Panch Siddhanta (Five Principles) of Indian Ethos and Indian Management: Towards Vedanta-in-Practice

This paper presents five founding ideas of Indian ethos leading to five principles of Indian Management. These include: Oneness, Two types of human beings: Positive and Negative, Three Gunas or Qualities of Nature represented by Violent, (Vibrant and Silent energies, Four Purusharthas (Goals) of life, Panch-koshas: Five sheaths model of human personality. Paper explores implications of these five principles for 'Practical Spirituality' in individual, social and organization contexts.