1. The most important distinction between the Indian and the Western views is the way the boundary is drawn between the self and the other. 2. In the Western view - this boundary appears to be relatively fixed.(c)For a layperson - personality generally refers to the physical or external appearance of an individual. 4. The Indian view of self - on the other hand - is characterised by the shifting nature of this boundary. 5. Thus - our self at one moment of time expands to fuse with the cosmos or include the others.