AIM HIGH, THINK BIG & DO GOOD

Karma Yogi Shri KVK Raju – Part 3

Even from childhood days Shri KVK manifested spiritual learning. Perhaps it was part of heredity. He had an ardent desire to pursue spiritual values and apply them to industry.

He came in contact with Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University of Mount Abu. He was so impressed with their meditation – Raja Yoga – and other practices that he established a Centre on the Nagarjuna Hills which has become a centre of meditation.

It was Shri KVK’s dream that India should someday offer to the rest of the world management development programmes based on spirituality.

As Shri KVK firmly believed in our cultural heritage, he performed “Surya Namaskars”, one of the best of the yogic exercises of Indian origin. He also practised meditation. He chose to be a vegetarian, teetotaller and a non-smoker, and successfully persuaded many of his friends and workers to give up smoking and drinking. Shri KVK used to work till clock struck the midnight hour and start his day at 3 AM with meditation.

Whenever his colleagues went to see his, irrespective of the level, he used to get up from his seat, give them a warm hand-shake with both hands and go up to the door to see them off when they rose to leave. One could not but notice this virtue in posterity.

Once I had an opportunity to meet Group Chairman, Shri KS Raju in his office. Shri KS Raju was suffering from severe back pain and had just come to office after resting for a few days. When I entered his office, he stood up to greet me resisting the pain and agony with a smiling face. He shook hands with me and slowly sat down. Though I could notice the pain, he had a smiling face and a pleasant dialogue with me. Once our discussions were over, he once again stood up with a lot of pain to see me off. So strong was the value he imbibed from Shri KVK.

That is not all. I was a member of the Career development committee which was chaired by Shri Rahul Raju, Joint Managing Director. During one of the meetings, I was having a severe cold and cough. The conference hall was cold that aggravated my cough. Seeing me uneasy, Shri Rahul requested for switching off the A/c. After sometime it became stuffy nevertheless Shri Rahul continued the meeting for the next three hours without A/c. He suffered for three hours just to make his associate comfortable.

Whatever a great man does, it is followed by others. People go by the example set by him.

Above all KVK implicitly believed in the ideal of universal peace and religious harmony. He belonged to the true religion of humanism which cuts across all religious and sectarian differences. He felt that in the political and social context it is more important to celebrate “Knit India”.

Shri KVK’s life conveys a message to all, especially to the youth “have faith in your future and confidence in your activities. Aim High, think big- do good.

Source - Prof IV Chalapati Rao

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