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The Gross or Physical Body - An understanding

Disciple: What are the components of the physical body? Guru: The physical body is composed of five elements, viz., earth (Prithivi), water (Apah), fire (Tejas), air (Vayu) and space (Akasa). Disciple: What are the seven primary essences (Sapta-Dhatus) of the physical body? Guru: Chyle (Rasa), blood (Asra), flesh (Mamsa), fat (Medas), bone (Asthi), marrow (Majja) and semen (Sukla), are the seven primary essences of the physical body. Disciple: What are the Shad-bhava-vikaras (six modifications of the body) ? Guru: Asti (existence), Jayate (birth), Vardhate (growth), Viparinamate (change), Apaksheeyate (decay), Vinashyate (death), are the six modifications or changes of the body. Disciple: What are the links with which the body is connected? Guru: The body (Deha), action (Karma), love and hate (Raga-dvesha), egoism (Ahamkara), non-discrimination (Aviveka) and ignorance (Ajnana) are the seven links of the chain of Samsara (world-experience). Fro

Three types of Reality

There are three types of Reality: Shruti/Vedas define: yatrahithdvaithamiva bhavathi thanitharaitharam pasyathi, yatrathvasya sarvamahaathmaivaabooth thasyenakam pasyeth 1. Paramartika Satyam – Brahman 2. Vyavaharika Satyam – Jagad / Empirical Reality 3. Pratibhasika Satyam – That/Those which are untrue Mandukya Upanishad mantra 7, says about Brahman - It is not the inward awareness. It is not the outward awareness. It is not the intermediate awareness. It is not the undifferentiated mass of awareness. It is not the knowing awareness. It is not non-awareness. It is unperceivable. It is not accessible to transaction. It cannot be grasped. It is attributeless. It is not accessible to thought. It is not amenable to communication. It is the constant atma that subsists in all the changing states of the ahamkara.. It is the remainder of the annulment of the perceived universe. It is changeless. It is auspiciousness. It is the non-dual reality, free of a

Three Bodies, Five Sheaths, Three Gunas, Ten Indriyas, Three Saktis

Body Koshas Gunas Indriyas Sakti Physical (Stula) Annamaya Kosha Tamas Astral (Sukshma) Pranamaya Kosha Rajas Five Karmendriyas Kriya Sakti Astral (Sukshma) Manomaya Kosha Sattva mixed with Tamas Fiva Jnanendriyas Iccha Sakti Astral (Sukshma) Vijnanamaya Kosha Sattva mixed with Rajas Jnana Sakti Causal (Karana) Anandamaya Kosha Malina-Sattva (mixed with Rajas and Tamas) 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 wi

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