So, You Think You Know Your Ramayana? - Valmiki Ramayana Webinar Series

Join me for a 3-week long, 21-day webinar series on going beyond just devotion and understanding Valmiki Ramayana as well - So, You Think You Know Your Ramayana? - Valmiki Ramayana Webinar Series 

Ram Ram, Jai Siya Ram, or Jai Shri Ram – whichever one you prefer!

How well do you know Ramayana?

• Why was Ayodhya called Ayodhya?
• What were fair wages and tax rate in Rama’s time?
• What does Rama say about destiny and karma?
• There are plenty of Yes-men, but what should a leader watch out for?
• What is more difficult than making friends?
• What did Sita give to Hanuman as proof of their meeting?
• What was the rationale behind Sita’s agni pariksha?

Bhakti and Gyan/Jnana

You may be worshipping Rama daily, or you have stopped worshipping because you became progressive or woke!

Your bhakti may be deep, shallow or non-existent, but Ramayana can still benefit you.

Bhakti is great, especially in Kaliyuga, but our Rishis always emphasized the importance of gyan, or knowing; doing something knowingly - what today we may call mindfulness, living aware etc.

Without gyan/jnana, bhakti becomes andh-bhakti, open to manipulation.

Without bhakti bhava, gyan gives rise to arrogance. 

True bhakti and true gyan go together.

This webinar will also help you guide our younger and modern generations, our future, who don't follow anything, without explanation of the rationale behind it.

Webinar Series on Understanding Deeper Wisdom of Ramayana

There is Rama in the Indian ethos in the month of January 2024.

Political affiliations aside, Ramayana is the heritage of this land for everyone living here. Beyond the TV serials, comic books, we should make an effort to understand this great epic as adults now.

Towards this purpose, I have a special invitation for you. 

I am conducting a 21-days, 3-weeks long, daily, online, live webinar series from 1st to 21st January at 7 PM IST. 

Come, join me, and discover lesser known gems of wisdom from Ramayana.

If you think you can't make it to all the sessions or can’t make it at 7 PM or can’t make it for any other reason, you don’t have to worry at all! Recordings of all live sessions will be made available online within a day or two after each session. So, be sure to join and register for this series.

Please visit Wisdom.PracticalSanskrit.com to register today.

Make this New Year even more meaningful by delving into the wisdom-ocean of our long and successful civilization and heritage. Understand why and how Rama and his story are still relevant – in modern times, modern settings, because human motivations, aspirations, desires, demotivation, sorrows etc. are still the same as in ancient times, but in a new dressing!

Please share this information with your friends and family and ask them to join as well.

See you on Jan 1st.

Raam Raam!

(c) Shashikant Joshi । शशिकांत जोशी । ॐ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः ।

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Webinar: Success Management: Indian perspective from Mahabharata, Panchatantra, Chanakya and others.

Success Management: Indian perspective from Mahabharata, Panchatantra, Chanakya and others.

Come join me on Dec 11, in a webinar on Sanskrit wisdom on business and leadership!

Prior registration is required.

India has been a highly flourishing civilization for at least 3-5 thousand years, if not more. Material prosperity doesn’t come only from spirituality. A vast realm of Indian wisdom is untapped by modern thinkers and those in the making for the future.

In this short introductory series of four 1-hour sessions, we cover some ideas about economy, business, wealth, leadership, human motivations and mind as found in various popular Sanskrit works, which may not be very well known outside the Sanskrit circles. Guaranteed with informative and interesting tidbits as well as deep thought provoking wisdom, and viewpoints that you may not have thought at all.

Along with Language Curry, I am giving a webinar of 4 one-hour sessions over two weekends. 

Duration: 4 one-hour sessions.

When: Sat/Sun Dec 11 & 12, 18 & 19    at 8 PM

Registration: Required.

Medium of instruction: English

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Medium of instruction - English

In this short introductory session of four hours, we cover some ideas about economy, business, wealth, leadership, human motivations and mind as found in various popular Sanskrit works, which may not be very well known outside the Sanskrit circles.

What is the Indian take on wealth, prosperity, economy, commerce, hard work, industry, leadership, managers, tax, learning and earning? What are the identified qualities of a wise and successful person?

Session 1:

Introduction to the aspects of Indian literature and thoughts around the topic of management, leadership, wealth and attitude towards life. It will open with some tasty samplers from various works. It will kick off with a 10-step ladder that creates a comfortable and prosperous society by creating good leaders - something modern management and leadership gurus and psychologists also grapple with. It beautifully sums up the vision and mission of any economic project and policy.

Session 2:

Mahabharata is considered the greatest epic of the world. A treasure chest of ideas and information about its time, and perennial wisdom. The greatest empire of its time and Vidura is the prime minister and one of the wisest of its characters. This session will cover many ideas from Vidura regarding administration, management, leadership, projects, long term planning and the qualities of the wise and the fool.

Session 3:

Everyone has read the animal stories of Panchatantra and Hitopadesha, thanks to Amar Chitra Katha. This session will provide a peek into the real work, which is way beyond the kids comics, but meant for future pillars of administration and government. The street smart wisdom for managers, leaders, employees alike! We will see how Indian wisdom has treated the concepts of wealth, prosperity, earning, use or lack of it, business, entrepreneurship, hard work, tax, giving, happy and unhappy boss, knowledge and application, networking and planning.

Session 4:

We will look at various Sanskrit maxims or pithy sayings that have a deep impact on modern work ethics and attitude to life and leadership.

Opium eater and the boatman; position and responsibility; Slithering lizard and Ghajani; Arundhati star in leadership; Perched eagle; Of bees, flowers and grass; Threshold lamp; Planting a mango tree; Water wheel; Crow spoils the curd and many more maxims and how they apply to workplace and life.

For further details and registration, please see Registration page at Language Curry.

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(c) Shashikant Joshi । शशिकांत जोशी । ॐ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः ।

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Sanskrit and Leadership - Webinar organized by IIT Kharagpur under Sanskritotsav 2021

The journey to success is a marathon, not a sprint.

Come join me in a webinar on Sanskrit and Leadership!

The wisdom of Vidura, the prime minister of the great empire in Mahabharata has its special place in the vast field of Niti Shastra - the literature of policy, governance, administration, leadership, management all rolled in one.

I will cover Indian thoughts on economy, wealth, prosperity, along with a sampler of Vidura Niti in the webinar I am delivering as part of the Sanskritotsav2021 (Sanskrit Festival 2021) organized by IIT Kharagpur, Ministry of Education, Samskrita Bharati, AICTE.

• Date: 28/11/2021 (Sunday)
• Time: 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
• Joining link ( https://iitkharagpur.webex.com/iitkharagpur/j.php?MTID=m50e1d641751b6c396ad9e33b05c04123 )
• Meeting number: 2513 337 8387
• Password: sanskriti_2021

Below is the communication from the organizers at IIT Kharagpur.

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Namaste! 

Warm greetings from the  Sanskritotsava 2021 team, IIT Kharagpur! 

Hope you are enjoying our lecture series on exploring the wealth of Sanskrit Knowledge Traditions initiated on Sanskritotsava 2021 as part of the nationwide Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations being organised by the Centre of Excellence for Indian Knowledge Systems, Sanskriti Club with the  collaboration of AICTE, Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) Division of the Ministry of Education at AICTE, Delhi, and Samskrita Bharati. 

For those of you who have missed the previous lectures, you can access the videos from this link.

In continuation of the Sanskritotsava 2021, there will be a talk on the topic ' Sanskrit and Leadership - 9 Success Factors from Vidura Niti Shastra' by Shri. Shashikant Joshi and the session will be chaired by Professor Partha Pratim Chakrabarti, former Director and Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur.

The poster of the talk is attached. We request you to attend the talk and widely share the message in your networks and to your family and friends. The link to join the talk is mentioned below:

Date- 28/11/2021 (Sunday)

Time- 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

WebEx joining link

Meeting number: 2513 337 8387

Password: sanskriti_2021

Thank you.

Look forward to your wholehearted participation.

Team Sanskriti club, IIT Kharagpur

(c) Shashikant Joshi । शशिकांत जोशी । ॐ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः ।

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