Yoga and Management

2. Basic Aim of Personality is :
Management
What is Management ?

3. MANAGEMENT :
A DISCIPLINE BORROWED FROM THE
WEST HAS REDUCED “ MAN ” TO A
MERE WORKER, ALWAYS IN THE
STREAM OF ECONOMIC ORDER.
Only The material progress has
become the Index of Growth,
Development and prosperity.

4. The grand workshop of spiritual
experiment, the laboratory of soul has been
INDIA, where Thousands of great spirits
have been born in every generation who
were content to work quietly in their own
souls, perfect their knowledge, hand down
their results of their experiments to a few
disciplines and leave the rest to others to
complete.
SRI AUROBINDO SAYS

5. The work which India has to do
for humanity is a work which no
other nation can accomplish
- the spiritualization of
race - whole globe.
SABCL Vol. 1 P 799

6. Continued.....
 Charity begins at home, likewise
management begins from man.
 Management means computation of
gone-by, care of the current & caution for
the future.
 Maximum of results with minimization of
resources through better allocation &
utilization process, is perhaps the test of a
better management system.

7. The Negation of Management is :
 Disorder
 Confusion
 Wastage
 Detention
 Delay
 Decadent
 Death

8. Western Management specially
USA Insists upon
 More and more goods
 Still better & Variety of Good
 Cheaper Goods irrespective of cost, Quality
and Service
 Interest for profit all round
No more common understanding between
WORKERS and MANAGERS

9. To the Western Management :
The worker is all, MAN stands no where,
Worker is a hired commodity.
Disregard of human approach, Loss of Human Values
and erosion of human touch in Organizational
Hierarchy are the results.

10. Wealth is gained, but soul is
Lost
In this process:
“ While the soul within remains defectively
organized there will always be outward
unrest, disorder and Revolution.”
“ The Hour of God ”

11. For Man Intellectually developed, mighty
unscientific knowledge and mastery, the
elements as his Servants and the world as
his Foot stool, but undeveloped in heart
and spirit becomes only inferior kind of
ASURA, using the powers of a demigod to
satisfy the nature of an animal.
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12. Values
 If the “ self” is widened and deepened so that
protection of free nature is felt and conceived as
protection of ourselves ....
-- (Arne Naess)
..... just as we need no morals to make us
breathe ... (so) if our “self” in the wide sense
embraces another being, we need no moral
exhortation to show care.

13. The two tendencies - Self assertive and Integrative
are essential aspects of all living system.
Neither is intrinsically good or bad.
What is good or healthy is a - Dynamic Balance
what is bad or unhealty is a- Imbalance or
Over emhasis of one tendency and Neglect of other
Values (contd.)
Western industrial culture or Corporate culture
anywhere in the world have overemphasized the Self Assertive
and neglected the Integrative tendencies. More so self
assertive values are associated with Men in our society.

14. Shift of Thinking and Values
THINKING VALUES
SELF INTEGRATIVE SELF INTEGRATIVE
ASSERTIVE ASSERTIVE
Rational Intitutive Expansion Conservation
Analytical Synthetic Competition Cooperation
Reductionistic Holistic Quantity Quality
Linear Nonlinear Domination Partnership
(Share holder ship)

15. GAIA
James Lovelock through his illuminating insight has
led to formulate a model, most comprehensive
expression of Self Organization .
THE IDEA THAT THE PLANET EARTH AS A WHOLE IS
A LIVING VIBRANT, SELF ORGANIZING SYSTEM.

16. Entire Cosmos is an intricate web of
interpenetrating things and events.
The bootstrap image of reality put forward by
Geoffrey Chew shows that Boot straps cannot be
loosened any where without so loosening it every
where and it cannot be tightened up at every other
point as well. So complete and uncompromising is
the UNITY and INTERDEPENDENCE.

17. The Cardinal assumptions of
Spiritual approach are
•Harmony
•Interdependence
•Unity
•Creativity
•Evolutionary possibilities

18. * Managers as well as work force
* Vice Chancellor as well as Faculty, students
and staff
* Land Owners as well as Farm hands
* Commander in Chief as well as soldiers
* Executive heads as well as rest of
establishment

19. Stress on Karma Yoga in Geeta has been referred as
“ Yogah Karmasu Kaushalam”
What is Kaushalam
It is a very different order of “skill” that Sri Krishna has
in mind, as may be seen here –
“ the liberated who has united his reason and will with
divine
Rises to a higher law beyond good and evil
Action done in yoga is not only highest but also wisest,
the most potent and efficient even for the affairs of
world.
“ Yoga is skill in all works - Sri Aurobindo

20. Yoga is the exchange of an
egoistic for a universal or cosmic
consciousness lifted towards or
informed by supra-cosmic,
transcendent, unnamable who is
the source and and support of all
things.
WHAT IS YOGA

21. Yoga is the passage of human
thinking; animal towards the
God-consciousness from which
he has descended (bhatka hua
devta)
SRIRAM SHARMA ACHARYAJI.
IN REAL SENSE

22. There is Complete Blending of
Psychology, Philosophy, Ethics & Morals
or

23. Spiritual
Analytic
Technical
Synthetic
Quality of work life is more a function
of Wisdom, than of Knowledge,
according to Indian Thought.

24. Consciousness approach
to management
(A) Men, Material and Methods:
Attention to employees
Attention to living beings
Attention to tools and machines
Attention to systems
Contd.

25. (B) Resources, Ideals and Harmony
(C) Responsibilities, power and freedom
(D) Money, motivation and progress
(E) Seven Spiritual values
1. National service through industry
2. Fairness
3. Harmony and Cooperation
4. Struggle for betterment
5. Courtesy and humanity
6. Adjustment and assimilation
7. Gratitude

26. Based on Consciousness :
Management has to be from
Within to Without

27. How Holistic management Can be
Implemented and Practiced.
 Aspiration: Deepest Devotion, Perfect
objectivity ,Yoga Approach
 Consecration: Complete Surrender and
Communion with God.
 Self Introspection: Search Thyself first.
Golden Attitude - Other are right , I may be
wrong.
 Meditative Silence: In absolute silence
sleeps an absolute power

28. * Change in dietary pattern: Tryptophan Rich
Food, Vegetarian Diet.
* Subtler exercises - ASANS (Postures) &
PRAGYAYOG.
* PRANAYAM: Churning of Vital energy.
* Proper reading habits -“SWADHYAY” self
introspection.
* Proper relaxation -“SHAVASAN”, Yog Nidra.
More to follow...

29. * Proper meditation upon flame,ocean,colors,
ragas.
* Music therapy - “MANTRA CHIKITSA”.
* Pulverized herbal powders - “AKOUSHADHI
CHIKITSA”.
* Homa therapy, Yagna.
* Avoid isolation, become part of society and
devote time for social & selfless service.

30. THREE PURSUITS TO BE PERFORMED
01) UPASANA
02) SADHANA
03) ARADHANA

31. STRESS PROOFING LIFESTYLE
The art of being
The art of relating
The art of thinking
The art of becoming
The art of organizing

32. Art of living
Dharma
Artha
Kama
Moksha
Righteous living
Attainment of economic goals
by right means
Inner energy and valor to be invested in
security of society
Ultimate liberation from all bondages

33. The Art of Becoming
Deciding Ultimate Goal of Life
 Farsightedness
 Discriminatory Wisdom
 Life beyond the pitty Self

34. The Art of Thinking
“Whatever one thinks, he becomes like that”
- Srimad Bhagwat Geeta
 Swadhyay (Self-training through the teachings of elevated souls)
 Positive emotions all the time

35. Art of Working
* Time Scheduling
* Stressfree working
* Cheerful attitude
* Utilization of each and every opportunity

36. Art of Organising
Sadhana (Self-transformation through
control over mind )
True to self in all aspects of life

37. Art of Organising
“ Sadhana encompasses, restraint and
proper utilization of time, monetary
resources, thinking process and sensual
desires. This unique faculty is an integral
part of living.”

38. Yoga begins when Man Awakens to an
existence beyond, when he senses or feels a
greater consciousness operative in the world,
when he turns inwards & seeks to discover
the divine in himself, in the world or Beyond.
Prayer is an attempt to Harness
the Divine for one’s own Ends

39.  At developing an integrated man,
 A psychic man,with vision
 A spiritual man with developed Self
 A perfect man and An Individual
SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL ALONE WILL
CONSTITUTE A HUMAN FACTOR OF
21ST CENTURY

40. In each individual there is a core or essence,
which is an independent perfect constant,
characterized by:
•unchanging self-existence poornatwa
(wholeness) and ananda (bliss).
• It lies obscured and unfelt because of the
mental and corporeal egoistic
superimpositions. Contd …
HOLISTIC
MANAGEMENT

41. By patient detachment if this layer is thinned
or removed, the individual core Self and the
Universal Self then come into immediate
contact. All actions by the individual then
become true and correct since they are
thereafter the expressions of the error-free
Universal or Divine Will, or The
Transcendental Self, Intelligence, Truth,
Consciousness.

42. Study Practice of Nishkam- Karma leads to :
 A stress-free mind at work,
 A feeling for works as act of
consecration,
 A pure, transparent mind,
 An abiding instinct for ethical
rectitude,
 An inner sanctuary of fullness,
 An all-embracing , other-related mind.
Nishkam- Karma
Contd …

43. All of them, in turn, should catalyze, in
the course of time, a humble yearning for
the Cosmic Will, the infallible Supreme
Intelligence, the Secret Intent. This
feeling will energize, empower and align
the worker with the most unitive, holistic
of all forces.

44. Shantikunj’s man making
odyssey is to give more &
more perfect individuals to
society
ALL ARE WELCOME TO
JOIN THIS SOJOURN

45. Saint - Savant
Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya
Vandaniya Mata
Bhagwatidevi Sharma

46. Prakhar Pragya & Sajal Shradha

48. This new centre will be developed as Shantikunj Extension – on the
lines of ancient Nalanda – Taxshila.
Shantikunj, a centre where people are trained in ways of leading enlightened life.

49. A UNIVERSAL CENTRE FOR DISSEMINATION OF INDIAN CULTURE AND
SPIRITUALITY.

50. The World is Getting ready
for a big Change. Will You
Help?
SriRam Sharma Acharyaji