TOTAL QUALITY

WITH MAHARISHI’S VEDIC

PERSPECTIVES
By RAVI SUBRAMANIAM
OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENTATION

TOTALITY - MEANS
“PURNAMADAH PURNAMIDAM PURNAAT
PURNAMUDACHYATE
PURNASYA PURNAAMADAYA
PURNAMEVA VASHISHYATE.”
(KENA UPANISHAD 5.11)
THAT IS FULL, THIS IS FULL, FROM FULLNESS,FULLNESS COMES
OUT, TAKING FULLNESS FROM FULLNESS, WHAT REMAINS IS
FULLNESS.
 WHOLISTIC VIEW FOR TQ
“Peoples at all levels are the essence of an organization and their full
involvement enables their abilities to be used for the organizations
benefit”. – ISO 9000 – 2000 principles(Page.no.131)
“The 3-in-1 step of WHOLENESS structure –
WHOLENESS in Action being the nature of
UNITY, and UNITY being the basis of
DIVERSITY”.(Wholeness on the move,
Page.no.97)
(SAMHITHA of RISHI, DEVATHA, CHANDAS)
 Maharishi’s Master
Management
Starts with Individual leaders attaining self referral consciousness

TQ FLOW (Leaders)
Leaders

SELF Referral

Expansion of Transcendental
consciousness Become self aware, perfect and wholistic
(Internally and Externally) in Nature and creates coherence in society
 Maharishi’s Master management –
(contd)
•“
Quality is the result of a carefully constructed cultural
” Philips Crosby.
• Maharishi’s TQ starts from Individual realizing
unity in diversity.
• “WHOLENESS” Is the Self – referral consciousness
Expressed as following
“SAHAJAM KARMA KAUNTEYA” Bhagavad-Gita
18:48.
(Perform action from the natural state of
consciousness – perform action from that level of
consciousness where consciousness is in its
simplest state.)
 Leadership for TQ
FIVE CORE SKILLS MAHARISHI’S TQ

VISION BROAD COMPREHENSION

AND ABILITY TO FOCUS
EMPOWERMENT SHARPLY
NOURISH AND HELP OTHERS
TO SUCCEED
INTUITION YOGASTHAH KURU
KARMANI (Gita2.48)

(Established in being perform action)

SELF-UNDERSTANDING SWARUPE AVASTHANAM( YOGA
SUTRA1.3)

(The observer is established in

VALUE CONGRUENCE MANAGERS
himself) ARE TEACHERS AND
GUIDERS TO LEAD OTHERS INTO
ULTIMATE FULLFILLMENT.
INDIVIDUAL ATTAINMENT FOR PURIFICATION

• BHAGAWAN LORD KRISHNA HAS

Elaborated in BHAGVAD GITA
• “JNANA yoga – KNOWLEDGE
• BHAKTI yoga– DEVOTION(DISCIPLINE
OR ORDER)
• KARMA yoga – DUTY OR ACTION”
ARE THE CHIEF WAY TO GET PURIFIED
IN THE INDIVIDUAL LIFE. (Quality)
 Essentials of JNANA
(knowledge)
• Knowledge about products, internal and
external issues.
• Knowledge has to be in both subjective
and objective means of gaining. (Saguna
Brahma and Nirguna Brahma)
• Knowledge is structured in consciousness
(Pragya – consciousness) Yatha pragya;
tatah cinthah, Yatha cinthah; Tatah
buddhi.
Broader classification of Knowledge
(Maharishi's)

• NYAYA – Analysis of correctness of the procedure of gaining

knowledge.(Data analysis, Statistical process control)
• VAISHESHIKA – Sets Criteria to differentiate the object from
others.(Critical to quality, quality factors)
• SANKHYA – Understanding different components of the
object.(process approach)
• YOGA – Direct cognition of the
object.(Experimentation,design, re-engineering)
• KARMA MIMANSA – Modes of activity and of its components
(procedure, lean thinking)
• VEDANTA - Ultimate reality of object, which underlies all its
different phases, is absolute in nature. (TQ of the
organization)
(“The Six Systems of Indian philosophy”, Maharishi Mahesh yogi on
“Bhagavad-Gita” – Page 472)
 Jnana(knowledge) is the basis of
action
• “It is not enough to do your best; you must know
what to do, and then do your best.” – Edward
Deming's.
• Establishing quality circles, quality association to
get the knowledge on what to do and how to do
it.
(Adi shankara’s – Sat sung –”Viveka chudamani”)
• The basis of the DMAIC starts from organizing
power of the knowledge. (The stages like
organizing, define, idea generation, knowing
process, knowing internal and external customers
etc. needs the consciousness)
 Bhakthi – Devotion or Order or
Discipline
• sreyo hi jnanam abhyasaj
jnanad dhyanam visisyate
dhyanat karma-phala-
tyagas
tyagas shantir anantaram
(“Bhagavad Gita” Dhayna
yoga 12: verse 12)
• Knowledge indeed better
than practice, meditation
better than knowledge,
renunciation is better than
meditation and peace
immediately follows
renunciation.
• abhyasa-yogena tato –
Practice the yoga of
meditation.