Spirituality and Indian psychology: lessons from the Bhagavad-Gita

With the emergence of positive psychology in the West, and the many fold discovery of the impact of psychology in one’s life, there is a need to understandspirituality, and to use its positive aspects to maintain a balance in hecticmodern life. This book presents models for mapping basic psychological processes and their relationships. It covers basic constructs like cognition, emotion, behavior, desires, creativity, as well as applied topics like personal happiness, intercultural conflict handling, and world peace. Presents the indigenous psychological perspective with focused descriptionfrom one particular indigenous perspective. Bridges the indigenous perspective with the cross-cultural and western psychological perspectives. Provides accessible models of religious understanding not only for practitioners but also for researchers.

• ISBN: 978-1-4419-8109-7
• Editorial: Springer New York
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 219
• Fecha Publicación: 29/03/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés