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Articles: Devotion | Between HIM and we all
- Prof. venkata ramanamurty mallajosyula
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You may now ask, “So, do you think spirituality can solve all these problems?” Our answer, is an emphatic, “Yes!” And this is not just an emotional response or off-the-hat self-pleasing optimism. We are convinced about it because if spirituality can work in the dog-eat-dog world of business, and do wonders, it can and will deliver elsewhere and everywhere. Just look at the cover story of this issue. We have stories of as many as ten executives, leaders and top businessmen, who have made spirituality their way of life and as a result have not only made great strides in their career and business, but also have travelled deep into their inner self and found tranquility. Now, they have inner peace and material prosperity. What more do you need? Actually adding to their bliss is also another facet, their spontaneous service to the community.
This happens only when man learns to broaden his vision. Spirituality is not an apron to be worn when one attends mass or a temple, or turns in the direction of Mecca to offer worship; it becomes real only when it encompasses our every thought and sphere of activity. Then, our personality blossoms, and we become invaluable assets to the community and world at large. And to understand, assimilate and be convinced about this aspect of integrating values into business and personal life, is the most important lesson that the youth of today need to learn, if the world has to change for better. To practically demonstrate to the world how this can be done, Swami set up the one-of-its-kind Sri Sathya Sai University in 1981, and just five years later, inaugurated the School of Business Management, Accounting and Finance in the Prasanthi Nilayam campus of the University.
Today it is perhaps the only Institute in the world where spirituality permeates every aspect of secular learning and daily life. “Knowledge has to be skilled, not killed,” Swami says. The management graduates of this University are among the most sought after in the industry today, even though the School has no campus placements. What difference are these students making in the corporate world? Read the experience of one of the alumnus, Sri Dayasindhu, in the Swami and Me section and you will know what makes them such unique change-makers.
What is needed today, Swami says, is a fine balance of the heart and the head. All the problems faced by mankind today have their origin in the mind - but they can be solved only through the heart. And every student of this University is trained to have this right balance directly under the care of the Divine Manager. It is to pay tribute to Bhagavan for bestowing the management course to the Institute 22 years ago in August that we are carrying our cover story on the theme of “Enlightened Leadership” this month. And of course, you will agree that it is most relevant in the present times.
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