PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING LESSONS FROM 24 GURUS OF UDDHAVA GÎTA

The quintessence of psychological counsel elucidated by 24 Gurus in the treasure trove of Uddhava Gīta (UG) by Śri Dattātreya, an Avadhūta (an ascetic), enunciates the path to attain the state of Psychological Well-being, also designated as Eudemonic Well-being. The primary focus of the present study is to empirically assess whether the 24 Gurus demonstrate all the six components of Psychological Well-Being like Self-Acceptance, Autonomy etc. The investigation, based on Hindu scriptures, Upaniṣads and Bhagavad Gīta, analyses how the teachings imparted by the 24 Gurus could help maintain psychological satisfaction and happiness in the mundane world. Uddhava Gīta spins around all concerns pertaining to psychological despondencies and traumas, to provide a pragmatic facet to the psychological constitution of a personified soul, leading to achievement of Self-actualization, culminating in Self-realization or Self-transcendence.