Correspondence between Maslow's hierarchy of needs and Purusharthas:
| 1. Basic/Physical | |
| 2. Security | |
| 3. Emotional | |
| 4. Success | |
| 5. Self-actualisation |
3 comments:
You have attempted a difficult mapping :)
One frameworks looks at needs while the other aims.
Self-actualization seems to map to Moksha.
Dharma on the other hand does not have a good mapping in Maslow's stack.
Dharma is an external factor enforcing boundaries within which a person must work towards meeting the needs as identified by Maslow.
Excellent points! :-)
Self-actualisation is of 2 types: within/for society (social) and outside society (non-social). The former is Dharma; the latter is Moksha.
Dharma does not have a western equivalent... it ma ybe righteous behaviour.. West cloaks it in ethics..... while coulds personal morality ...
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