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. The major part of ancient Indian scriptures (Hindu, Buddhist and Jain) emphasise self-realization, samadhi or nirvana. After 1960
Meditation
Positive
Psychology
Positive psychology and Indian psychology are birds of the same feather
Area of research
Training
depth perception,
At Harvard University with
psychophysics, and attention Hugo Munsterberg, a
student of William Wundt.
Psychoanalysis: concept of
Sigmund Freud
repression
Indian Psychoanalytic Society
(1922) (affiliated with the
International Psychoanalytic
Society)
G. S. Bose
Relevance of IP
Psychology in India has remained dissociated from its own vast
Indian Psychology
Indian Psychology (IP) has its roots in the diverse traditions
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Third, with India emerging as a major economic power in the world, there
is a renewed interest in Indian thought systems, values and practices, as
well as in the strength and resilience of Indian society. The number of
courses taught in American and European universities on Indian culture,
philosophy, spirituality, art and music has increased significantly.
Sufi etc.)
The hallmark of the Indian perspective is inner-directedness and spirituality.
The Indian philosopher Sri Aurobindo believed that true happiness lies in
finding and maintenance of a natural harmony of spirit, mind and body.
---We get it through yogic & Meditation exercises
Ayurvedic therapy aims at correcting the doshas or the imbalances and
derangements of the bodily humours (namely, vata or bodily air, pitta or bile and
kapha or phlegm) and restoring equilibrium.
The Gita; a guna indicates a specific behavior style.
The goal of such training is to nurture a balanced personality, which primarily
involves satvik, rajasic and tamsik gunas or qualities.
Rajas: rajas is of
attraction, longing and
attachment and strongly
binds us to the fruits of
our work.
Tamas: Tamas manifests
from ignorance and
deludes all beings from
their spiritual truths.
Sattva is a
state of
harmony,
balance, joy
and
intelligence
State of
energy, action,
change and
movement
Darkness,
Inertia,
Inactivity
Materiality
Misra
et
al.,200
0
Sattva
Rajas
Tamas
Austerity, wisdom
determination, dutifulness
perseverance, freedom
from fear, pride and
anger; truth,
righteousness consistency,
non-violence, steadiness,
love for knowledge
Passion, wrath
(rage), lust, anger,
greed, desires thirst
for power and
wealth, deceit,
insolence
(disrespect),
ignorance conceit
(arrogance)
Distortion, delusion
indolence (laziness),
despondency
(hopelessness)
procrastination,
confusion, ignorance,
sleep, dullness, inertia
negligence
Wolf,
1998
Cleanliness, truth
discipline, mental
equilibrium,
determination
detachment, etc.
Nature of Gunas
Positive Psychology is the study of Sattva guna, making use of Rajas guna and managing
kama
Desire
ahaAmKar
a
Egotism
Metaphysical Self
Psychological Self
Physical Self
Social Self
No(Path
1)
Choice of
Spiritual
Paths
jnan yoga
dhyanyoga
Bhakti yoya
krodha
Anger
Lobha
Greed
Karam
yoga
YES
(Path2)
Sakkaya-ditthi
(belief in an
individual self) the mistaken belief
in the existence of
a person to whom
belong the five
aggregates
Craving and
aversion also
have their roots
in this illusion
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Methodology
Demographic data of Indian population
Male
Female
Literacy rate
74.04%
82.14 %
65.46%
Urban vs.
Rural
31.16% 68.84 %
Misra (1990) pointed out that rural and urban India constitute two largely
independent subsystems that require separate tools for data collection
and separate parameters for analysis and understanding. One can't
understand the rural by applying the principles and parameters derived from
the urban samples
Methods
First person & Second person: Methods in Indian perspective
Cultural orientations
Sitting rather too comfortably in the pigeon holes of the University
Individual`
s well
being
We Explored .
Singh Kamlesh, Jain Anjali & Singh Dalbir (2013)
Satsang: A culture specific effective practice for wellbeing. In Positive Nations and Communities - Collective,
Qualitative and Cultural-Sensative Processes in Positive
Psychology (Edited by Helena Agueda Marujo& Luis
Miguel Neto), pp. 79-100, Springer Pub., Netherlands.