MEDITATION

Paper Code: 
BPT 206 B
Credits: 
4
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • Promoting positive health and holistic wellness,

· Imparting skills to introduce Meditation  awareness for health among general public.

· To enable student to understand  the type of Meditation.

 

 

Unit I: 
Fundamentals of Meditation
  • Introduction to Meditation
  • Basic principles of meditation
  • Happiness & Meditation

 

Unit II: 
Benefits of Meditation
  • Philosophy, physiology, Medicine

 

Unit III: 
Concentration and Meditation
  • Definitions of concentration
  • The power of concentration
  • Aids of concentration
  • Patience in concentration
  • Objects for concentration
  • Benefits of concentration

 

Unit IV: 
Meditation
  • The Koshes – Our Great Human Heritage
  • The Chakra System – Centres of Unity
  • The Gunas – Steps of Evolvement

 

 

Unit V: 
Obstacles in Meditation
  • Psycho-social environment and its importance for mental health (Yama and Niyama)

 

 

References: 
  • Gheranda Samhita by Swami Niranjananada Saraswati
  •  Concentration and Meditation by swami Sivananda Saraswati

 

 

Academic Year: 
2023-24
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