Are morals and ethics declining today?
Again, that is a generalisation. What we would desire is people who are ruling, who are in significant positions to uphold values. This has an impact. If the common man fails to have values then it does not make any impact on the nation. But if a big institution or a leader does not have values, you somehow feel the nation is falling. That’s what the Ramayana says. If an individual falls, an individual falls, but if the leader falls, the kingdom falls with him. Do you feel a sense of achievement when more people come to the lectures. Is it visible in concrete terms? When the audience is in thousands I cannot evaluate. But when they come and meet me individually I know the impact has been made. That gives me joy. I feel the message has reached. There is a satisfaction. Is the Bhagavad Gita being used as a management treatise by corporates today? The approach of the Gita is psychological. It is about the mind. The whole problem of Arjuna is attitude – perspective. And that is one of the
