May the Whole Earth Be Happy: Loka Samastat Sukhino Bhavantu
Abstract
Teachings of Vedantic philosophy, developed in India several thousand years ago, are relevant to today's world. The most renowned script, the Bhagavad Gita, can be viewed as a treatise on management action. I examine Vedantic creation myths for their approach to the creation, recursion, and closure of system; they prefigure these features in contemporary physics. I make a direct and startling comparison between the Vedantic creation model and the viable system model of current managerial cybernetics. I examine Vedic mathematics for its relevance to school teaching and to computers and consider the role of yogic meditation in management training.

