Hindu worldview in the development of selfways: The “atman” as the real self

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 2005 English Publisher:Hindawi LimitedJournal:New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, volume 2,005, pages 43-50 (issn: 1520-3247, eissn: 1534-8687,

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Authors: T S, Saraswathi;

doi: 10.1002/cd.136

pmid: 16342892

Hindu worldview in the development of selfways: The “atman” as the real self

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Abstract

This chapter examines the development of self from the Hindu perspective, which views the Atman or inner self as the real self, transcending the empirical self that is socially embedded and subject to change across the life span and with intercultural contact.

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Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
India

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Culture, Humans, Self Psychology, Hinduism

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