Introduction to Vedic PsychologyHanumatpresaka Swami

(Professor Huber Hutchin Robinson)

University ComplutenseMadrid7 May 2008

1.Contrast with Western Psychology.

2.Basic Ontology

3.Basic Practices

Contrast with Western Psychology• Oxford English Dictionary – Psyche &

Persona.• St. Thomas Aquinas – Kiss God.

Basic OntologyBhagavad Gita 7.4

Subtle• Narcissistic Ego (Ahankara)• Sub-conscious (Buddhi)• Thoughts (Manas)

Gross• Space (Kham)• Touch (Vayu)• Sight (Analo)• Taste (Apo)• Smell (Bhumir)

Basic Practices

Japa – Rosary

Kirtana – Group Meditation

Basic Practices

Japa – Rosary

Basic Practices

Japa – Rosary

Basic Practices

Kirtana – Group Meditation

Basic Practices

Kirtana – Group Meditation

Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna,

Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare

Hare Rama, Hare Rama,

Rama Rama, Hare Hare

Carl JungAnalytical Psychology-Its Theory and PracticeThe Tavistock Lectures, 1935

E. T. HallThe Hidden Dimension, 1992

Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta SwamiNectar of Instruction, 1975