According
to the yogis of Nath Siddha Hinduism, humans do not merely have one body. They
have five!
Just
as they wear layers of clothes — underwear, a shirt or blouse — so their inner
spirit wears layers of increasingly subtle energies, with which it can operate
in increasingly subtle dimensions of the universe.
The
Taittiriya Upanishad describes 5 "sheaths" worn by the human spirit,
like a sword in a scabbard that is in a box that is in a chest that is in a
closet that is in a house:
These
are:
1.
Anna maya kosha: the physical body or sheath made of physical matter
2.
Prana maya kosha: the energy body or sheath made of life force
3.
Mano Maya Kosha: the mental body or sheath consisting of thought energy
4.
Vijnana Maya Kosha: the wisdom body or sheath of higher intelligence
5.
Ananda maya kosha: the spiritual body or sheath of mystical awareness
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