Spirituality and Religion Promoting Mental Health: An Overview

Abstract

This article highlights the role of Buddhist practices in contemporary society as a way to overcome urban stress. It talks about Nichiren Daishonin’s chanting and also highlights the Buddhist Meditative practices to reduce depressive symptoms and to enhance virtues of compassion and wisdom.  It further discusses spirituality as related with sound well-being and better mental health. The Health Care Professionals are also providing spiritual assistance strategies along with the psychological and religious intervention strategies to improve mental health. The review of literature on spirituality elucidates that mental health and life satisfaction increases with the help of spiritual practices.