Page No.145-153
Raghubir Singh Pirta
Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla
Religions are philosophies of life to help human beings choose their ways of living
and open new frontiers of consciousness for them. The first part of the paper reviewed
studies to understand how religious traditions enrich transpersonal experiences
and have significance for psychology as a science of healing. The second part
explores the numinous through the teachings of Guru Nanak, one of the Santas of
the Bhakti sect of the fifteenth-century, and the founder of Sikhism. They are significant
for the mental health of people in India and suggest a new vision for transpersonal
psychology. Guru Nanak’s teachings directly relate to the numinous and do not
involve the intricate ways of gods and goddesses of the great and the little traditions
.