WHAT IS PERSONALITY?

• WHAT IS PERSONALITY?

• HOW A PERSON BEHAVES, FEELS, THINKS, SPEAKS IS PERSONALITY. THE DRESS, PERSONAL APPEARANCE

ARE ONLY REFLECTIONS AND NOT EXACT PERSONALITY.

• THE REAL PERSONALITY OF A PERSON CAN BE GRASPED ONLY AFTER STUDYING THE MIND OF THE PERSON

WHAT IS A CHARACTER

• VASANAS OR IMPRESSIONS LEFT IN OUR MIND SHAPE OUR CHARACTER. GOOD OR BAD.

• PAST LEADS TO PRESENT. PRESENT LEADS TO FUTURE.

DIFFERENCES

FRIEND AND ENEMY

• WE NEED CONCENTRATION, GOOD MEMORY ETC

TO PERFORM SOMETHING. MOST OF THE TIMES

IT REBELS. PRAYING, STUDYING, MEDITATION…

• SRI KRISHNA SAYS IN GITA, UNDISCIPLINED AND

ADAMANT MIND IS OUR ENEMY.

• HOW TO TAME OUR MIND?

CHITTA

• MEMORY BANK WHERE THOUSANDS AND

THOUSANDS OF VARIOUS IMPRESSIONS ARE

PRESENT WITH EXPERIENCES.

• SUM TOTAL OF THESE EXPERIENCES AND

IMPRESSIONS ARE CALLED AS CHITTA

• OTHERWISE CALLED AS SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

MIND/MANAS

• DELIBERATIONS AND CONCEPTUALIZATIONS

• IT EXAMINES MANY THINGS

• IMAGINATIONS AND FORMATION OF CONCEPTS

CALLED MANAS

BUDDHI/INTELLECT

• DECISION MAKING AND DISCRIMINATIVE

• JUDGING AND EXAMINING PROS AND CONS OF A

SUBJECT

• MORALITY ON A SUBJECT, RIGHT AND WRONG

I CONSCIOUSNESS

• I SLEPT

• I EAT

• I WALK

• I SIT

• ALL THESE ARE ‘I’ CONSCIOUS

• AHAMKARA

CHARIOT ALLEGORY

• MASTER= I CONSCIOUSNESS

• BODY= CHARIOT

• CHARIOTEER= BUDDHI

• REINS= MANAS YOKED TO SENSES

• ROAD= SENSE OBJECTS

ESSENTIAL QUALITIES OF PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

• FAITH IN GOD AND SELF

• ENGAGING IN POSITIVE THOUGHTS

• ATTITUDES TOWARDS FAILURES AND MISTAKES

• SELF RELIANCE

• RENUNCIATION AND SERVICE

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