ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the possibility of applying these two to a study of the self, wellbeing and the Mahabharata. The Mahabharata, a monumental and seminal epic which significantly lives in the psyche of the Indian people, and is also on the move to become a part of the lives of people and cultures other than our own, is a text without boundaries. The discussion of self and wellbeing in the Mahabharata involves a deeply psychological context, and the resolution of crises and conflicts is often self-transformative. The chapter explains the Qualitative approach emphasises the engagement of the researcher and his/her experiential knowledge for developing understanding. It discusses the purported significance for counselling situations that such a reading yield through a phenomenological analysis of a key character and some contexts. Phenomenological hermeneutics also claims that meanings are mediated through myth, religion, art, and language.
