The main defect of hardcore capitalism is its more or less exclusive emphasis on the economic motive and financial indicators like GDP as the measure of human development. And the result is a society and culture which tends to convert every human activity, including those activities which express higher values like education, art or even spirituality, into a business with a commercial motive.
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After the financial meltdown in US many thinking minds in economics and business are beginning to recognise the limitations of traditional capitalism and trying to give a new direction to capitalistic thought and practice. This article presents a brief summary of this rethinking of capitalism.
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The previous article in this issue discusses briefly the emerging perspective on capitalism and its message for the future. The Indian social synthesis may perhaps provide a more holistic vision for restructuring capitalism. This article examines this ancient synthesis and its implications for reinventing capitalism.
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A holistic vision for incorporating higher values of the Indian synthesis into capitalism in the light of an evolutionary perspective.
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“Yoga is skill in action,” says Bhagavat Gita, the well-known Indian Scripture. But this famous verse is mostly interpreted to mean professional dexterity in action. If this is the real meaning of the verse then everyoneRead More…
Selflessness is not just saintliness without any pragmatic result; it is the highest form of pragmatism which builds inner power and strength of character, which in turn can lead to success in outer life. But theRead More…
In this talk delivered in London, a famous Indian Yogi brings out the inner foundations of creative action. I have been asked to say something about the practical position of the Vedanta philosophy. As I haveRead More…
Man embodied in the natural world cannot cease from action, not for a moment, not for a second; his very existence here is an action; the whole universe is an act of God, mere living evenRead More…
“Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open? Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking? The entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you.” – Jalāl ad-Dīn Rūmī “To take on debtRead More…
(The key to effective use of money lies in right giving and proper circulation with an intuitive understanding of the rhythms of the vital force behind it.) Homepage intro: how to use money in the rightRead More…
(On the occasion of India’s Independence day on 15th August) There is almost a consensus among modern intelligentsia that secularism, as it was conceived and practiced in the West, is the best ideology for democratic governance.Read More…
A Synopsis of Sri Aurobindo’s Major Works M.S.Srinivasan Sri Aurobindo is a versatile spiritual genius, who is not only a Master-Yogi with profound spiritual realizations, but also a great scholar and thinker who wrote extensively onRead More…
