For those who don't have the patience to watch the whole video..enjoy the jist below.....
On new leadership
leadership has to be on many tiers of society. .generally in
Asia particularly in India ..if a good leader comes up instead of reinforcing
his position they worship..
building leadership in all tiers of society is a very important aspect if we really
want to grab the economic possibility in front of us…
for me the economic possibility doesn’t mean soaring stock
markets or limousines on the street..for me what it means is there are 400
million people that have not eaten well..yet..they will get to eat well, there
will be food on their plate..
On Economy &
Spiritual movements
i wouldnt use the word like greed..because once you've
chosen market economy..
there is no such thing as greed..'cos thats the driving
force..
its no more a dirty word..
as long as somebody is earning by legitimate means ..paying
his taxes he drives a gold plated rolls royce
its not your business..that is the mode of economy we've
chosen..is it right or wrong..this is not the time to ask the question..
'cos we've already made the choice..of market driven economy
this is not the time to ask..
once you ask that question you are going into socialistic
mode..which has not worked for some reason..for whatever reason..
On what Spiritual
Movements do
to activate that natural, intrinsic need within a human
being to share..that is where the
spiritual movements and other things come into place...
you cannot do it through the economic system..economic
system is designed to drive and grow..
so for a human being to decide..see everybody wants to
share..the Q is only what is his identity..
if he is identified only with his family..he shares only
with his family..
if he is identified with his community he shares with
community
if he is identified with the nation he shares with the
nation..
if he is identified with the whole humanity he shares with
the whole humanity..
so enlarging that
identity in a human being is the work of the spiritual movements..
so if an individual person's identity is enlarged to the
whole humanity and to all life in this planet naturally he will share...
On differences
so we are always looking at cultural differences with a
certain apprehension..because there is a history of people identifying every
difference as a discriminatory process..
yes that is the bane of democracy..you dont always get to do
the wisest thing..
you tend to do what is popular..for which we always pay a
price..
On individual
responsibility
ultimately as human actions or human thought or human
emotions come ..it is only individual responsibility..which can permeate into
the social action...
the more important your position becomes in the world, now
when you have the power to impact millions of people..now every thought you
generate, every emotion you generate, every word you utter, every action you
perform becomes of profound importance..
if you are an ant you can walk upon everyone..if you become
an elephant then you have to walk carefully..so as you get into positions of
power and responsibility your individual responsibility becomes of paramount
importance..
On spiritual and
religious process
in a spiritual process you refer to yourself as a seeker ..
you become a seeker as you realize you do not know..
when you identify yourself with a religious process you
refer to yourself as a believer..whatever you do not know you believe..
