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BHAGAVAD GITA A GLOBAL HOPE || NASSAU COUNTY AWARD NEW YORK, USA || Dr. ISHAN SHIVANAND

Name: BHAGAVAD GITA A GLOBAL HOPE || NASSAU COUNTY AWARD NEW YORK, USA || Dr. ISHAN SHIVANAND
Uploaded: 2024-08-28T06:15:00+00:00
Duration: 55 s
Channel: Aarti Samani
Description: In this opening segment, the speaker highlights the millennia‑long continuity of Indian civilization and its extensive work on mental health modalities…

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In this opening segment, the speaker highlights the millennia‑long continuity of Indian civilization and its extensive work on mental health modalities. He notes that, like any long‑standing society, India has experienced both prosperous and tyrannical periods, each leaving documented traces of mental health challenges. The speaker then asserts that one of the earliest surviving Indian texts addressing mental health is the Bhagavad Gita, positioning it as a foundational manual for understanding and managing mental well‑being.

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Thankfully, the East, especially the Indian knowledge system, have been working hard for thousands of years to develop such modalities because India is one of the longest-lasting civilizations on the planet Earth today. And because it is such a long-lasting civilization that has persevered, then India has dealt with its share of mental health issues. We have had successful kings and their empires with prosperity, and they had mental health issues. We have had tyrants with their unsustainability, and we have documented mental health issues. One of the earliest surviving manuals on mental health is written in India, which we know as— and I'm so happy we have an expert here— the Bhagavad Gita.