The
Mahabharata teaches you to accept life as it comes and evolve independently,
authors KAVITA SHARMA and INDU RAMCHANDANI tell MONA MEHTA
Lessons
that can be learned from Mahabharata:
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The
Mahabharata teaches you to accept life as it comes and evolve independently
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To
accept life as it is and find your own way; stand on your own core qualities,
and then you evolve
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If
things are going wrong, you don’t hold on to your vows for
eternity, you have to change your tactics.
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You
have to move on as things move. ’There is no absolute good or bad. Value
judgments are only done in retrospect. You go by what is motivating
you, your desire and emotions. If it is reason, then you may be at
less risk. Once we take life as is, then we move, we don’t get paralyzed.
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Through
Krishna, you are taught to remain involved in the world, because
otherwise, the world does not move and nor do you function.
Simultaneously, step back, so you are able to see what you are
doing. Be both a participant and a witness. That is what awareness is
about.
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There’s
no such thing as a just war. So you have to find other ways to resolve
conflicts than through violence.
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To
take any decision, don’t go by what the majority or sages say, for they
could be wrong. Scriptural wisdom too may not work for you. You need to figure
things out for yourself. Cause and effect is an important teaching and
two good deeds will not nullify two bad ones.
· The Mahabharata offers no ideals but recommends acting in
enlightened self-interest. This means if I want my freedom, I must
give you yours; whatever I allow for myself, I should allow it for
others, too. Enlightened self-interest would mean that the brothers
could have acted together and kept the kingdom intact. Their vested interest
and that of all the elders at different points of time ensured that everything
got destroyed.
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