FINANCIAL LESSONS FROM LORD GANESHA

Hinduism is majorly a religion of symbolism and is an ardent way of life. Almost every God and Goddess symbolizes something basic to the life and those who decrypt these symbols get all the eminence and triumph in life. Lord Ganesha, the God of prosperity, wealth, wisdom and auspicious beginnings is himself a graven image of many fundamental lessons and veracities of life and if someone is able to adapt these lessons and understand the significance of these hieroglyphs he would definitely win laurels in life. In this blog we have tried to come up with some teachings that we get to learn from lord Ganesha and his stature.

Constant assiduousness

The small yet firm eyes of lord Ganesha are symbols of concentration and attention. He teaches us to keep our eyes focused on our ultimate goals and keep making constant efforts to achieve them irrespective of what difficulties we face in life. In the world of finance it has often been seen that see those who get anxious of the small hitches in the market and consequently get deviated from their desired path suffer a lot. One should plan his financial goals well in advance and should work ardently without bothering about the trivial unforeseen jerks in the market in order to achieve his set goals in the desired span of time.

Listen to every advice and use your head! 

The big head and ears of our Vighnaharta also teach us a very important and lesson in life. One must be open to any piece of advice he is getting without letting your ego intervene and then use your  head to assimilate that advice into your life. You’ll find a plethora of advices (both personal and financial) through friends, television, newspaper, magazines and even from the Facebook and Twitter! But you should use your wits and be cautious while incorporating them in your life (both personal and financial). Hence it’s upto you to subsume the best advice and incorporate it into your life. If you are able to do this you will surely succeed in life.

Have a small mouth

A small mouth (in metamorphic sense) is really important in the financial world. You must not be too vocal about your business plans and should discuss them with only the trusted ones. Besides this you should aware of the volume of gulp your mouth can take and you must not try to bit more than what you can eat. In simple words you should be calculative well aware of the extent of losses and the burden of borrowings that you can carry without straining yourself much. 

Accept what life serves you

The long trunk of the ‘Vakratuda’ teaches us to be patient and be adaptive in life. When life is being harsh on you and you are facing difficulties you must trust your capabilities and be open to adopt the changes. Your business may experience crest and trough due to market conditions and in both these situations it’s really important for you to keep calm and keep working diligently. Besides this you must also be adaptive enough to rejig your plan without being either overexcited or demotivated. 

 Digest to losses to enjoy the gains

The large stomach of the ‘Lambodhara’ teaches us to be able to digest both gains and losses. No matter how much cautions have been taken by you your business is bounds to face the lows due to involuntary market conditions and you must be ready to carry the burden of those losses. However, at the same time, you must have an adequate risk appetite and you must be calculative and aware of the amount of risk you can digest. 

Be educated

You would often see lord Ganesha accompanied with Goddess Laxmi and Saraswati the goddesses of money and education and enlightenment. And this is exactly where you should endeavour to be. Your beginnings and wealth must be supported by adequate funds and apt knowledge. 

Besides the above learnings Lord Ganesha also teaches us to be respectful to our parents and be firm and resolute in the execution at our duties. We must not step down from the responsibilities that have been endowed to us even if we have to face our own father like ‘Vinayak’ faced ‘Mahadev Lord Shiva’ while performing our responsibilities. We know that it’s beyond the human potential to fully comprehend the god but still we’ve tried our best to some basic lessons we can learn from the God. If we can adopt these in our life we can be really successful in life.