Subhashini Durai “The Concept of Consciousness Explored before 2000 years ago"
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 Published On May 27, 2021

Subhashini Durai participated in the International Conference on Consciousness-Based Leadership and Management, May 21-23, 2021 Hosted by Maharishi International University - College of Business Administration and Cosponsored by the Academy of Management (AOM) / Management, Spirituality & Religion (MSR)
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Session 11: Research Papers: Philosophies of Oneness and Flourishing

Speaker 4: Subhashini Durai “The Concept of Consciousness Explored before 2000 years ago: An Analysis from Thirukural, a Tamil Literature"

Paper Abstract:
This paper presents how consciousness is an important quality of human being especially to a leader. Thirukural is one of the most prominent literary works in Tamil, known for its excellent and timeless elucidation of ways and values of life. It is considered as one of the greatest works on ethics and morality and it is known for its universality and secular nature. The text has been dated variously from 300 BCE to 5th century CE. The traditional accounts describe it as the last work of the third Sangam, but linguistic analysis suggests a later date of 450 to 500 CE and that it was composed after the Sangam period. It states that the darkness of ignorance will vanish and true happiness will result for those who have realized the taintless Truth, being freed of delusion. The same concept can be related to the leadership quality. If a leader is based on the quality of consciousness, then he is will be a person who is very transparent and having knowledge on what is truth. This impacts him in taking right decisions without any dilemma. The real happiness and success of a great leader is on understanding the truth that is to differentiate the favorable and unfavorable situations that exist in an organization. Only if there is consciousness in a leader, he or she can able to assess the situation and can take the most suitable decisions for any situations. This paper also discusses some other sacred verses from ‘Thirukural’ which emphasis the importance of attainment of conciseness among leaders

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