Indian Psychology (100 Hours)

Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi
Core paper for 2nd year MSc Clinical Psychology

• Indian psychology (15 Hours)
• Central concepts in Indian psychology (15 Hours)
• Yoga and Holistic Health (40 Hours)
• Other Indian traditions (15 Hours)
• Transcendence and transformation (15 Hours)

Unit 1= Indian psychology

• Unsolved problems of western psychology
• Limitation of western psychology — religion and spirituality
• Nature of Indian psychology — Origins — Vedic and non-Vedic
• Methods of Indian psychology
• Relation of Indian psychology to Transpersonal psychology and Positive psychology

Unit 2 = Central concepts in Indian psychology

• Self, Consciousness, Mind, Ego, — Distinctions
• Concept of human mind and its functions — cognition, affect and conation
• Concept of personality — Triguna and Panchakosha
• Concept of motivation — Karma, Purushartha

Unit 3= Yoga and holistic health

• Introduction — consciousness — nature and stress
• Patanjali yoga Sutaras (selected verses)
• Types of yoga — paths of yoga
• Importance of yoga in physical education and sports
• Methods of yoga practices for specific stress disorder
• Therapeutic effects of Asanas
• Pranayamam and Kriya-yogic diet
• Pranic healing
• Practice and its effects on segmentation of thoughts
• Meditation-meaning — methods.

Unit 4 = Other Indian traditions

• Jainism
• Budhism
• Sufism
• Bhakti tradition

Unit 5 = Transcendence and transformation — Spiritual leaders of our times

• Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
• Swami Vivekananda
• Ramana Maharshi
• Sri Aurobindo
• Shirdi Sai Baba
• Satya Sai Baba
• Maharshi Mahesh Yogi
• Sri Rajaneesh
• Swami Chinmayananda
• Mata Amritanandamayi
• Sri Sri Ravishanker