Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 6

The Psychological aspects of Bondage in Advaita Vedanta

Research Scholar, Department of Clinical Psychology, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, India

Online published on 4 June, 2015.

Abstract

This Paper presents a comprehensive account of the state of bondage in Advaita Vedanta as a psychological condition. Bondage has a great influence on a person's basic sense of self-identity and in turn their perception of the world. The primary cause is said to be ignorance, which, through a complex series of interlinked processes in the psyche, is responsible for giving rise to the condition of bondage.