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  Meenakshi : Wholeness

The Sheaths the Self wears

Meenakshi said Oct 9, 2008, 5:32 PM:
 

The Self wears several sheaths [kosas] :

  • the food sheath
  • the vital air sheath
  • the mental sheath
  • the intellect sheath
  • the bliss sheath 
These five sheaths are “mine” but they are not “me.”

The logic behind the fact that I am not the 5 sheaths is simple. But the most simple facts are the most difficult to grasp and accept. The mind is so complicated and habits of the past so strong that one does not see the truth.

Even if the truth is appreciated, it is not accepted. Even if it is accepted, it is not owned up to. This mistake takes place, despite logic too because
  • the Self is unpredictable and inconceivable and therefore we have no notion of it
  • the five sheaths are always in promixity of the Self and this makes identification with them easier.
Through continuous discrimination and firm resolve, one must uncover the Self and get liberated from the shackles of the five sheaths.

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~  Swami Tejomayananda commenting on the Tattva Bodha (The Awakening to Reality) By Adi Sankaracharya

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