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The Three Gunas in Music

Saturday, June 13, 2009

In Chapter Fourteen of the Bhagavad-Gita, Krishna talks to Arjuna about the three gunas — Sattva, Rajas and Tamas. These gunas can be most simply described as three types of characteristics a person can adopt into his or her lifestyle. In one of my past posts, Chapter 14: Discrimination of the Three Gunas, I had [...]

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Taking a walk

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Yesterday, I was working in a room on a problem which, it seemed, didn’t want to be solved. I was at that stage in problem-solving where I had saturated myself in the problem and all the various approaches, but it was not able to click. And saturated is definitely the right word to use — I felt [...]

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In retrospect: “Karma Capitalism”

Saturday, December 6, 2008

It might be two years old, but this BusinessWeek article on “Karma Capitalism,” which I’ve just found, remains relevant. Corporate strategists of Indian descent are becoming increasingly popular, it says, and their advice, drawn from ancient texts such as the Bhagavad Gita, causes notable CEOs of Fortune 500 companies (such as Jeffrey Immelt of GE) [...]

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