Bhagavadgita and psychotherapy.
This paper attempts to summarize the main postulates of Bhagavadgita, a sacred book of Hindus, with reference to their implications in psychotherapeutic context in the Indian sociocultural set up. The Bhagavadgita's concept of a mentally healthy person is discussed and finally the relevance of the Bhagavadgita's teaching to current psychological medicine is explained.
Department of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, 560029, India.
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JP
Balodhi
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Keshavan