Originally posted by OCEANOS:
[b]~ SARIRA
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"Sarira", sometimes also "Sharira",
is a term derived from a Sanskrit root-word which can best be
translated as something close to "what is easily dissolved," that
is, easily worn away; the idea being something transitory,
foam-like, full of holes, as it were. A more general meaning is: a
composite body or vehicle of impermanent character in and through
which an ethereal entity lives and works. In such a translation the
body is likened a sheath, a vehicle, a Upadhi for consciousness.
Upadhi is like an appearance, a disguise. Derived from the Sanskrit
verb-root dha plus the prepositional prefix upa, meaning in
combination "to put on," as in a disguise. In Hindu philosophy an
Upadhi is a 'vehicle' or 'base,' that which is the mere appearance
of some unseen Reality or consciousness center.
KARANA SARIRA: Vijnanamayakosha (Causal Body) for the upper levels
of the Mental Plane; Manomayakosha (Mental Body) for the lower part
of the Mental Plane; Anandamayakosha (Bliss Body) for the Buddhic
Plane.
SUKSHMA SARIRA: (Astral Body)(sometimes, Subtle Body) for the
Astral Plane. Denotes the link between the nervous system and the
cosmic reservoir.
LINGA SARIRA: Pranamayakosha for the etheric levels of the Physical
Plane, the Etheric Double also being a recepticle for the Vital
Force(Prana).
STHULA SARIRA: Annamayakosha (Gross Body) for the Dense Physical
Plane.
An interesting point about the Sanskrit definition of a body that
is easily dissolved is that it is also interpreted to mean full
of holes. Science today is teaching that the building block parts
of the atoms of which our bodies are composed are relatively more
empty than they are full. We are, as bodies, essentially etheric.
Our physical world is mostly so-called empty
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http://sped2work.tripod.com/sarira.html
next time why dont you post the url of the website that you cut and
paste from, it is this pattern of yours that makes me think that
you are just trying to make yourself look more grand than you
actually are.
