Body
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Koshas
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Gunas
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Indriyas
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Sakti
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Physical (Stula)
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Annamaya Kosha
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Tamas
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Astral (Sukshma)
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Pranamaya Kosha
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Rajas
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Five Karmendriyas
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Kriya Sakti
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Astral (Sukshma)
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Manomaya Kosha
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Sattva mixed with Tamas
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Fiva Jnanendriyas
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Iccha Sakti
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Astral (Sukshma)
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Vijnanamaya Kosha
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Sattva mixed with Rajas
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Jnana Sakti
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Causal (Karana)
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Anandamaya Kosha
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Malina-Sattva (mixed with Rajas and Tamas)
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Disciple: What Guna is found in the physical body?
Guru: Tamoguna.
Disciple: What Guna is found in the Pranamaya Kosha?
Guru: Rajoguna.
Disciple: What is the Guna found in the Manomaya Kosha?
Guru: Sattva mixed with Tamas.
Disciple: What is the Guna found in the Vijnanamaya Kosha?
Guru: Sattva mixed with Rajas.
Disciple: What is the Guna found in the Anandamaya Kosha?
Guru: Sattva, technically called the Malina-Sattva (mixed with Rajas and Tamas) in contrast with Suddha-Sattva of which Maya is the embodiment.
Disciple: Where are the Karmendriyas located?
Guru: In the Pranamaya Kosha.
Disciple: Where are the Jnanendriyas located?
Guru: In the Manomaya Kosha.
Disciple: Where does Jnanasakti rest?
Guru: In the Vijnanamaya Kosha.
Disciple: Where does Iccha Sakti rest?
Guru: In the Manomaya Kosha (mind).
Disciple: Where does Kriya Sakti rest?
Guru: In the Pranamaya Kosha.
Guru: Tamoguna.
Disciple: What Guna is found in the Pranamaya Kosha?
Guru: Rajoguna.
Disciple: What is the Guna found in the Manomaya Kosha?
Guru: Sattva mixed with Tamas.
Disciple: What is the Guna found in the Vijnanamaya Kosha?
Guru: Sattva mixed with Rajas.
Disciple: What is the Guna found in the Anandamaya Kosha?
Guru: Sattva, technically called the Malina-Sattva (mixed with Rajas and Tamas) in contrast with Suddha-Sattva of which Maya is the embodiment.
Disciple: Where are the Karmendriyas located?
Guru: In the Pranamaya Kosha.
Disciple: Where are the Jnanendriyas located?
Guru: In the Manomaya Kosha.
Disciple: Where does Jnanasakti rest?
Guru: In the Vijnanamaya Kosha.
Disciple: Where does Iccha Sakti rest?
Guru: In the Manomaya Kosha (mind).
Disciple: Where does Kriya Sakti rest?
Guru: In the Pranamaya Kosha.
Disciple: Please illustrate the function of Jnana Sakti, Iccha Sakti and Kriya Sakti.
Guru: You get knowledge of milk through intellect. You come to know that milk nourishes the body. This is the work of the Jnana Sakti of the Vijnanamaya Kosha. Then a desire arises in the mind to possess milk. This is the work of the Iccha Sakti or the Manomaya Kosha. Then you exert to obtain milk. This is the work of the Kriya Sakti of the Pranamaya Kosha.
Disciple: What are the attributes of the Anandamaya Kosha?
Guru: Priya, Moda, Pramoda.
Disciple: What is Priya?
Guru: The joy you experience when you look at an object you like.
Disciple: What is Moda?
Guru: The great joy you feel when you possess the object you like.
Disciple: What is Pramoda?
Guru: The greatest joy you experience after enjoyment of the object you like.
Disciple: What are the Vikaras (modifications) of the Annamaya Kosha?
Guru: Existence, birth, growth, change, decay and death.
Disciple: What are the Dharmas of the Pranamaya Kosha?
Guru: Hunger and thirst, heat and cold.
Disciple: What are the Vikaras of the Manomaya Kosha?
Guru: Sankalpa-Vikalpa (thinking and doubting), anger, lust, Harsha (exhilaration), Soka (depression) and Moha (delusion), etc. There are sixteen modifications of the Manomaya Kosha.
Disciple: What are the functions of the Vijnanamaya Kosha?
Guru: Discrimination and decision or determination (Viveka and Adhyavasaya or Nischaya), Kartritva and Bhoktritva (agency and enjoyership).
Disciple: What is the Dharma of the Anandamaya Kosha?
Guru: Experience of happiness.
Disciple: Please give the order of subtlety of the Koshas.
Guru: The Pranamaya Kosha is subtler than and pervades the Annamaya Kosha. The Manomaya Kosha is subtler than and pervades the Pranamaya and Annamaya Koshas. The Vijnanamaya Kosha is subtler than and pervades the Manomaya, the Pranamaya and the Annamaya Koshas. The Anandamaya Kosha is subtler than all the other four Koshas and pervades all of them.
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Source: Guruji Swami Sivananda