The Bhagavad Gita and the Psychology of Inner Transformation
International Journal of Creative and Open Research in Engineering and Management July 10, 2026 N R Gopal N R Gopal
The purpose of the paper is to re-interpret the Bhagavad Gita as a psychological document of an early time period, which anticipates some of the modern counseling, psychotherapeutic, emotional regulation and behavioural transformation theories. It has been proposed that Arjuna's vishada (emotional breakdown) represents some of the earliest recorded instances of emotional breakdown and that of...