Equipped with a deep understanding of human nature and a deeper knowledge of Vedantic tenets, A. Parthasarathy—scholar, teacher, sage—tries to make life more peaceful for all
A tall, thin man in spotless white kurta and lungi, with a long red tilak adorning his forehead, the 70-plus A. Parthasarathy is the founder of the Vedanta Cultural Foundation, a charitable trust that runs the Vedanta Academy near Mumbai, India. Hailing from a business family, Parthasarathy devoted 40 years of his life to the study and practice of Vedanta. With a multi-disciplinary academic base, he also has the style to back up his scholarship—a fact corroborated in his seminal work Vedanta Treatise.
But beneath all the erudition, Parthasarathy's message is simple: stress is an internal phenomenon. Impulses, feelings, likes and dislikes reside in the mind. And the intellect holds reason and discrimination. The body is driven by the mind and/or the intellect, and stress results when the mind overtakes the intellect.
But does this imply that there's no place for feelings? Parthasarathy points out that the idea is not to feel less, but to cultivate the intellect as the supreme guiding force behind feelings. He gives the example of not getting up early in the morning to exercise. "The mind will tell you to sleep just a little longer," says the scholar, "but the intellect guides you to rise and shine."
Parthasarathy provides no short cuts: if you want to be happy, you must begin from within. The emphasis is on vivek or listening to the voice of the intellect. Knowledge of right choice comes 'through Knowledge'. But how do you attain 'Knowledge'? One way is the study of Vedanta, part of ancient Indian scriptures, which Parthasarathy offers to teach. But the journey towards knowledge, he contends, can only begin when you become conscious of your ignorance.
Parthasarathy also conducts seminars for senior corporate professionals. When he is not on lecture tours, he is busy teaching at his Academy.
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A tall, thin man in spotless white kurta and lungi, with a long red tilak adorning his forehead, the 70-plus A. Parthasarathy is the founder of the Vedanta Cultural Foundation, a charitable trust that runs the Vedanta Academy near Mumbai, India. Hailing from a business family, Parthasarathy devoted 40 years of his life to the study and practice of Vedanta. With a multi-disciplinary academic base, he also has the style to back up his scholarship—a fact corroborated in his seminal work Vedanta Treatise.
But beneath all the erudition, Parthasarathy's message is simple: stress is an internal phenomenon. Impulses, feelings, likes and dislikes reside in the mind. And the intellect holds reason and discrimination. The body is driven by the mind and/or the intellect, and stress results when the mind overtakes the intellect.
But does this imply that there's no place for feelings? Parthasarathy points out that the idea is not to feel less, but to cultivate the intellect as the supreme guiding force behind feelings. He gives the example of not getting up early in the morning to exercise. "The mind will tell you to sleep just a little longer," says the scholar, "but the intellect guides you to rise and shine."
Parthasarathy provides no short cuts: if you want to be happy, you must begin from within. The emphasis is on vivek or listening to the voice of the intellect. Knowledge of right choice comes 'through Knowledge'. But how do you attain 'Knowledge'? One way is the study of Vedanta, part of ancient Indian scriptures, which Parthasarathy offers to teach. But the journey towards knowledge, he contends, can only begin when you become conscious of your ignorance.
Parthasarathy also conducts seminars for senior corporate professionals. When he is not on lecture tours, he is busy teaching at his Academy.
[Copy from -Life Positive]
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