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Pancha Kosha Viveka

This document discusses the five koshas or sheaths that cover the atman or self according to Vedanta philosophy. [1] The five koshas are: annamaya kosha (physical sheath), pranamaya kosha (vital sheath), manomaya kosha (mental sheath), vijnanamaya kosha (intellectual sheath), and anandamaya kosha (bliss sheath). [2] Each kosha is a more subtle layer that approximates closer to the true self. [3] Understanding the five koshas helps one peel back the layers to realize the innermost atman.

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Pancha Kosha Viveka

This document discusses the five koshas or sheaths that cover the atman or self according to Vedanta philosophy. [1] The five koshas are: annamaya kosha (physical sheath), pranamaya kosha (vital sheath), manomaya kosha (mental sheath), vijnanamaya kosha (intellectual sheath), and anandamaya kosha (bliss sheath). [2] Each kosha is a more subtle layer that approximates closer to the true self. [3] Understanding the five koshas helps one peel back the layers to realize the innermost atman.

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PANCHAKOSHA VIVEKA

YIC
PANCHAKOSHA VIVEKA
A Kosha (also, Kosa) (Sanskrit कश: kośa),
usually rendered "sheath",one of five
coverings of the Atma, or Self according to
Vedanta philosophy. They are often
visualised like the layers of an onion.
Introduction
• Swami Vivekananda – “ Goal of life”
• Einstein Equation
• Micro world
• Unseen aspects of Humans
PANCHAKOSHA VIVEKA
Taitreya upanisad
Brugu varuna samvada
Five layers
. Anandamaya
Vijnanamaya

Manomaya

pranamaya

Annamaya
PANCHAKOSHA VIVEKA
• Annamaya kosha, food--sheath
• Pranamaya kosha, prana sheath
• Manomaya kosha, mind-sheath
• Vijnanamaya kosha, intellectual-sheath (
Vijnana)
• Anandamaya kosha, bliss-sheath (
Ananda)
PANCHAKOSHA VIVEKA
Annamaya kosha
• This is the sheath of the physical self,
named from the fact that it is nourished by
food. Living through this layer man
identifies himself with a mass of skin, flesh
, fat, bones, and filth,.
PANCHAKOSHA VIVEKA
Pranamaya kosha
• Pranamaya means composed of prana, the vital
principle, the force that vitalizes and holds together the
body and the mind.
• It pervades the whole organism, its one physical
manifestation is the breath.
• As long as this vital force exists in the organisms, life
continues.
• Coupled with the five organs of action it forms the vital
sheath.
• In the Vivekachoodamani it is a modification of vayu or
air, it enters into and comes out of the body.
PANCHAKOSHA VIVEKA
Manomaya kosha
• Manomaya means composed of manas or mind. The
mind (manas) along with the five sensory organs is said
to constitute the manomaya kosa.
• The manomaya kosa, or “mind-sheath” is said more truly
to approximate to personhood than annamaya kosa and
pranamaya kosha.
• It is the cause of diversity, of I and mine. Sankara likens
it to clouds that are brought in by the wind and again
driven away by the same agency. Similarly, man’s
bondage is caused by the mind, and liberation, too, is
caused by that alone.
PANCHAKOSHA VIVEKA
Vijnanamaya kosha
• Vijnanamaya means composed of vijnana, or
intellect, the faculty which discriminates,
determines or wills.
• It is the sheath composed of more intellect,
associated with the organs of perception.
• This is the knowledge sheath, with
discrimination power.
PANCHAKOSHA VIVEKA
Anandamaya kosha
• Anandamaya means composed of ananda, or bliss. In
the Upanishads the sheath is known also as the causal
body.

• In deep sleep, when the mind and senses cease


functioning, it still stands between the finite world and the
self.

• Anandamaya, or that which is composed of Supreme


bliss, is regarded as the innermost of all. The blissful
sheath (anandamaya kosha) is a reflection of the Atma
which is bliss absolute.
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