Anandamaya kosha
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The Anandamaya kosha or "sheath made of bliss" (ananda) is in Vedantic philosophy the most subtle or spiritual of the five levels of embodied self.[1] It has been interpreted differently according to specific schools of Indian (and also Theosophical) thought.
The Anandamaya kosha in traditional Advaita Vedanta
In
samadhi
.
The Anandamaya kosha in Krsna Consciousness
The ānanda-maya stage is explained by
Supreme Personality of Godhead
. This hankering for advancement in devotional service is not the same as hankering for sense gratification in material existence. In other words, hankering remains in spiritual life, but it becomes purified. When our senses are purified, they become freed from all material stages, namely anna-maya, prāṇa-maya, mano-maya and vijñāna-maya, and they become situated in the highest stage — ānanda-maya, or blissful life in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
The Anandamaya kosha according to Subba Row
The Indian
Blavatsky
's septenary principle. The Anandamaya-kosa (sheath of bliss or Karanopadhi - causal body) is here associated with the Spiritual Soul or Buddhi principle (the sixth of the seven principles)
The Anandamaya kosha according to Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
In the teachings of
soul itself, a body of light. As well as being the Causal body and the repository of karma, it is also the Karana chitta, the "causal mind" or superconscious mind, of which Parashakti (or Satchidananda) is the substratum. This Anandamaya kosha evolves through all incarnations until finally merging in the Primal Soul, Parameshvara. It then becomes Sivamayakosha, the body of Siva
.
The Self made of Delight according to Sri Aurobindo
Unlike other Vedantic philosophers,
Supramental
stage of evolution.
External links
References
- ^ "Anandamaya Kosha". The Yoga Sanctuary. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2023.