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Texts on Indian Psychology
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(2001) -- Second International Conference on Integral Psychology, Pondicherry, January 2001
(2002) -- National Conference on Yoga and Indian Approaches to Psychology, Pondicherry, September 2002
(2004) -- National Conference on Indian Psychology, Yoga and Consciousness, Pondicherry, December 2004
(2007) -- National Seminar on Indian Psychology: Theory and Models, Bangalore, December 2007


 

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1 Foundations: What is Indian Psychology?

1.1 Indian psychology as a phenomenon within science; its recent history (24)
1.2 Yoga and yogic knowledge in society, past and present (7)
1.3 Articles based on specific literary sources (7)
1.4 Philosophical foundations: the nature of consciousness (16)
1.5 Articles related to Integral Yoga (33)

2 Self, personality and their development: Who am I?

2.1 The structure of the personality; planes and parts of the being; maps (10)
2.2 The centre of identity: ego, soul and Self; realization as phenomenon (6)
2.3 Child development; Life stages; aging (1)
2.4 Human types; gunas; varnas; SQ

3 Pathways to knowledge: How do I know?

3.1 Types of knowledge; the knowledge that makes everything known (6)
3.2 How knowledge is acquired; perception, memory, intuition (3)
3.3 How knowledge can be improved; methodology (11)
3.4 Language (1)

4 The taste of life: How do I enjoy, work, love, adore?

4.1 Emotions and attitudes; rasa, bhava and Ananda
4.2 Desires and motivation; detachment and work (3)
4.3 Relations; love; devotional religion (1)
4.4 Art and aesthetics (2)

5 Yoga: How do I find the Divine and do his work in the world?

5.1 Motivation for change; aspiration; suffering (3)
5.2 Yoga and therapy compared (8)
5.3 Basic processes and methods of yoga (14)
5.4 Development over many lives; reincarnation
5.5 Higher ranges of development; realization and transformation; siddhis (2)

6 Health and healing: How can I help others, and especially those in difficulty?

6.1 Health and well-being (13)
6.2 Psychological aspects of physical illness (4)
6.3 Mental illness
6.4 Counselling; therapy (14)
6.5 Statistical & neurological studies of the effects of yoga (1)

7 Education: How can I help others to learn?

7.1 Education in general (7)
7.2 Educational practices (6)
7.3 Teacher education (4)
7.4 Special-education
7.5 Teaching of Indian psychology and yoga (7)

8 Social development: How can I make the society a better place to live and work?

8.1 Social psychology; social development (8)
8.2 Social work; community work (4)
8.3 HRD and organisational psychology (4)