Lord Ram and his entire team are proven examples of ideal leadership and that is why the Lord succeeded in establishing an Ideal Welfare state called Ramrajya. Lord ram gives entire credit for his success to his subjects  and his dedicated and selflessly committed teammates. Earlier the traditional concepts taught in management schools for success was Power Leadership – but in the modern approach as of now – the entire tenets of successful leadership  have changed. There is a paradigm shift from Power Leadership to Servant Leadership in the 21st century and the roots of this are deeply embedded in Shri RCM which has in 2024 been declared as an important scripture of World Heritage by UNESCO.

Lord Ram and his team members are exemplary luminaries which personify servant leadership called सेवक नेतृत्व in Hindi. The transformation in the mindset of subjects of the nation is a rare feat achieved by Shri Ram not miraculously but by sheer human endeavor.

Lord Ram profitably used the period of 14 years of banishment as an opportunity to reach the weak and down trodden section of society living in forests. He resolved their problems of victimization, tyranny and oppressiveness by his valour and bravery. He bridged the differences existing in society, not by sitting on the throne but living amongst them as one of his very own.

On the other hand, his sibling Shri Bharat conducted the administration of Ayodhya living in a hermitage at Nandigram while having the DIVINE PADUKAS – sandals of lord Ram saddled on the throne, a rare example of servant leadership, indicating that even with supreme power, when one devours ego and doership, one can achieve the highest.

There are many more examples of Hanumanji also in this context. Lord Ram with his associates succeeded in dispelling the fears, sorrows and woes of all the subjects of Ayodhya. That is why even today Lord Ram reigns in the hearts of all as their ideal leader.

If we look at nature, even a tree can serve as a strong inspiration. The tree which stands on mother earth has to continuously face the changing weather – scorching sunlight, tormenting rainfall and wind storms – and only that tree which is deeply connected with its roots to the strata is able to face it all. Those who are not grounded well to the support system, will get unrooted.

Identically for human beings, it is survival of the fittest. The inner strength that we need to face the challenges of life can be drawn from our texts of wisdom and knowledge, our timeless invaluable scriptures of Sanatan Dharma. The Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas are a treatise encyclopaedia of successful living which serve as a guiding light to a seeker who has to walk his path to success.

Lord Ram and Lord Krishna manifested on the stage of Earth and in their mega drama, they accepted all the challenges facing mankind and the solutions they offered are time tested, eternal, concretized in the form of Shri Ramayana or Shrimad Bhagawad Gita.

One can only imagine the trials and tribulations of Lord Ram was confronted with when he was banished form the kingdom – born with a silver spoon and raised with palatial luxuries, when he had to leave the kingdom, knowing fully well that the path he has to tread now is a bed of thorns, still Lord Rama accepted the banishment as a boon, as an upgradation from Prince-Heir to a full-fledged King of the Forests.

It is only with a virtuous and a moral duty bound outlook and empathy towards all that one can build up that inner strength which helps any seeker to with stand the challenges of life. We as Indians are fortunate to have inherited this rich legacy of Sanatan Dharma which teaches us to walk with determination on the path of righteousness to achieve permanent success.

It is very normal for every ego-centric person to experience pride in moments of success and defection in case of failures. Digesting setbacks and failures is not so difficult, the biggest challenge is assimilating your success. The reason being success becomes an intoxicant, and when you are drowned in roaring success you lose your sense of discrimination and your equilibrium. And this could bring about your downfall.

As you rise to reach the heights of success, it being an uphill task, one needs to be careful to not loose balance. If you are not vigilant and slip down, it could not only bring your downfall but also be fatal.

Secondly man is a social animal, he cannot live in solitude. He lives in a society and performs his duty towards family, society, contributing not only to society but also drawing strength from it. As a conscious member of the family, as a unit of society and nation, he as a building block gets support from his near and dear ones, whether rit is moral, psychological, mental, physical, emptional, financial.

Living in the framework of family, as one progresses in life, one should not forget the contribution of these who were an integral part of his success story.

Our glorious Sanatana Dharma teaches us the norm of GRATITUDE also called कृतज्ञता. This is the core value of a stable and strong family, society and nation – Sanatan teaches us to live in awareness of the whole planet of Earth as one family. Hence we owe gratitude to our parents whi have given us birth, our teachers and Gurus who guided us in our success, our colleagues, siblings and subordinates who put their faith in us, the environment and the UNSEEN FORCES, from whom we draw energy, directly or indirectly.

When we live in this consciousness with a wide outlook and empathy towards all, our sense of ego automatically gets diluted. Our Gurudev used to say that cut off the head of capital I and replace it with a small “dot”. Only with this realisation can we stay humbly grounded, happy and keep growing, evolving.

Man was made in the image of God. Our true nature according to the Eternal Sanatan Dharm is Sat-Chit-Anand. Every living, sentient, being is a miniscule particle of the whole. The particle also has the same attributes as the Whole!. The infinite, all powerful eternal. Omniscient, source of energy also referred to as Brahman, consciousness, Divine powerhouse of Energy.

Unfortunately today, the infinite potential lying within us is untapped and so henceforth we get stressed and disturbed. Realisation of our true self will resolve all the problems.

The easiest and simplest sure shot key to the problem is “PRAYER” – Prayer is an endeavour to consciously align ourselves with the Eternal power or Godhead. And chanting the name of the Lord helps in the merger. One of the most powerful gadget, the mobile phone, also needs to be charged to function efficiently, our energies also get continuously dissipated performing worldy activities.  Besides the external physical material sources of energy, which are finite and need to be renewed and replenished again and again, there is also a metaphysical source of energy , which being invisible is not perceivable by the sense organs.

Here comes the play of the greatest virtue “FAITH” which has a key role in propelling all actions. FAITH in worldly relations is a strength providing BINDER, which helps in building amicable relations. And FAITH is the foundation of all prayers, and also the best conductor of all vibrations generated during the prayer.

Our glorious Sanatana Dharma teaches us the norm of GRATITUDE also called कृतज्ञता. This is the core value of a stable and strong family, society and nation – Sanatan teaches us to live in awareness of the whole planet of Earth as one family. Hence we owe gratitude to our parents whi have given us birth, our teachers and Gurus who guided us in our success, our colleagues, siblings and subordinates who put their faith in us, the environment and the UNSEEN FORCES, from whom we draw energy, directly or indirectly.

We can see the super performer and the benchmark of all excellence – Shri Hanumanji – achieving the impossible tasks conferred upon him by Lord Ram, with complete faith and conviction. This is how Shri Hanumanji maintains his cool and remains unruffled even when Ravan announces his death sentence.

One cannot imagine the amount of energy one can derive by Prayer and it is the simplest means to be connected to the Power House – the ETERNAL store house of energy,. So I beseech the Gen Z to cultivate a habit of spending at least 24 mins in your day of 24 hrs with your eternal father with an offering of thanksgiving and gratitude.