Yoga of Work: Conversations with Sri Krishna

person’s choice of work and attitude to work is influenced by two forces, external rewards and inner fulfillment. To be a complete person, one needs to create a harmony between these two forces. This requires careful consideration of some very critical factors-material as well spiritual. The book 'Yoga of Work' identifies these factors and discusses them in a conversational style. The objective is to inform and inspire the reader to formulate a personalized philosophy of work. Yoga of work quotes extensively form the Bhagavad Gita, and evaluates it’s teachings against the works and lives of great thinkers and leaders. It starts with a young girl successful management consultant- an imaginery Navin Yogi in search of a guru to enlighten him on the root cause of work-related stress. The author recommends Sri Krishna. Navin is taken a back. because he fails to recognize Sri Krihsna as a symbol of one’s inner voice. After some discussion Navin becomes interested. He prepares himself in advance by studying the Author’s Selctions from Bhagavad Gita and the empowering insights gained from these selctions. Navin’s conversations with Sri Krishna take place in the form of three questions answer sessions on Wisdom, Worship and Work. The conversations are informal and wide ranging. They contain around seven dozen references. These include philosophers like Socrates, Sri Sankara, and Sri Aurobindo, psychologists like Freud, Jung and Maslow, scientists like J,C.Bose, Einstein and Oppenheimer, management theorists like McGregor, Colins and Ghosal and Business leaders like Alfred Nobel and Dhirubhai Ambani Conversations with Sri Krishna leads to 'Reflections' on a few contemporary issues: freedom and fate in work, values at workplace and benefits of meditation. The book ends with a three word recommendation for work to be both purposeful and peaceful