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Practice of Dharmic leadeship : Who is exchanging?
Having understood the exchange and what is exchanged, let us understand who participates in the exchange. This is the unique feature of Dharmic Leadership and separates the yagna from other forms of exchange such as barter and contract. In barter, only goods and services are exchanged. Personal beliefs do not matter. In contract, beliefs are either false or true. True beliefs make us respect the law, ethics, and morality. In yagna, inclusion of other people's beliefs allows our beliefs to expand and uncrumple the mind infinitely. As the mind expands, we become generous because we are content and content because we are ambitious. This makes yagna an exercise in transformation unlike contract, which is at best, an exercise in conversion. As belief shifts, so does behavior, and so does business. In Indian mythology, the female form is given to the constituents of the cultural body, that which can be exchanged. The male form is given to the psychological body, that which can transform. Brahma is who we are by default. We consume resources, power and knowledge and, so we chase the goddesses relentlessly. Discontentment makes us Shiva who grows indifferent to the goddess, until he realizes her value. Finally, as Vishnu, we discovers that we are also goddesses, that which can be consumed by others. Here gender is used as a metaphor to convey the complex relationship of mind and matter. We wonder what comes first: hunger or food? This gives rise to the question, who came first: god or goddess? Rig Veda says, 'They gave birth to each other, Daksha to Aditi and Aditi to Daksha.' In this chapter, we will study ambition through stories of Brahma and his sons, contentment through stories of Shiva and generosity through stories of Vishnu.
Devdutt Pattanaik (Author), Devdutt Pattanaik (Narrator)
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Theory of Dharmic leadership : Emergence of Exchange
The theory of Dharmic Leadership is very different from the theory of Modern Management. Modern Management is based on anxiety. We have only one life to achieve greatness, and one life to save the world. There is a sense of urgency in the pursuit of happily ever after. Hence the emphasis on comparison, combat, and competition. Dharmic Leadership is more relaxed. In the Indian scheme of things, history exists before and after us. There will be always people who will be anxious, ambitious, combative, and competitive. We still need to create an ecosystem of collaboration and pleasure, turn rana-bhoomi into ranga-bhoomi, at least around us. In this chapter we will take an anthropological journey and understand how the invention of exchange established human culture, and why exchange in India took the form of yagna.
Devdutt Pattanaik (Author), Devdutt Pattanaik (Narrator)
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Theory of Dharmic leadership : History of Dharma
Having appreciated the anthropology of Dharmic Leadership, we will now venture into the world of history. No idea is static. No idea emerges in perfection. Every idea responds to various geographical realities and historical forces. In this chapter we have to take a historical journey to appreciate how the meanings of dharma, ahimsa and yagna changed from pre-Vedic through Vedic to post-Vedic times.
Devdutt Pattanaik (Author), Devdutt Pattanaik (Narrator)
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Theory of Dharmic Leadership : Integrating Dharma Globally
Having appreciated the anthropology and history of Dharmic Leadership, we will now venture into the world of mythology. Myth is subjective truth of a culture, transmitted over generations through stories, symbols and rituals, that acts as a glue binding people together, while differentiating them from others. This need to bind the in-group and distinguish it from the out-group is why Western myths are different from Chinese myths which are different from Indian myths. Any attempt to force everyone to share the same myth leads to violation and violence. In this chapter we have to take a mythological journey and appreciate how Dharmic Leadership can enable collaboration, rather than competition, between Western, Chinese, and Indian societies even though they have different truths.
Devdutt Pattanaik (Author), Devdutt Pattanaik (Narrator)
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