Spirituality is now a much talked about subject. All over the world, after a long reign of heavy and soul- stifling materialism, people are seeking for a higher meaning in work and life, beyond the mundane and material aims. So religion and spirituality are coming back with the message of hope and peace. Business, which is a leading institution of our age and employs a large chunk of humanity, cannot escape from this new worldwide trend. Thus, the meeting of business and spirituality is already happening. This article examines the evolutionary significance of this meeting in the light of Sri Aurobindo's spiritual vision.
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Interview with James E. Burke, in Thomas R. Horton, eds, What Works for me (New York: Random House Business Division, 1986), 34.
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Rolf V. Ostenberg, 'A New Kind of Company with a New Kind of Thinking', in Michael Ray and Alan Rinzler, eds, The New Paradigm in Business ( New York: World Business Academy, 1993), 69.
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Stephen R. Covey , Principle-Centred Leadership ( London: Simon and Schuster, 1992), 10.
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Ibid., 212.
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Ray and Rinzler, The New Paradigm in Business (n. 2 above), 35.
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Ibid.
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Ibid., 222.
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Sri Aurobindo, Sri Aurobindo Books Centenary Library [hereafter SABCL], Vol. 1;
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Bande Mataram (Pondicherry : Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1972), 465.
Carol Sanford and Pamela Marg, 'A Work in progress AT DU Pont: The Creation of a Developmental Organisation', in Ray and Rinzler, The New Paradigm in Business (n. 2 above), 148.
