Book Description

Most of our precious life is spent in material wrangling and wrestling with the ethical questions of right and wrong – which have no easy answers. This book makes an attempt to enlighten how the great Indian epic the Bhagavad-Gita illuminate our today's ethical dilemmas. Dealing with what is the right or proper course of action for man, the book seeks to answers questions, "What do we do, why do we do and how should we do?" Attempting to study right and wrong in human endeavors at a more fundamental level, it also examines the way we categorize our goals, values and methods to empower ourselves. It further seeks to answer the question, “Is the foundation of ethics based on the scriptures or on the very nature of man himself, or neither?” Ethical standards are arrived at by close examination of man's nature; value systems, his notional needs, day-to-day priorities, including his relations with others. The Bhagavad-Gita, revered as the world's oldest and most authentic scriptures, offers a very clear understanding of the people and explains human conduct very well. Drawing lessons from the Bhagavad-Gita, the book examines the role of ethics in improving performances, meeting one's demands of daily life and building one's relationships or goodwill in the society. Readers will find the analysis of Dharma vis-à-vis Power greatly exciting and insightful. It is a combination of the ethical principles and the value system, the societal and the personal, the academic and the meditative. The book shows that along with other things the Bhagavad-Gita can provide just what modern society needs. Assuming that the readers are not very familiar with scriptures, the book has taken care to explain the essence and core message of the Bhagavad-Gita in a lucid manner. Based upon the teachings, it attempts to introduce a new theory on how to acquire ethics-based power. This book is meant to benefit a learner, an ordinary man or a professional seeking solution to the existential or accomplishment problems arising out of the work-ethic dilemma. Table of Contents · Forward 11 — 13 · Introduction 15 — 23 · Appreciations 25 Section-1 1. Understanding the People 27 — 56 2. Consciousness of people and the gunas 3. Modernity afflicted people 4. The affluenza afflicted people 5. People obsessed with perfection 6. The haste of impatient people 7. Happiness and the gunas Section-2 1. Understanding the Power 57 — 84 2. Power of Knowledge and ethics 3. Power of scriptures in the context of ethics 4. Introspection for excellence and ethics 5. Spirituality and materialistic pursuits 6. The most certain to happen in life 7. Power of non-dual personality in ethics 8. Power of ethics in Yoga and Meditation 9. Power of motherhood principles and ethics 10. Power of ethical following Section-3 1. Understanding the Solution 85 — 165 2. Solving the work-ethic dilemma 3. The sattvika happiness 4. Forgiveness as a solution to feel free 5. How to practice yoga, pranayam and meditation in daily life: 6. Ethics as a solution to the danger posed by money: 7. Gita’s view on sex and moral degeneration: 8. How to grow spiritually to be ethical? 9. How to teach through ethics and values? 10. On a non-monetary educational experiment 11. Peace education as a solution 12. On solutions to various relationship problems 13. Let your heart dominate the decision-making 14. On curbing the pulls of the ego 15. Solutions to improve your memory 16. On attaining eternal balance in life? 17. How consciousness & emotions solve decision-making problems? 18. How to train emotions for ethics? 19. The index of your quality life Section-4 1. Understanding the Conclusion 166 — 170 · Index 171 — 176