Vivekachoodaamani

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The five sheaths – the pancha kosha

 

151. If the five sheaths are taken away, the atman will manifest

itself – pure, eternal bliss, unchangeable, direct and self-luminous.

 

153. As the blade of grass is separated from its sheath, you must

separate the seer from the seen and reduce everything to the atman

(experientially and not conceptually). And one who dwells in that

atman is free.

 

154. The body is the first sheath. It is a transformation of food. It

lives by food and dies without it. There its name is "food sheath" –

annamaya kosha.

 

164. This knowledge of the Self as the body – this wicked desire

(which is unreal) that "I am the body" – this is the root of birth

and different sufferings.

 

165. The second sheath is the "praana sheath" – praanamaya kosha. The

five organs of action, together with the five vital forces, make the

sheath of praana. In the first sheath – this heap of skin, bone,

blood etc – this sheath of praana lives and engages itself in all

sorts of works.

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165. The second sheath is the "praana sheath" ? praanamaya kosha. The

five organs of action, together with the five vital forces, make the

sheath of praana. In the first sheath ? this heap of skin, bone,

blood etc ? this sheath of praana lives and engages itself in all

sorts of works.

 

 

> Hare Krishna, is prana different from consciousness?? if we consider

only conscious is the *chaitanya vastu/tatva* & is substratum of

everything, how can inert prana influence the body, I mean when prana

leaves the body, body is subject to decomposition & we should get

rid of it AEAP though basic substratum is there in everything...i.e.

including a dead body. I dont know whether I framed my question

correctly, but I hope scholars in this group can understand the

problem & clarify my doubt.

 

 

 

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!

 

bhaskar