Man, with the traits of lion and goat: courage and compassion in Sikhism

Authors

  • Poonam Mehta

DOI:

https://doi.org/%2010.25215/0801.098

Keywords:

Compassion, Courage, Personality, Religion, Mindfulness, Altruism

Abstract

Humans and animals have some common dimensions of personality which induce them to behave similarly. Considering this present study is aimed to determine that man from Sikh community are composed of personality traits which are similar to the lion and goat, namely, courage and compassion respectively. For conducting a study cross-sectional survey has been performed on 1207 Sikhs living at India. For hypothesis testing structural equation modeling on Amos with SPSS has been performed. Results have revealed that Sikh man have personality of lion and goat as they are courageous and compassionate in personality. Further present study has also highlighted the profound role of religion which contributes in raising personality of individual.

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Published

2022-11-05

How to Cite

Poonam Mehta. (2022). Man, with the traits of lion and goat: courage and compassion in Sikhism. International Journal of Indian Psychȯlogy, 8(1). https://doi.org/ 10.25215/0801.098