SPIRITUALITY AND MANAGEMENT-- SWAMI SUKHABODHANANDA, PRASANNA TRUST

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SPIRITUALITY AND MANAGEMENT

Swami Sukhabodhananda , PRASANNA TRUST, BANGALORE

AS INTERVIEWED BY PRADEEP NAMBIAR SANSKAR TV

 

Q] What is the purpose of life?

 

A] Life is an empty canvas, it is empty and meaningless. You have to give a

meaning to life. You have to achieve two purpose a] Be happy. b] Learn to make

others happy.

 

You have to work on success and you have to work on satisfaction. The goal of

life is to serve God.

 

Q] what is your greatest inspiration from the puranas?

 

A] Lord Krishna is my greatest inspiration. He was multidimensional. He was a

dancer , he was a warrior, he was a helper, he was a diplomat. He would nurture

the horses , he would be a charioteer, he was the cowherd as he was the king. He

played every role with humility. He helped people win but never shared the

booty. He would make everybody free. He was divine and yet down to earth. He was

an interface between playfulness and sincerity.

 

Q] How do we know our swadharma, nurture our unique talents?

 

A] Do what you love and love what you do. Listen to your own self . Your body

will tell you what your call is. LIKE HUNGER, LIKE THIRST, IT WILL ALSO REMIND

YOU YOUR DUTY. Mind is calm and it is also sensitive. God is dancing within our

body, mind is so filled with other thoughts that you cannot listen to the call

of your body. Listen to your own self. Silence is roaring. Mind is like a

machine anything put in is crushed . A ‘veer purusha’ can listen to his inner

voice. Listen to it and move ahead.

 

Q] what is success?

 

A] Success is getting what you like. Satisfaction is, liking what you get. The

most important component is hard work. Hard work involves strategy. The most

significant component is good blessings. If you are patient, pure, then grace

will fall

LUCK is [labor under correct knowledge], it is also when alertness meets

opportunity. You need to work SMART. Do fishing where there are fishes.

 

Q] what are failures and how does the youth overcome them?

 

A] Failures are when you don’t get what you want. Failures are bouncing pad

for success. Failure makes you humble . It makes you realize that everything is

not yours. It stops you from developing arrogance. EGO- means edging GOD out.

Look at the siddha purusha . Qualities of a successful person should be your

ladder to success. You have to have patience and perseverance.

 

Q] Is life destiny driven, what is our role?

 

A] The theory of karma. 1] Sanchit karma – bank of your past karmas. 2] Agami

karma- karma you acquire when you living. 3] prarabdh – fructified portion of

earlier karmas. My guruji gave me this example.

There is a river , a boat, a boatman and a motor. The boat is our body, river

is our previous karma, boatman is our jiva and motor is our free will or

purusharth. If the motor is not put on, the boat will travel as per the speed of

the flow of the river. But the choice is on our purusharth, the motor if it is

on , can increase the speed of our travel and it can also go against the current

of river . It is our PURUSAHRTH that can turn our PRARABDH to our favor.

Therefore at all times pray to god- “forgive me oh lord for whatever sins I

have consciously or unconsciously done”

 

 

Q] who is the best leader?

 

A] A leader should have a value of integrity. CAN’S create success. CANT’S

create failures. He should always believe that he CAN. He should have jargon’s .

he should be a team man. TEAM - [ TOGETHER EMPOWERING TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS] . He

should be able to create the best symphony out of the orchestra.

 

Q] Message to the youth?

 

A] what a little lamp can do the great sun cannot- shine in the night. Never

think you are insignificant. Learn to be happy, learn to be good, always keep on

learning. When sunlight falls on a crystal it magnifies into a thousand lights.

But when it falls on a stone there is no effect. Be a crystal so that when you

receive divine light it magnifies and reaches a thousand less fortunate souls.

 

 

 

 

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