Course

Unit I

Goals of Life – Purusharthas

What are Purusharthas (Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha); Their relevance to Personal life; Family life; Social life & Professional life; Followed by a Goal setting workshop;

Yogic way of Achieving Life Goals – (Stress Free & Focused Life)

Introduction to Yoga and main schools of Yoga; Yogic style of Life & Time Management (Work Shop); Experiencing life through its Various Stages

Ashrama Dharma; Attitude towards life through its various stages (Teachings of Amma);

Unit II

Personality Development

What is Personality – Five Dimensions – Pancha Kosas (Physical / Energy / Mental

/ Intellectual / Bliss); Stress Management & Personality; Self Control & personality; Fundamental Indian Values & Personality;

Learning Skills (Teachings of Amma)

Art of Relaxed Learning; Art of Listening; Developing ‘Shraddha’ – a basic qualification for obtaining Knowledge; Communication Skills – An Indian Perspective;

Unit III

Developing Positive Attitude & Friendliness – (Vedic Perspective);

Achieving Work Excellence (Karma Yoga by Swami Vivekananda & teachings based on Amma); Leadership Qualities – (A few Indian Role models & Indian Philosophy of Leadership);

Course Objectives:

The course offers to explore the seminal thoughts that influenced the Indian Mind on the study of human possibilities for manifesting excellence in life. This course presents to the students, an opportunity to study the Indian perspective of Personality Enrichment through pragmatic approach of self analysis and application.

Evaluation Pattern

*CA – Can be Quizzes, Assignment, Projects, and Reports.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. AwakenChildren(DialogueswithSriMataAmritanandamayi)Volumes1 to 9
2. CompleteworksofSwamiVivekananda(Volumes 1 to 9)
3. MahabharatabyNDuttpublishedbyParimalpublications–NewDelhi(Volumes1 to 9)
4. Universal message of Bhagavad-Gita (An exposition of Gita in the light of modern thought and Modern needs) by Swami (Vols.1 to 3)
5. Message of Upanishads, by Swami Ranaganathananda published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,
6. Personality Development – Swami Vivekananda published by Advaitha Ashram,
7. ArtofManMaking–SwamiChinmayanandapublishedbyChinmayaMission,Bombay
8. Will Power and its Development- Swami Budhananda published by Advaitha Ashram, Kolkatta
9. Ultimate Success – Swami Ramakrishnananada Puri published by Mata Amritanandamayi Math, Kollam
10. YogaInDailyLife–SwamiSivananda – published by Divine Life Society
11. Hindu Dharma – H. Sri Chandrasekharandra Saraswati published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay
12. AllaboutHinduism–SwamiSivananda–PublishedbyDivineLife Society
13. TheMindanditsControlbySwamiBudhanandapublishedbyAdvaithaAshram,Kolkatta
14. Krida Yoga – Vivekananda Kendra,
15. ValmikiRamayana–Fourvolumes-publishedbyParimalPublications,Delhi

16. New perspectives in Stress Management – Dr H R Nagendra & Dr R Nagaratna published by Swami Vivekananda Yoga Prakashana,
17. Mind Sound Resonance Technique (MSRT) Published by Swami Vivekananda Yoga Prakashana,
18. Yoga & Memory – Dr H R Nagendra & Shirley Telles, published by Swami Vivekananda Yoga Prakashana, Bangalore.