In the Ramayana Rama gives advice for leaders. I go through that list & see if his advice is still relevant in this 2 part video series. Live 10.7.2023.

0:00 – Intro to discussing Lord Rama's advice on how rulers should lead as based on Vedic principles, Valmiki's "Ramayana" Book 2 Chapter 100
2:33 – Sharing my new mystery novel "Soundtrack for a Murder in Maine" available on my website aaronjoyauthor.weebly.com
4:55 – Is Rama's advice good or have they been proven wrong, is Rama's good advice being done today
7:45 – Reading verses 37-39, misjudging enemies, unintelligent materialistic advisors
10:50 – Reading verses 40-48, supporting agriculture & farms, socialism
15:05 – Reading verse 49, Vedic/Hindu traditional view of women (To clarify: when I say "women going off to work" I meant women going off to an office job, or travelling for work away from the home, or working overtime at a job, etc., not women just doing work outside the home which they have always done; also it should be noted that today a woman might find herself in a job surrounded by all men, such on a construction site, and this is very different than the traditional role of a woman doing laundry with other women.)
18:18 – Reading verses 50-55, press conferences, disrespect by government staff, functioning government
22:15 – Reading verses 56-59, fair justice, false accusations, Trump guilt determined by media not from court rulings vis a vis public opinion as law
28:34 – Reading verses 60-64, respect to elderly & children, materialistic interests disrupting virtue
32:20 – Reading verses 65-67, avoiding 14 failings of leaders
35:50 – Reading verses 68-70, avoiding 10 evils of leaders
42:27 – Reading verses 71-76, virtuous leadership
44:01 – Ancient Vedic wisdom is still relevant to modern society

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