My mom when she was 24 years old:
Dattatreya’s Management lessons to King Yaddhu, reported by Krishna to Uttavar
From sushmajee
In the Bhaagvat Puraan, 11/6, Dattaatreya enumerates a list of his 24 Guru: earth, air, sky or ether, water, fire, sun, moon, python, pigeons, sea, moth, bee, bull elephant, bear, deer, fish, osprey, a child, a maiden, a courtesan, a blacksmith, serpent, spider, and wasp. The 24 Guru of Dattaatreya come from the 24 Guru of Avadhoot described in the Puraan.
See this for Avadhoot
Earth – patience, firmness, being firm as rock
(I have a doubt: If earth is indeed firm, then why do man swallowing quicksands, dessert sands, slippery clay soil exist. If earth is indeed patient, why do earthquakes occur and why do volcanoes erupt? So earth has say 90% of its attributed properties)
Water – cleansing every sin, service – to remove man’s sins
Moths – desires are the reason for destruction – for they go towards the candle light and die
Python – contentment – it eats if it gets some food, else it just remains, it does not wander for food all over.
Honeybee – Without hurting the flowers, the honeybee just extracts a drop or two of honey. The sadhus, monks ought to obtain only such material favours from householders.
Kurari in tamizh – If one leaves attachment, one gets peace of mind. The creature had a piece of meat in its hands and other birds started fighting with the kurari for the piece of meat. Once the kurari left the piece of meat, the birds stopped attacking it and the creature got peace of mind.
Elephant and Lion
Once my mom, started telling about lion and elephant after we switched off lights to sleep, when I questioned about Ganesha having elephant head. She told me that elephant was the true king of jungle for it was large, never hurt other creatures while the lion roared and ate smaller creatures for its food.
Ramayana
My mother is my nature earth and father is universe. How simple is Ramayana after realizing this simple truth. Sometimes, i wonder why did i spend 12 lakhs for a 2 year PGP management course in iimb. I could have just listened to mom and got married first instead of pursuing only career neglecting my health and family.
Draupadi in Mahabharatha
Draupadi in Ramayana was the most efficient lady manager. When she reports Stree dharma to Sathyabama. Work life management, maternity, caring for mother-in-law, managing 5 husbands (pancha bhoothas), managing so many workers, dasis (giving what they need to get what she wants), managing and controlling expenses of Pandavas to maximize profit, what not duties, all this with a loving smile and without any stress. She was the pativrata of the highest kind. Can Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Carly Fiorina, Indira Nooyi, Margaret Thatcher (comes close), Indira Gandhi or any other woman leader come anywhere near Draupadi?
Snake
I have always been fascinated by snakes and recently i was surprised to learn that my sister's nature was snake. How true :-) Snakes tread gently on earth, not hurting anyone in that process. She just senses other's desires and gives them what they want their asking, be it bed for vishnu, protection from rain for krishna etc.
I respected snakes intelligence, but was agonized with cockroaches and lesser intelligent biting creatures. What management lessons can i learn from these creatures? - i have to keep away from them and create an environment where they won't harm my near and dear ones.
Water – cleansing every sin, service – to remove man’s sins
Moths – desires are the reason for destruction – for they go towards the candle light and die
Python – contentment – it eats if it gets some food, else it just remains, it does not wander for food all over.
Honeybee – Without hurting the flowers, the honeybee just extracts a drop or two of honey. The sadhus, monks ought to obtain only such material favours from householders.
Kurari in tamizh – If one leaves attachment, one gets peace of mind. The creature had a piece of meat in its hands and other birds started fighting with the kurari for the piece of meat. Once the kurari left the piece of meat, the birds stopped attacking it and the creature got peace of mind.
Elephant and Lion
Once my mom, started telling about lion and elephant after we switched off lights to sleep, when I questioned about Ganesha having elephant head. She told me that elephant was the true king of jungle for it was large, never hurt other creatures while the lion roared and ate smaller creatures for its food.
Ramayana
My mother is my nature earth and father is universe. How simple is Ramayana after realizing this simple truth. Sometimes, i wonder why did i spend 12 lakhs for a 2 year PGP management course in iimb. I could have just listened to mom and got married first instead of pursuing only career neglecting my health and family.
Draupadi in Mahabharatha
Draupadi in Ramayana was the most efficient lady manager. When she reports Stree dharma to Sathyabama. Work life management, maternity, caring for mother-in-law, managing 5 husbands (pancha bhoothas), managing so many workers, dasis (giving what they need to get what she wants), managing and controlling expenses of Pandavas to maximize profit, what not duties, all this with a loving smile and without any stress. She was the pativrata of the highest kind. Can Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Carly Fiorina, Indira Nooyi, Margaret Thatcher (comes close), Indira Gandhi or any other woman leader come anywhere near Draupadi?
Snake
I have always been fascinated by snakes and recently i was surprised to learn that my sister's nature was snake. How true :-) Snakes tread gently on earth, not hurting anyone in that process. She just senses other's desires and gives them what they want their asking, be it bed for vishnu, protection from rain for krishna etc.
I respected snakes intelligence, but was agonized with cockroaches and lesser intelligent biting creatures. What management lessons can i learn from these creatures? - i have to keep away from them and create an environment where they won't harm my near and dear ones.
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