INDIAN SYSTEMS OF LEARNING
PRIYANSHU PRAMANIK
First Semester
Project submitted for CA2 Continuous Assessment
Indian Ethos and Business Ethics ( MB – 105)
Date of Submission :- 21 November, 2022
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
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Indian Ethos in Management
Indian Ethos in Management refers to the values and practices that the culture
of India (Bharatheeya Sanskriti) can contribute to
service, leadership and management. These values and practices are rooted
in Sanathana Dharma (the eternal essence), and have been influenced by
various strands of Indian philosophy.
➢ Indian system of learning :-
▪ Gurukul system of learning
The 'Gurukul' system of education is the epitome of Indian style of learning.
Basically, a gurukul is a school where students live along with their mentors
and receive education, moral values and life skills under their guidance.
This process of learning is being practiced since early ages in India.
Gurukul has mythological connotations. ‘Luv -Kush’, the ‘Pandavas’,
‘Pralaadh’, ‘Arjun’ and even Lord Krishna studied in a ‘Gurukul’. Even
today, gurukul holds significance as it is known to develop the students
holistically.
▪ The importance of the Gurukul system in present times
The main focus of Gurukuls was on imparting learning to the students in a natural
surrounding where the shisyas lived with each other with brotherhood, humanity,
love, and discipline. The essential teachings were in subjects like language,
science, mathematics through group discussions, self-learning etc. Not only this,
but the focus was also given on arts, sports, crafts, singing that developed their
intelligence and critical thinking. Activities such as yoga, meditation, mantra
chanting etc generated positivity and peace of mind and made them fit. It was also
mandatory to do daily chores on own with a motive to impart practical skills in
them. All these helped in the personality development and increased there
confidence, sense of discipline, intellect and mindfulness which is necessary even
today to face the world that lay ahead.
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▪ Karma
The true definition of karma can vary depending on who you ask. Some
people adhere to the traditional meaning grounded in Eastern religions, while
others interpret it from more of a Western view of good and bad. As a result,
this can lead to different views on how karma applies to life.
▪ Advantages of Karma
1) Advantages of Karma Yoga
2) Karma Yoga purifies your heart
3) It makes negative feelings like ego, hatred, and jealousy disappear
4) It will inculcate good qualities like love, humility, and tolerance
5) This path will make you look at life in a broader and more liberal manner
6) It will help you forgo selfishness
7) Karma Yoga will make you service oriented and feel one with everybody
8) It will make you aware of yourself and feel bliss
9) It will develop your inner spiritual strength and power
▪ Disadvantages of Karma Yoga
1) Everything in excess is taken away from us (like money,food etc) .
2) We cannot overwork to accomplish our worldly ambitions anymore.
3) Riches and pride are gone.
4) People surrounding us will be more successful than us by putting lesser
efforts.
▪ Importance of Karma to MANAGERS
Karma Yoga is an effective tool for managers to motivate and lead people by
their own example, to create a balanced working environment to foster
creativity and to initiate unorthodox solutions to problems. Karma is the law of
cause and effect, action and reaction. Karma Yoga is action performed with
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detachment, with meditative awareness. In Karma Yoga it is not the actions
themselves which are considered to be important, but the frame of mind in
which they are performed. Paramahamsa Niranjanananda lists the attributes of
Karma Yoga as efficiency, equanimity, absence of expectation, egoless-ness,
renunciation of limited desires, positive thinking, and duty or dharma. These
attributes fit nicely into the profile of a good manager.
What are the duties of a manager? A general manager has full responsibility for
his operational unit. He sets targets within the framework of a long term
strategic plan. He makes use of manpower and assets in the most economical
way to achieve or exceed expected results. Assets are static in nature. To
generate profit or growth with assets, a transformation is necessary, a process
which requires imagination and creativity. Productivity and motivation of the
labour force go hand in hand, and the best motivator is the example of a
motivated boss. A manager is also responsible for planning the future direction
and goals of the long term enterprise, a process which requires intuition,
imagination, courage and common sense. Ideally, a skilled manager will have
qualities of efficiency, perceptivity, creativity, good human relations,
intelligence and a healthy mind and body, as well as endurance, dedication,
discipline and balance in success and failure. First and foremost will be service:
love for his work and love for his people. This super-person does not exist. We
are all human beings with deficiencies which is exactly where yogic practices
can help us to improve. A balanced mind will mean improvement in speaking,
listening, commanding attention, understanding, retaining i information,
formulating ideas, doing the right thing at the right time in the right place,
communicating and problem solving. Therefore, Karma Yoga is the ideal time-
saving practice for the manager in his workplace.
▪ NISHKAMA KARMA
O n l y th o s e p ra y e r s w h i c h h a v e th e ir o ri g i n s i n th e
s p ir it o f N i s h k a m a k a rma , infinite and pure love and an unsullied heart
reach the Lord directly. It is not possible for prayers of any other kind to reach
Himdirectly. Therefore, it is only through these threemedia, that is, nishkama
karma, boundless love, and an unsullied heart, that we can hopeto secure direct
contact with the Lord and obtain His Divine sanction to our request.The
Bhagavad-Gita
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has proclaimed the path of
nishkama karma
as the royalroad to perfection. It exhorts man not to crave for the fruits of
action and merely performone’s duties in a detached manner, leaving the
results thereof to the Lord. God does notenjoin man to do any work in
particular. He is only the dispenser of the results of thed e e d s d o n e b y
h u m a n s . H e g iv e s th e fr u i ts o f a c ti o n s a c c o r d in g t o th e k in d o f
w o r k performed by man. If, without performing good deeds, you pray
for personal gain, Godmerely listens to your entreaties, but does not favour
you with His benediction.
▪ Laws of Karma
Everything is energy, including your thoughts and emotions, which are energy
in motion. So, in essence, everything you do creates a corresponding energy that
comes back to you in some form, Patel explains.
“Simply, everything you do creates either a positive or negative consequence,”
she says.
Using karma as a set of powerful guidelines for your life can incentivize you to
be more mindful of your thoughts, actions, and deeds before you make
decisions.
With that in mind, think of the laws of karma as guidelines to follow as you go
through daily life. The laws of karma can help you understand how karma really
works and how to create good karma in your life.
1) The law of creation
The law of creation underscores the importance that life doesn’t just happen to
us. To make things happen in your life, you need to take action, instead of
waiting for something to magically come your way.
“You are the co-creator of making what you want, based on your intentions,”
Patel says.
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She recommends asking yourself what you need to release so you can create
space for the thing you desire to show up.
Also consider how you can use your skills, talents, and strengths to create
something that not only benefits you but others, too.
2) The law of humility
According to Paul Harrison, creator of The Daily Meditation, the law of
humility is based on the principle that you must be humble enough to accept
that your current reality is the result of your past actions.
For example, if you’re blaming your colleagues for your poor performance at
work, Harrison says you must accept that you created this reality by not
performing as well as you could have.
3) The law of growth
Growth starts within us. To positively shape the world, you need to start with
yourself. That’s because real change or personal growth begins with what you
have control over, which is yourself, not others.
The law of growth also looks at the things you can’t control and how you deal
with accepting this fate. Ultimately, your focus should be on you, not trying to
control the people or things around you.
4) The law of Responsibility
Alex Tran, a yoga instructor based in Seattle, Washington, says the law of
responsibility is her favorite law to teach in class.
“It’s a reminder that you own what happens to you in life. It’s a great reminder
that what happens to you is because of you. This eliminates the opportunity for
you to look outward to find the cause of your problems,” Tran explains.
She likes to use this to describe the karma law of responsibility: “You are the
product of the choices you make.”
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5) The law of connection
This law is based on the principle that everything in your life, including your
past, present, and future, are connected.
“Who you are today is the result of your previous actions,” Harrisons says.
And who you will be tomorrow will be the result of your actions today.
6) Corporate Karma :
Management of any organization is having its vision. To attain that vision, they
develop the mission -statement, to make the employees as well as other
stakeholders understand the very purpose of its existence.
The corporate is having specific goals. AU the members have to join hands
together to attain those goals. In the language of today’s modern management
team spirit is the essential prerequisite to attain the goals. A system approach
needs to be taken to attain the vide of the company. This is the essence of
corporate karma.
❖ Conclusion
Overall the idea of inculcating a Gurukul system in Indian education is just to
assist the children in understanding the concept of a balanced life. This very
ideology of balance should be taught to the kids from a young age so that they
make informed decisions about work, food, exercise and the way they wish to live
there life.
The karma, is based on the conviction that the present life is only one in a
chain of lives (see samsara). The accumulated moral energy of a person's life
determines his or her character, class status, and disposition in the next life. The
process is automatic, and no interference by the gods is possible.
