Research Papers
Journal & Publications
Further Reading
Curated references from the HSCI curriculum — books, papers, and frameworks that inform our approach to Hindu spiritual care.
Paging God: Religion in the Halls of Medicine
Sociology of hospital chaplaincy across faith traditions — how chaplains navigate pluralism in clinical settings.
Shared Wisdom: Use of the Self in Pastoral Care
The relational model of spiritual assessment — totalistic counter-transference and the chaplain as instrument.
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death
Existential psychotherapy applied to death anxiety — foundational for end-of-life chaplaincy.
Assessing Spiritual Needs: A Guide for Caregivers
Foundational text on spiritual care assessment methods in clinical settings.
The Life Divine
Integral Yoga philosophy — removing the "veil of separative consciousness" between chaplain and patient.
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
The methodology behind HSCI's "Kala Yantra" time management framework for chaplains and scholars.
The Rise of Superman
The neuroscience of flow — how 5x productivity is achieved through optimal states of consciousness.
The Writing Life
"How we spend our days is how we spend our lives." On routine as liberation — a key reference in the CHT curriculum.
Hindu Samskaras: Socio-Religious Study of the Hindu Sacraments
The definitive scholarly monograph on all 16 Hindu lifecycle rituals — from prenatal ceremonies through cremation rites.
The Rites of Passage
Foundational work on rites of passage — the Western framework for understanding lifecycle rituals across cultures.
The Bhagavad Gita: A Biography
The Gita's reception history through centuries — from Shankara and Ramanuja to Gandhi, Tilak, and Oppenheimer.
Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy
The boundary between spiritual care and psychotherapy — when to hold space and when to refer.
Gita Supersite — IIT Kanpur
Multi-commentary Bhagavad Gita resource with Sanskrit text, transliteration, and word-by-word analysis. Commentaries by Shankara, Ramanuja, Madhva, and others.
Sadhaka Sanjivani — Commentary on the Bhagavad Gita
Swami Ramsukhdas's verse-by-verse commentary — a practical guide for spiritual aspirants. One of the most widely read Hindi Gita commentaries.