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"You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions. Never consider yourself to be the cause of the resu
by tardismechanic 6y ago
"You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions. Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities, nor be attached to inaction."
Possibly the most famous verse (2-47) from the Bhagavad Gita.
https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/2/verse/47 https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/2/verse/47
- tempodox 6y agoThat's exactly what every corporation would tell their employees.
- booleandilemma 6y agoSeems like real slave morality to me. Also, that kind of attitude could be used to convince people to do some horrible things: Tasked with executing a political dissident? No problem! Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities.
- pkd 6y agoIt doesn't translate very well to English. The word for "duty" has way more weight attached to it. It's things you ought to do from a sense of righteousness, not things prescribed to you by some random corporation.