Guest guest Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 advaitin , " hersh_b " <hershbhasin@g...> wrote: > > Nameste Sadananda-Ji > > Thank you for your most informative posts on bodies of the jiva. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The individual, jiiva, has three bodies that he deals with - the > gross physical body (sthuula > shariira), the subtle body (consists of four components - which is the > field of thoughts - 1. mind (emotional thoughts), 2. intellect > (discriminative thoughts), 3, ego (ahankaara) and 4. chitta (memory > bank > - stored info from the previous 3 components- which can be recollected > by the mind. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > You also mention: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The third body is called kaaraNa Shariira - stored vasanaas, which > are subtle tendencies, which are > formed by repeated thought patterns and egocentric activities. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > There seems to be some overlap of functionality of the Chitta of the > subtle body which serves as a memory bank and the kaaraNa Shariira, > which stores vasanaas. Both seem to be acting as storage areas. Are > not vasanaas and memories same. Why do they get stored at two > different place?. I would be grateful if you could explain a bit more. > > pranam > > Hersh Namaste, Memories are like items stored on a computer hard-drive as data or a tape recorder as recorded facts; On the other hand samskaras derive from vasanas and are more like a computer programme that creates action once it is turned on...............ONS..Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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