Bhagavad Gita (BG) Class Minutes 30JUL2010 Slide: Chapter 2: Slokas 11-13: Talks about the notion of time

me Pragnana means realized knowledge The words Panditha and Dheera are frequently used in BG o Panditha - means one who has knowledge of deeper phenomena o Dheera not about valour but means one who could use the power of his intellect and discrimination In these Slokas, Krishna takes Arjuna to a longer stretch of time Sloka 2-13: o Anything material is subject to deterioration o Power of discrimination should tell you that this phenomenon is universal

Slide: Slokas 14-15: Concept of Thithiksha (equanimity) o This is one of the greatest takeaways from BG o And the way to build great leaders Talks about the 24 elements that make a psychic being o All sense organs just feed signals They put the world of duality in front of you Ancient Indian wisdom emphasizes the importance of dualism o Capacity to take both good and bad is what makes a character o Trying to influence things or to try to have only good and no bad is non-sensical Adi Shankara in Vivekachudamani talks about Thithiksha o Slokas 25 of that work o Ability to absorb all sadness not with help, but naturally Should not dull your mind; Mind needs training for this Many of these ideas should be slowly internalized through experience Do not look at one aspect of duality but transcend it

Talks about the phrase urvarukamiva bhandanan in the couplet of the mrutyunjaya mantra One should achieve detached attachment like that of a ripe fruit which could be effortlessly detached from its branch though with no visible signs of detachment before plucking Thithiksha can and should be developed

Slide: Slokas 16-18: Real will not reside in unreal Sloka 17 o Real is undestroyable o Taittreeya Upanishad: if you cannot understand the connection between the microcosm and the macrocosm, then you may miss to understand many things

Slide: Why is... Why this notion of time? o Broadbase the timescale o the narrower the time scale, more desperate is the decision making o how long is long-term depends on our understanding

Slide: Changelessness in change management change is only as good as the substratum effort to understand the changelessness of what we do is worthwhile

Goal of organization should be towards sustainability and not profits Ofcourse one cannot sustain without profitability But one should always start with sustainability as the prime reason and not profits