Coping with illness: Insight from the Bhagavad Gita

Bharti Kalra; Ameya Joshi; Sanjay Kalra; Vivekanand G. Shanbhag; Jyoti Kunwar; Yatan Pal Singh Balhara; Sandeep Chaudhary; Deepak Khandelwal; Sameer Aggarwal; Gagan Priya; Komal Verma; Manash P. Baruah; Rakesh Sahay; Sarita Bajaj; Navneet Agrawal; Sivatharshiya Pathmanathan; Inderjit Prasad; Ashim Chakraborty; Nanik Ram

doi:10.4103/ijem.IJEM_228_17

Coping with illness: Insight from the Bhagavad Gita

Bharti Kalra, Ameya Joshi, Sanjay Kalra, Vivekanand G. Shanbhag, Jyoti Kunwar, Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Sandeep Chaudhary, Deepak Khandelwal, Sameer Aggarwal, Gagan Priya, Komal Verma, Manash P. Baruah, Rakesh Sahay, Sarita Bajaj, Navneet Agrawal, Sivatharshiya Pathmanathan, Inderjit Prasad, Ashim Chakraborty, Nanik Ram

Department of Medicine, Medical College, Pakistan

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Abstract

The Shrimad Bhagavad Gita enlightens everyone on how to cope up with various situations in life. It uses the conversation between Lord Krishna and Arjuna to highlight initial negative coping mechanisms exhibited by the latter. It goes on to showcase positive coping skills suggested by Lord Krishna and implemented by Arjuna. The Bhagavad Gita, through this 'case-based methodology,' teaches us how to cope with a demanding situation. Diabetes is a lifestyle disease, which warrants a thorough change in one's lifestyle, including changes in basic activities such as diet and exercise. This brief communication utilizes the teachings of Bhagavad Gita to help in coping with illness, especially chronic illness such as diabetes. The article cites verses from the Bhagavad Gita to show how one may cope with the stress of illness such as diabetes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	560-564
Number of pages	5
Journal	Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Volume	22
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4103/ijem.IJEM_228_17
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2018

Keywords

Acceptance
action
anger
blame
coping skills
dejection
denial
diabetes distress
grief
knowledge
optimism

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Kalra, B., Joshi, A., Kalra, S., Shanbhag, V. G., Kunwar, J., Balhara, Y. P. S., Chaudhary, S., Khandelwal, D., Aggarwal, S., Priya, G., Verma, K., Baruah, M. P., Sahay, R., Bajaj, S., Agrawal, N., Pathmanathan, S., Prasad, I., Chakraborty, A., & Ram, N. (2018). Coping with illness: Insight from the Bhagavad Gita. Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 22(4), 560-564. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijem.IJEM_228_17

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Coping with illness: Insight from the Bhagavad Gita

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