Abstract

SATWAVAJAYA CHIKITSA IN BHAGAVAT GITA

*Srinibash Sahoo, **Hemant Panigrahi and ***Suhas Kumar Shetty

Abstract

Bhagavat Gita is a spiritual book of Hindu Philosophy which was described about 4000-5000 BC. It was the conversion between Arjuna and Lord Krishna. After seeing the relatives in the battle field of Kurukshetra, Arjuna under gone anxiety, depression and decided not to go for war. To remove his anxiety, depression and up lift his mental power, Lord Krishna advised various methods of Karma yoga, Jnana yoga and Bhakti yoga which we can considered as Satwavajaya Chikitsa (Psychotherapy). Satwavajaya Chikitsa mentioned in Bhagavat Gita can be classified in the form of removing of Guilty Feelings / Negative Thoughts, Confidence Building, Bhaya Darshana, Uplifting of Satwa, Process of Controlling of Mind, Proper Diet and Habits, Codes and Conducts. Through this Satwavajaya Chikitsa (Psychotherapy) one can able to control his mind, detached mind from the Indriyavishayas, free from attachment, anger, grid etc. which leads to happy and disease free life and gets the Moksha (Salvation) the ultimate aim of life. We described the realistic application of age old sapience of the Gita to understand the efficacy of Satwavajaya Chikitsa (Psychotherapeutic interventions) for patients from Indian subcontinent and to put together value to the art of western psychotherapies. The Satwavajaya Chikitsa described in Bhagavat Gita can be considered as models and useful tools for the treatment of patients with specific mentally challenged persons.

Keywords: Bhagavat Gita, Satwavajajaya Chikitsa, Satwa, Raja, Tama.