Thursday, January 23, 2014

Panchakosha 5 sheaths of body

sthula-sharira Physical body
  annamaya-kosha, the kosha of mattersukshma-sharira, "subtle body"
 
pranamaya-kosha
 manomaya-kosha
 vijnanamaya-kosha
 anandamaya-kosha

Refined panchkosas leads to five material treasures: Health, Wealth, Vidya, intelligence, and Cooperation.

The Five Kosha

The pancha-kosha (five sheaths) are alluded to in the fourteen verse of the Atmabodha. From gross to fine they are:
The Five Koshas
annamaya koshaMatterPhysicalPhysical body and senses
pranamaya koshaVital AirEnergyDriving force behind the physical aspect of the senses and the operation of the physical body.
manamaya koshaMindMentalProcessing, reason, logic and emotion.
vijnanamaya koshaEgo and IntellectWisdomFaculty which discriminates
anandamaya koshaCenter of ConciousnessBlissIndependent of any reason or stimulus
In some systems there is a sixth sheath, the hiranyagarbha kosha.

for details read here 

koshas
Only through controlling the mind can we gain control over our destiny!
http://www.chakras.net/yoga-principles/9-panchakosha

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