Abstract
The present this study aims to explore relationship between the engagement in spiritual activities and the spiritual well-being of tribal youth practicing indigenous religious faith of Donyi Polo. The tribal youth of indigenous faith practices closeness to nature and believe on spirit in various natural entity and spirituality is considered as closeness to mother nature. The present study aims to explore the concept of spirituality in terms of finding the reason of existence in this world, how to liberate oneself with human limitation. The researchers administered the Spiritual Well-being (SWB) Scale and a self-constructed interview schedule on Spiritual engagement to 103 tribal youth selected randomly from Arunachal Pradesh, ages 18 to 32 who practice indigenous religious faith Donyi-polo. The results found that there was high level of spiritual well-being among the youth. Additionally, individuals who engaged in spiritual practices had considerably higher scores on measures of spiritual well-being than those who did not. Further research findings indicate that those who often read or listened to spiritual content had considerably higher scores for spiritual well-being compared to those who didn’t. The finding of the research is able to fill the gap in present knowledge in spiritually among indigenous tribal youth of India in a borderland state.
Keywords: Existential Well-Being, Meditation, Prayer, Religious Well-Being, Spirituality, Tribal Youth, Well-Being.