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“The Impact of Bhagavad Gita on Youth: Cultivating Forgiveness, Finding Purpose, Embracing Gratitude and Building Ego Resilience”

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Afreen Qureshi &Dr.Rati Khurana
» doi: 10.48047/AFJBS.6.12.2024.4405-4412

Abstract

This study looks at the perspective of Indian psychology (teachings of Bhagavad Gita) as an approach for forgiveness, purpose in life, gratitude and ego resilience of people (youth) who read Bhagavad Gita and people (youth) who don’t read Bhagavad Gita. A sample size of 100 young adult population (18-24yrs) was selected for the study through purposive sampling method; 2 groups were made of 50 each who read Bhagavad Gita from ISKCON temple classes in Delhi and non-readers from Delhi. Ego resilience scale, Bolton forgiveness scale, Purpose in life scale, and Gratitude scale were used. Using the 't' test to examine the data, it emerged that the Bhagavad Gita reading group extensively outperformed the non-reading group in terms of forgiveness, ego resilience, purpose in lifeand gratitude. Therefore, it signifies that youth who read Bhagavad Gita have greater resilience, forgiveness, purpose in life and gratitude. Recommendations for further research include employing simple random sampling on various longitudinal studies on various age groups to see the efficacy of Bhagavad Gita teachings.

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