[Advaita-l] Help required

Sarma KV sarmakv at gmail.com
Wed Aug 5 22:43:05 CDT 2009


Also, in yudhdha kaanDa, Ravana led from behind while Rama lead from the
front-end.


On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Sarma KV <sarmakv at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anjana,
>
> Compare the leadership styles of "Rama" and "Ravana" also.
> Even if y you see sundarakaanDa, when Hanuman destroys Asoka-vana, Ravana
> sends first soldiers, then military leaders, then ministers' sons, then his
> sons etc.. all of them get killed, till Hanuman Himself decides to "obey"
> the brahma-astra fired at him by Meghanaatha. Even this is not defeat, but
> it is Hanuman's self-decided 'cease-fire.' Hanuman does this to meet His
> original objective of seeing/assessing Ravana and his strength. This clearly
> shows the flaw in Ravana's leadership.
>
> Best Regards,
> -Sarma KV
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 5:28 AM, Chelakara Sarma <csp_sarma at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> I as told that you have a separate Website.Please advise. Thanks.
>>
>> With best regards,Yours sincerely,C S Parameswara Sarma14112 Big Branch
>> DriveDayton MD. 21036-1255Phone 410-531-6497
>>
>> --- On Thu, 8/6/09, kuntimaddi sadananda <kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> From: kuntimaddi sadananda <kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Help required
>> To: advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org
>> Date: Thursday, August 6, 2009, 4:41 AM
>>
>> Anjana - PraNAms
>>
>> Your email address was not included in the post. If you can send me in
>> private I can direct you to some sources who can help you. My email address
>> is kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com.
>>
>> Hari Om!
>> Sadananda
>>
>>
>>
>> --- On Wed, 8/5/09, Michael Shepherd <michael at shepherd87.fsnet.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > From: Michael Shepherd <michael at shepherd87.fsnet.co.uk>
>> > Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Help required
>> > To: "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
>> > Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 6:29 PM
>> > Dear Anjana,
>> >
>> > If I were supervising your MBA dissertation, I should want
>> > to question you
>> > as to what you yourself were really looking for in this
>> > concept of
>> > 'leadership'.
>> >
>> > For instance, in classic texts, you could be looking at the
>> > question of
>> > 'leadership' by the Brahmin caste compared with the
>> > Kshatriya caste --
>> > spiritual leadership and social compulsions.
>> >
>> > Or in recent history, you could study the several
>> > resistance movements and
>> > nationalist movements during the British Raj.
>> > That should give some vivid examples of leadership and
>> > followership.
>> >
>> > But 'leadership styles' seems a little nebulous. Are you
>> > looking for ancient
>> > texts on rulership, or Indira Gandhi's public persona ?
>> >
>> > Could you be more specific ?
>> >
>> > Michael
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: advaita-l-bounces at lists.advaita-vedanta.org
>> > [mailto:advaita-l-bounces at lists.advaita-vedanta.org]On
>> > Behalf Of Anjana
>> > Nagraj
>> > Sent: 05 August 2009 22:15
>> > To: advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org
>> > Subject: [Advaita-l] Help required
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Dear members,
>> >
>> > I am currently researching Hindu texts addressing the theme
>> > of 'leadership'
>> > , the most obvious one being the Mahabharatha.  This is
>> > for an MBA
>> > dissertation and the theme is a comparison of leadership
>> > styles in Hindu
>> > texts with modern 'western' concepts.
>> >
>> > I was hoping that someone could suggest some useful texts
>> > handling this
>> > topic or provide some ideas as to how to approach the
>> > subject matter.
>> >
>> > Your assistance is greatly appreciated,  anjana
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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