VEDIC

PSYCHOLOGY

DIVYA B
MSc Psychology
St Agnes Centre for PG and Research
 The word VEDA means
wisdom, Knowledge or vision
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Origin of the word veda

• The Rig Veda: The Book of Mantra

• The Sama Veda: The Book of Song
• The Yajur Veda: The Book of Ritual
• The Atharva Veda: The Book of Spell
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Three Basic Concepts

BODY MIND SOUL

It is designed to It can function at is able to establish a

communicate its needs, different levels. connection with the
dislikes, problems It drives our physical Divine/
through sensory body to experience, it Universal
perception. works with the brain Intelligence/God of your
and the soul and as Understanding
such determines how /Natures
the body responds. Wisdom and gain true
happiness in life.
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Type of energy manifested in the world

i) MATTER ii) CONSCIOUSNESS

Ksetra which means Field Kshetrajna which means

the knower of the field
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Matter is manifest at three different levels:

• The level of the mind

• The level of the senses
• The level of the physical elements
(environment)
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The soul or purusha comes into contact with the physical
world of matter only indirectly, through the subtle elements
of

1. Citta (unconscious mind)

Citta is the store house of experiences.It includes Samskaras which
can be modify with every experience.

2. Buddhi (intelligence)
intelligence is the conscious mind. Manas is the subconscious
mind which works through comparison
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3. Ahankara (ego)
● It is that which gives us the feeling of an individual being, different
from everything else.
● ahankara refers to ego identification which can get into contaction
with cosmic intelligence(higher form of consciousness).
● Ahankara is the root cause of self-awareness. (attachment and
detachment)
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• Prana is energy carried through life air.

• The soul can infuse consciousness into citta through
prana.
• consciousness is actually everywhere and pervades
everything.
• This world is a combination of kshetra and
kshetrajna, and purusha and prakriti.
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Western Psychology V/S Eastern Psychology

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References

• https://www.jiva.org/vedic-psychology/
• http://www.arogyayurvedichealth.com/vedic_psychology
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