Leadership and Renunciation

Web searching for Leadership and Renunciation, I got lots of spiritual stuff. Plus commentary on Sonia Gandhi renouncing leadership.

Web searching for Burning Ones Bridges, I find lots of material advising against it. Web consensus (thanks to Google) is to leave your options open But then Google merely leads us into thinking with the majority.

The emphasis here is on what the leader renounces for himself or herself - including leadership itself. But my interest is on what the leader renounces on behalf of the group - deliberately closing down options in order to increase the focus and commitment of the group.
 

Buddhist Leadership

Ven. Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Phra Nicholas Thanissaro), Keynote Speech: Roles & Challenges of Buddhist Organizations in the Next Decade (WFBY Buddhist Youth Leadership Seminar, Dhammakaya Foundation, Thailand)

Lecture One: Three challenges face Buddhist leaders which cannot be overcome by usual leadership considerations of time, money and human resources

Lecture Two: Buddhist leaders must: have the same vision and standards as the Buddha, take responsibility and practise Buddhism for themselves, keep up communication with the rest of society, lead others to do good and train leaders to lead others to do good

 

Vaisnava-Christian Dialogue

Chaitanya Charan Das, Isn’t Renunciation a Sign of Frustration? (thespiritualscientist.com, 17 October 2013

 

Indian Politics

S Leelavathi, Price of Leadership: Emulation and Envy (India Times, undated)

 

See also Choice and Action (January 2004)