by pradeep nambiar for sanskar tv 9321027318

Q] What is the purpose of life?

 

A] Life is an empty canvas, it is empty and meaningless. You have to

give a meaning to life. You have to achieve two purpose a] Be happy.

b] Learn to make others happy.

 

You have to work on success and you have to work on satisfaction. The

goal of life is to serve God.

 

Q] what is your greatest inspiration from the puranas?

 

A] Lord Krishna is my greatest inspiration. He was multidimensional.

He was a dancer , he was a warrior, he was a helper, he was a

diplomat. He would nurture the horses , he would be a charioteer, he

was the cowherd as he was the king. He played every role with

humility. He helped people win but never shared the booty. He would

make everybody free. He was divine and yet down to earth. He was an

interface between playfulness and sincerity.

 

Q] How do we know our swadharma, nurture our unique talents?

 

A] Do what you love and love what you do. Listen to your own self .

Your body will tell you what your call is. LIKE HUNGER, LIKE THIRST,

IT WILL ALSO REMIND YOU YOUR DUTY. Mind is calm and it is also

sensitive. God is dancing within our body, mind is so filled with

other thoughts that you cannot listen to the call of your body.

Listen to your own self. Silence is roaring. Mind is like a machine

anything put in is crushed . A `veer purusha' can listen to his inner

voice. Listen to it and move ahead.

 

Q] what is success?

 

A] Success is getting what you like. Satisfaction is, liking what you

get. The most important component is hard work. Hard work involves

strategy. The most significant component is good blessings. If you

are patient, pure, then grace will fall

LUCK is [labor under correct knowledge], it is also when alertness

meets opportunity. You need to work SMART. Do fishing where there are

fishes.

 

Q] what are failures and how does the youth overcome them?

 

A] Failures are when you don't get what you want. Failures are

bouncing pad for success. Failure makes you humble . It makes you

realize that everything is not yours. It stops you from developing

arrogance. EGO- means edging GOD out. Look at the siddha purusha .

Qualities of a successful person should be your ladder to success.

You have to have patience and perseverance.

 

Q] Is life destiny driven, what is our role?

 

A] The theory of karma. 1] Sanchit karma – bank of your past karmas.

2] Agami karma- karma you acquire when you living. 3] prarabdh –

fructified portion of earlier karmas. My guruji gave me this example.

There is a river , a boat, a boatman and a motor. The boat is our

body, river is our previous karma, boatman is our jiva and motor is

our free will or purusharth. If the motor is not put on, the boat

will travel as per the speed of the flow of the river. But the choice

is on our purusharth, the motor if it is on , can increase the speed

of our travel and it can also go against the current of river . It is

our PURUSAHRTH that can turn our PRARABDH to our favor.

Therefore at all times pray to god- "forgive me oh lord for whatever

sins I have consciously or unconsciously done"

 

 

Q] who is the best leader?

 

A] A leader should have a value of integrity. CAN'S create success.

CANT'S create failures. He should always believe that he CAN. He

should have jargon's . he should be a team man. TEAM - [ TOGETHER

EMPOWERING TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS] . He should be able to create the best

symphony out of the orchestra.

 

Q] Message to the youth?

 

A] what a little lamp can do the great sun cannot- shine in the

night. Never think you are insignificant. Learn to be happy, learn to

be good, always keep on learning. When sunlight falls on a crystal it

magnifies into a thousand lights. But when it falls on a stone there

is no effect. Be a crystal so that when you receive divine light it

magnifies and reaches a thousand less fortunate souls.