later, a novice picked it up and it slipped from his hand and broke. What relief the Sangharaja felt. "Ah, I am free! Suffering all these years."

In business, don't you feel that sometimes a company might be holding on to something (a business unit, an asset or even a liability)

The previous Sangaraja, the Supreme Patriarch of the monastic order (of Thailand), once went on a tour of China, where someone offered him a very beautiful teacup. It was unlike anything he'd ever seen. He thought, "Oh! The people here have real faith in me, to offer me this beautiful teacup!" And as soon as the teacup was in his hand, immediately he was suffering. Where should I put it? Where is safe to keep it? He couldn't stop worrying it would break.

Before he had that teacup, he was fine. Once he had it, he wanted to show it off to the people back home in Thailand. He put it in his bag and kept telling everyone to watch out that the teacup didn't get broken. "Hey! Careful, please!" Everywhere he was watching out for it. He had nothing but suffering. Before, this suffering didn't exist, but now there was the heaviness of having the teacup.

So he boarded his plane back to Thailand. When he arrived he warned the novices, "Be careful! Don't let the teacup break! You laypeople, watch out! There's something fragile here!" This went on all the time, suffering because of attachment to the cup. Finally, one day, a long time later, a novice picked it up and it slipped from his hand and broke. What relief the Sangharaja felt. "Ah, I am free! Suffering all these years."

In business, don't you feel that sometimes a company might be holding on to something (a business unit, an asset or even a liability) w

eacup!" And as soon as the teacup was in his hand, immediately he was suffering. Where should I put it? Where is safe to keep it? He couldn't stop worrying it would break.

Before he had that teacup, he was fine. Once he had it, he wanted to show it off to the people back home in Thailand. He put it in his bag and kept telling everyone to watch out that the teacup didn't get broken. "Hey! Careful, please!" Everywhere he was watching out for it. He had nothing but suffering. Before, this suffering didn't exist, but now there was the heaviness of having the teacup.

So he boarded his plane back to Thailand. When he arrived he warned the novices, "Be careful! Don't let the teacup break! You laypeople, watch out! There's something fragile here!" This went on all the time, suffering because of attachment to the cup. Finally, one day, a long time later, a novice picked it up and it slipped from his hand and broke. What relief the Sangharaja felt. "Ah, I am free! Suffering all these years."

In business, don't you feel that sometimes a company might be holding on to something (a business unit, an asset or even a liability)

hailand. He put it in his bag and kept telling everyone to watch out that the teacup didn't get broken. "Hey! Careful, please!" Everywhere he was watching out for it. He had nothing but suffering. Before, this suffering didn't exist, but now there was the heaviness of having the teacup.

So he boarded his plane back to Thailand. When he arrived he warned the novices, "Be careful! Don't let the teacup break! You laypeople, watch out! There's something fragile here!" This went on all the time, suffering because of attachment to the cup. Finally, one day, a long time later, a novice picked it up and it slipped from his hand and broke. What relief the Sangharaja felt. "Ah, I am free! Suffering all these years."

In business, don't you feel that sometimes a company might be holding on to something (a business unit, an asset or even a liability)

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So he boarded his plane back to Thailand. When he arrived he warned the novices, "Be careful! Don't let the teacup break! You laypeople, watch out! There's something fragile here!" This went on all the time, suffering because of attachment to the cup. Finally, one day, a long time later, a novice picked it up and it slipped from his hand and broke. What relief the Sangharaja felt. "Ah, I am free! Suffering all these years."

In business, don't you feel that sometimes a company might be holding on to something (a business unit, an asset or even a liability)

later, a novice picked it up and it slipped from his hand and broke. What relief the Sangharaja felt. "Ah, I am free! Suffering all these years."

In business, don't you feel that sometimes a company might be holding on to something (a business unit, an asset or even a liability) which is loss making or even profit making all the while? (not based on any business rationale). The board of directors might fight within themselves on whether to keep or discard the business unit i.e. causing frustration and suffering to the company. If such a business item can be let go, the Company could have possibly moved on to greater heights in unity.