fivefold body

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Does anybody know what the 'Fivefold Body' is that

Maharaj mentions on page 270 of I AM THAT?

 

Thank you,

 

Scott McLaughlin

 

 

 

 

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> Does anybody know what the 'Fivefold Body' is that

> Maharaj mentions on page 270 of I AM THAT?

>

 

I believe what he is talking about there is what he will also refer to

as the " five sheaths " . Here is a link re the " five sheaths " :

 

http://www.realization.org/page/namedoc0/tu/tu_0_1.htm

 

In the text you cite:

" Man's fivefold body (physical etc) has potential powers beyond our wildest

dreams... "

 

" physical " refers to (I believe) one of the " sheaths " , as citing from the

webpage above:

 

According to this Upanishad, the five kosas fit one inside another like five

socks slipped over the same foot. The outermost kosa is the annamaya-kosa or

physical sheath (literally, food sheath). Inside it is the pranamaya-kosa or

sheath made of prana (energy), which " fills the physical sheath as air fills

a bellows. " Inside the prana sheath is the manomaya-kosa or mind sheath.

Next is the vijnanamaya-kosa or sheath of intellect, and last is the

anandamaya-kosa or sheath of bliss. Inside all five of them, as if sheltered

in a cave, is the Self.

 

Note that the *particulars* of this topic are not important in

Nisargadatta's view

(in my view). I.e. knowing what the fivefold body *is* is not important to

realization per the form of instruction set forth by Maharaj.

 

 

 

Bill