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title: "What are the powers of the mind according to Hindu psychology?"  
description: "What are the powers of the mind according to Hindu psychology?"  
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published: 2022-08-29  
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# What are the powers of the mind according to Hindu psychology?

**What are the powers of the mind [according to Hindu](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1990/trimurti-facts-according-to-hindu-religion) [psychology](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/300733/what-is-health-psychology-and-why-is-it-important)?**

## Answers

### Answer by Subhamay Ganai

The powers of the [mind according](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/83684/mind-according-to-the-vedas) to Hindu psychology are the following:

1. Samādhi: Samādhi is the state where all thoughts disappear, the mind becomes one with its object and there is a very deep peace in that state.

2. Turiya: Turiya means a state of clarity and understanding where one knows what is right and what is wrong, etc., a state of discrimination or discrimination between right and wrong.

3. Buddhi: Buddhi means intellect or intelligence, which helps us to understand things in detail, also helps us to discriminate between good and bad things; it also helps us to think logically without any emotional attachment towards anything.

4. Ajnana: Ajnana means ignorance or not knowing something about something; it also means not being able to understand something properly or having no knowledge about it at all.


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