Article by Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa S, B.A.M.S
Vijnana, as talked about by Grasp Charaka, is among the necessary instruments or therapies included beneath Sattvavajaya Chikitsa – Ayurveda Psychotherapy. Vijnana truly means scientific or scriptural data. When utilized in Sattvavajaya Chikitsa, Vijnana instrument is used to instill scriptural, scientific or worldly data within the minds of people who find themselves embarking on the journey of discovering psychological solace or these affected by psychological / psychiatric sicknesses. So, Vijnana is a healing and preventive choice in psychotherapy.
Definition of Vijnana
Vijnana is outlined as ‘Shastra Jnanam’ which implies scriptural, scientific or textual data.
Texts and scriptures are thought of as necessary testimonials and characterize ‘fact’. This information helps the particular person to take his path in the direction of attaining true data, to grasp the thoughts, the character of imbalances and stress graph the thoughts is present process and to enhance his or her capabilities of coping up with the imbalances.
Scriptures educate one concerning the paths of pravrutti i.e. indulgence or engagement in worldly affairs and Nivrutti i.e. renunciation which helps them in discriminating between good and unhealthy and adapt them into their lives after correct judgement. This additionally teaches the individuals about the suitable methods of responding and behaving in response to varied stimuli and triggers.
Vijnana, as a remedy, could be correlated with CBT i.e. Cognitive Behavioural Remedy. Vijnana helps in lowering and destroying the rajas and tamas doshas of the thoughts and will increase the Sattvika attribute over a time frame and helps in eliminating psychological issues.
Completely different meanings of Vijnana
The time period Vijnana has completely different meanings. They’re –
– Profane data or understanding
– Discernment
– Judgment
– Consciousness
– Notion
– Comprehension
Vijnana as a remedy goals at enhancing the above mentioned entities associated to the thoughts.
Purpose and purpose of Vijnana remedy
As already defined, Vijnana remedy goals at instilling consciousness of scientific and scriptural data within the thoughts of the particular person and places him in a pathway whereby he would usually apply what she or he has gained from this data.
With enhanced vijnana one would acquire management over the thoughts, the doshas of the thoughts i.e. rajas and tamas, expertise enhancement of sattvika guna, would avoid the prajnaparadha – committing acutely aware errors and sins or mental blasphemy and eliminate psychological issues.
Scriptural Information allows an individual to suppose in a sensible and scientific method. It’s a type of complete worldly data procured from the experiences of sensible males and sages documented within the scriptures.
Vijnana kinds an necessary department of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa, identical to Jnana. Dhairya, Smriti and Samadhi are the opposite three therapies. Jnana means religious data. It differs from Vijnana. Vijnana is extra scientific and refers to Laukika Jnana. Laukika Jnana means worldly data.
This consists of the data of –
– science
– artwork of residing and mixing with the earthly world
– texts and scriptures
– actions of physique and thoughts
– interrelationship of physique and thoughts
– social conducts
– private conducts
– guidelines of weight-reduction plan and way of life
– what to keep away from and what not whereas affected by some illnesses
– bodily and organic occasions and plenty of extra issues which falls beneath the umbrella and purview of scientific, scriptural and worldly data
Although not all at a time, the data of those features are slowly launched to the affected person in order that he learns them comprehensively and begins admiring and accepting them. This may assist in clarifying his doubts about worldly issues and would supply deeper insights into his issues. This is able to assist in erasing his or her apprehensions and would additionally calm the thoughts.
Vijnana thus refers to particular and expert data which is predicated on the details about the worldly phenomenon and the best way the world works and worldly affairs happen obtained in a scientific method. Promotion of this worldly data and inserting the elements of the identical within the affected person’s psyche is part of sattvavajaya chikitsa.
It consists of growth and makes use of of behavioral methods for treating psychiatric and likewise psychosomatic illnesses. The jnana could be remodeled right into a vijnana. This occurs when the previous will get processed and passes the standards of scientific ideas which incorporates –
– formation of speculation
– evaluation of details
– repeated and reproducible statement
– and all these put into sensible utilization
Accredited jnana is named vijnana. Thus, vijnana consists of systematic understanding of the world / nature and the actions, which incorporates residing and non-living worlds and likewise the worlds inside and out of doors us. A lot of the understanding of worldly affairs is predicated on a correct understanding of the cause-and-effect relationship between the issues as seen and perceived by our senses and thoughts.
Vijnana thus kinds a deeper understanding of nature and its phenomenon. It means to say that if we completely perceive the qualities and properties of something we will comprehensively use them in order to meet our wants.
From well being perspective
One ought to know the way one’s physique works. One also needs to know the way the thoughts works. Later he ought to attempt to perceive how the physique and thoughts work together with one another. If one comes to grasp how the surface world interacts with one’s physique, she or he might perceive what measures needs to be taken in order to rectify and proper any drawback which has taken its origin as a result of defective interplay between them.
She or he additionally will get a clue about tips on how to forestall these issues and miseries in future. When one understands these mechanisms, he would discover methods to maintain the thoughts pleased, settled and calm in true sense.
Vijnana can be a thoughts phenomenon whereby we are attempting to grasp many issues of their proper sense, to grasp pure phenomena in a scientific method. By understanding this we will sync and mix with the character and the world round us and be pleased.
Vijnana mainly trains one to understand, perceive, course of, modify, save, re-design and execute the data and data gained from the identical. This may give readability in the direction of the actions to be taken on the premise of this data.
With exact data comes exact understanding, which is the premise of exact and significant actions in sync with the perceived data. With such a scientific and scriptural data and the readability of plans of motion, an individual is not going to are likely to do prajnaparadha i.e. obsessive purposeful errors or sins. Since this data enhances sattva high quality, rajas and tamas – that are the doshas of the thoughts, shall be beneath management and steadiness and so do dhi, Dhriti and smriti elements.
In a wholesome particular person, vijnana will assist in nurturing the already persisting data and improve the knowledge and can forestall diversions, imbalances and perversions in rajas or tamas, dhi, Dhriti or smriti. Therefore the psychological steadiness and well being will keep intact. Then again, in an individual with diseased or disturbed thoughts, vijnana, when instilled regularly, will assist to deflect these imbalances in the direction of the constructive aspect, heal the thoughts, develop and enhance comprehension and to eliminate psychological issues.
So, vijnana as a remedy, is each preventive and healing in motion.
Vijnana v/s social abilities coaching
Correctly introducing the affected person or his psyche to the outer world and its affairs and actions, the phenomenon included therein does embrace social abilities coaching. ‘Social abilities coaching’ suits into sattvavajaya chikitsa and is extensively used for a lot of neurotic circumstances together with despair.
Deficits in social abilities
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Inadequate reinforcement
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Disturbed habits / behavioral deficits
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May be corrected by social abilities coaching
Biofeedback – It’s a technique through which an digital (often) instrument is used to supply suggestions to the affected person relating to his or her physiological actions which aren’t usually accessible to at least one’s acutely aware thoughts. Examples embrace –
– EKC
– BEG
– Pulse charge
– Blood stress monitoring
– EMG
– GSR and so forth
This suggestions helps the affected person to manage these responses. By this technique leisure is well achieved.
Different components which assist in instilling and nurturing the vijnana
Understanding the under talked about ideas defined within the scriptures and the scientific base of their rationalization and usually adapting them in a single’s life, as a matter of apply, will assist in complete prevention and treatment of psychological issues. Although not talked about, they will change into necessary recreation altering members of Ayurveda psychotherapy i.e. Sattvavajaya Chikitsa. They’re –
– Sadvritta – conditioning oneself to mix with and be a component and parcel of society through which she or he lives
– Sadachara – indulgence in noble conducts
– Achara Rasayana – adapting behavioral remedy and fine-toning one’s habits
– Dinacharya and Rutucharya – practising and adapting to day by day routine and seasonal routine and transitions as defined in scriptures
– Mastering the vegas – mastering to handle the expressions of pure physique and thoughts expressions / urges
– Mastering the arishadvargas – to overcome, management and empower the irregular psychological expressions and high-end feelings – the six enemies of the thoughts i.e. kama – need or lust, krodha – anger, lobha – greed, mada – ego, moha – attachment and matsarya – jealousy.
