Chanakya Neeti --learnings
By ravisivan
@ravisivan (14079)
India
March 11, 2012 11:22am CST
I came across "Great Thoughts of Chanakya " -- an intelligent politician, guruji, writer who lived thousands of years ago during Maurya rule in India.
1. Education is the best friend. an education person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and youth.
2. A man is great by deed and not by birth.
3. God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.
4. Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions -- why am I doing it, What the results might be and will I be successful. Only when you thank deeply and find satisfactory answers to the questions, go ahead.
Have you come across any such interesting learnings. please share. Great man Chanakya.
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5 responses
@rajeev075 (1961)
• India
11 Mar 12
Chanakya was a great teacher guru, his knowledge was fast and his policy about the economy and the kindom was abolsute. he was a brillinat minded person. He surely was great person.
He taught great path to Chandragupta to build such a great kindom of that era. He not only make people of magadha to live in peace and freedom also he help chandragupta to insure he rule the INDIA. I didn't need to explain history what he do but he did things good what make the patliputra a great kindom.
Thanks for sharing the our rich history here on mylot
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
12 Mar 12
rajeev: thanks for your response being the first. You are a student. that is why you are able to appreciate Chanakya the great personality.
His knowledge was vast and made Maurya a great kingdom for which Pataliputra was the capital. (present Patna)
@shibham (16977)
• India
24 Mar 12
Hello sir...
Chankya is being my best ideal ever and his philosophy always attracts me. He had all fruitful and beneficial advices for mankind.
Well, i am not supportive with one of his philosophy where the sloka was like this one......
[u]nadinaancho nakhinaancho sringinaancho astradhaareshu
Biswasho Naiva kartyabya streesu raajkulesuswa [/u] (may not be proper) where he had said not to believe river, animals having nails, animals having horns, men holding weapons, women and servicemen from an emperor. why women? just cant understand.
Have a nice time.
@SHAMRACK (8576)
• India
23 Mar 12
Dear friend,
Wished those thoughs of Chanakaya could have still been used in our schools rather using the colonial rulers leftouts. A great intelligent man's abilities and teachings should have been taught in our schools, rather just closing the matter with few lines in those text books that contrains much of foreign history.
@Rick1950 (1575)
• Lima, Peru
13 Mar 12
Hi Sivan. Actually I didn't know about Chanakya, but I've read that he was a wise and great man in India. In the west he will compared with Machiavello, may be because he has been a great political counselor. It's good that he has left some books where we can read his thoughts and works.
It's a pleasure to read thoughts which has been written by people who can give us wisdom for life.
@arunsathiyan2 (7)
• India
15 Mar 12
Chanakya is the author of 'ARTHA SASHTRA". His other name is "KAUDILYA". He was the man who stands behing the foundation of Maurya dynasty. In his book Artha Sashtra, he revealed the duties and responsibilities of each and everyone who lives in the country such as king, minister, soldier,common people, purohidas, teacher, merchant, ... etc. He was the RAJA GURU for the MAURYA KINGS. Moreover his book gives information about good administration, revenue, military, society, etc... His book is a must readable one to all Indian politicians.
