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There has always been an inherent tension in the Vedic system between the negative and affirmative approaches, between life in the world and renunciation. The book explores the manner in which dharma and yoga hamonize the tension between the inner and the outward. The book goes on explain how Vedic management, through the concepts of dharma and yoga, encourage peace and concord through selflessness and cooperative behavior and the sacrifice of the ego, opinions ...
Hinduism is based on the Veda. The concept of Gods is stated in the Veda as the one divine who takes many forms. The Puranas state that the Gods are subordinate to the one and are there to carry out the functions of creating, preserving and destroying the world. The book elucidates the fundamental concepts as laid down in the Vedas and the Upanishads. It then goes on the describe the main Gods, Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva, as brought out by the Puranas, Mahabharata and ...
The concept of Sustainable Development was accepted by the world leaders in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The concept was vague and this is natural when an international consensus has to be achieved. It was also based implicitly on the dominant "Western" paradigm with its stress on science and technology, its stress on management of technology and the meshing of economics and ecology as the answer to the environmental crisis. Value systems were not included ...