Co-founder of Infosys, a very successful and respected business leader N. R. Narayana Murthy asked a spiritual leader Dalai Lama, a question about success in one of the NDTV programs. He asked how does Dalai lama defines success. Answer was that a man who fights always just for selfish reasons and gets success isn’t happy in the end, however who gets success with harmony is happy in the end.
Above question caught my eye because it was bridging the gap between business and spirituality. Success in worldly terms may be quite different from success in spiritual terms, and what happens when we combine them was immediate question in my mind.
On one hand, we have examples of one ignoring the other and becoming successful (top dog Vs renunciate), on the other hand we have examples of one turning the other and becoming successful.
While Buddha is a real life example, a best seller “A Monk who sold his safari” by Robin Sharma gives an imaginary example of top dog turning a renunciate. A month ago I read about a successful business man in USA who lived a near renunciate life in India for more than a decade and later became successful in energy drinks market. However, renunciate to top dog examples are not so easy to find or not always on the top of mind.
Most of the business organizations pay less attention to spirituality, and most of the spiritual organization(or teachers) pay less attention to worldly success. However business organizations pay good attention to their core values and spirituality organizations run their business successfully …
When I tell my mom to not pay attention to worldly matters, she tells me that everything is important till we be live “Jab tak jindagi hai tab tak sabhee kuchh chahiye Beta” and I agree with her. I couldn’t agree more with one of my friend, who told that assimilate and cherish every single moment of her life is success for her.
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