Showing posts with label leadership. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leadership. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Piercing Hundred Lotus-Leaves - One at a time AS085 [Video Post]

Piercing Hundred Lotus-Leaves | One at a time

One at a time!

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PIERCING HUNDRED LOTUS-LEAVES
utpala-shata-patra-vyatibhéda-vat
उत्पल-शत-पत्र-व्यतिभेदवत्

"Like the simultaneous piercing of a bundle of hundred lotus-leaves."
Lotus leaves are very soft. Softer than the already-soft stems of lotus. A bundle of hundred lotus leaves can be pierced with a sharp needle in no time, almost instantaneously, and yet the actual process is linear. An example, which is important from another aspect as well, in Shlokavārtika says, "You say the example of lamp and light as an instance of simultaneity of cause and effect, but still there is a finite little time, just like piercing hundred lotus leaves." This also means that even then it was understood that light has a finite speed, just as it was known that sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach the Earth.


~ One at a time.

Language notes: उत्पल-शत-पत्र-व्यतिभेद-वत् = utpala_shata_patra_vyatibhédavat | utpala = lotus. shata = hundred. patra = leaf. vyatibhéda = (vi-ati-bhéda) simultaneous piercing



Attitude Shift - Sanskrit Maxims for Contemporary Life and Leadership

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(c) Shashikant Joshi । शशिकांत जोशी । ॐ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः ।
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Position and Responsibility - AS002 - Attitude Shift [Video Post]

Position and Responsibility | Do not just desire your chair, deserve it

With great power, comes great responsibility!

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POSITION AND RESPONSIBILITY
tat-sthānāpanné tad_dharma-lābhaḥ
तत्स्थानापन्ने तद्धर्मलाभः

“When you take that position, its responsibilities also come with it.”

You cannot just have the rights and power of the position, you need to take the duties as well. Everyone wants to be a doctor, engineer, IAS officer, lawyer, minister or the CEO, SVP, Director etc. But these positions are not just of power and money; they bring with them the responsibilities. You need to put in lot of hard work to be worthy of these positions of influence and impact.

~ Do not just desire your chair, deserve it.




Attitude Shift - Sanskrit Maxims for Contemporary Life and Leadership

View and Enroll in Online Courses:     https://Wisdom.PracticalSanskrit.com 





(c) Shashikant Joshi । शशिकांत जोशी । ॐ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः ।
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Friday, December 10, 2021

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

For further details and registration, please see Registration page at Language Curry.
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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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Saturday, November 27, 2021

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
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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Monday, February 21, 2011

Slithering lizard is not a snake - न हि गोधा सर्पन्ती

Slithering Lizard is not a snake!

na hi godhā sarpantī
न हि गोधा सर्पन्ती


“A slithering lizard does not become a snake on account of slithering.”

The Sanskrit word for a snake is सर्प sarpa, from the verb root सृ sṛi, to slither. From sarpa we get the English word serpent. One of the defining qualities of a snake is its slithering, because of lack of any legs. In Sanskrit, all reptiles are called ‘slitherers’, सरीसृप sarī-sṛipa.

But, just because it slithers a lizard or an iguana does not become fearsome like a snake. No one is scared of a lizard. Slithering is just one quality! A snake is not defined or dreaded by its slithering, but by its deadly poison and hiss. Without the power of the snake, just imitating its gait does not earn ‘respect’.
One does not become great just by external appearance or position. One needs the qualities of power to be powerful. True leadership is not by position but by inherent qualities.


Merely putting on a black power-suit would not give you the power. Bill Gates looks as powerful in his jeans and T-shirt as in any corporate suit, even after he leaves Microsoft. A variegated scalp does not make you Aamīr Khān of Hindi blockbuster Ghajani. A quirky hairstyle does not make you Einstein or APJ Abdul Kalām, the former President of India and an eminent scientist. Wearing Niké does not make you Michael Jordan.

Learn to develop the real qualities of the great, not just their external quirkiness. The wrapping only matters when the gift inside is already great in its own right.

Develop real qualities; content over style.



and now the language aspects -

न हि गोधा सर्पन्ती सर्पणादहिर्भवति = na hi godhā sarpantī sarpaṇāt-ahiḥ-bhavati

godhā = kind of lizard, iguana.

sarpantī = while slithering.
this is a long I vowel at the end. It is not plural form of sarpati, but singular form in continuous tense, like 'while slithering'

ahiḥ = snake, a dangerous large snake.

bhavati = becomes.

sṛi =to slither; सृ
not to be confused with shrī श्री (śrī) which is erroneously written as sri without the diacritic marks.




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