The Concept of Mindfulness

Abstract

This chapter will give the reader a broad overview of mindfulness through the lens of various religions which are practiced in India. Religion provides a framework for their beliefs, customs, and social behavior. So, this chapter will guide religious people in taking insights from their scriptures about mindfulness and try to implement them in their professional and personal lives to deal with various psychological issues. Additionally, the chapter will serve key managerial position holders in organizations and therapists with extremely religious patients and researchers whose interest lies in the field of Indian Psychology to understand how to help different religious clients with these practices. The authors opted for an integrative literature review approach in order to combine existing secondary data and establish novel views.