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DISCUSSION ON FREUDIAN AND JAIN CONCEPT OF DREAM
Dr. Samani Ramaniya Pragya
Introduction According to Psychology, dreams come into existence due to the hidden unconscious wishes repressed lying in unconscious mind. It takes us directly to the dreamer's unconscious impulses that determines one's nature, directs behaviour and generates emotions. Jain Āgamas have ample references of dreams and their interpretations. Vyākhyāprajñayapti refers to seventy two dreams. Freud, the famous psychologist had made a serious study on dreams. But the origin, function, sources, types and approaches are different in both Jain Philosophy and Freudian psychology. The author of the article has touched some of the aspects of dreams and has compared it with Freudian notion of dreams. The author deserves to complement for approaching such a novel and uncommon subject. - Editor
The dream theory has a vast history. There are various cultures and religions where dreams were understood in some or other way or we can say almost all the cultures have certain myths, stories, rites and rituals or some sacred or profane ideas regarding dreams. The study of dreams has expansive scope and has been studied with worldwide extension. All over the world fascinating facts about dreaming can be found whether it is on the cultural and traditional ground or spiritual and religious platform and even in historical and mythological records. Every aspect of human life has an impact of symbolism and dreaming to some extent. There are thousands of myths, folk stories and cultural beliefs go on informally among people without attaching any reasoning or reflection or critical view on them. It is our spiritual and empirical experience that there is existence of dreams at least on individual level. We may hope that in future major research projects would work on dreams and explore subtlest facts regarding dreams. The mythological issues, the religious beliefs, the divinity'attached to dreams, astrology and dreaming and
