What Is Pancha Kosha Meditation

Pancha Kosha Theory

In Indian Logic there are two kinds of relationship, viz., Samavaya and Samyoga. Samavaya Sambandha is inseparable. This is the relationship that exists between a man and his limbs, a person and his qualities, the actor and his actions. There is no Samavaya Sambandha between Atman and the five Koshas. Samyoga Sambandha is the relationship that exists between a drum and the stick. There cannot be any Samyoga Sambandha between Atman and the five sheaths, as Atman is not a substance that is made up of the five elements. But the relationship that exists between Atman and the five sheaths is only the Adhyasa (illusory or superimposed) relationship that exists between a rope and a snake or between mother-of-pearl and silver or between a post in darkness and a thief, or between the sky and the blue colour. Is the illusion caused by one to another, or is it reciprocal? It must be reciprocal (Anyonya Adhyasa), because Atman and Ahamkara go hand in hand and are referred one to the other reciprocally in worldly parlance.

Pancha Kosha Theory

Derived from the Sanskrit terms pancha, meaning 'five' and kosha meaning 'sheath' pancha kosha refers to the concept in yoga philosophy that there are five layers of awareness through which all experience is filtered. At the center of these five layers is a tman, otherwise known as the true self. Pranamaya kosha – physiological or energetic layer. Manomaya kosha – psychological or the mind layer. Vijnanamaya kosha – wisdom body or layer. Anandamaya kosha – bliss body or layer. It is not an easy contemplation to understand the Pancha Koshas. Rishis who wrote about them long ago spent a lifetime in meditation to understand them. Pancha Kosha is a Sanskrit term made up of two words Pancha and Kosha. Pancha means ‘’five’’, and Kosha means ‘’sheath’’or ‘’layer’’.The concept of Pancha Kosha or five cardinal layers or sheaths was elucidated in many sacred Ancient Hindu texts like Taittiriya Upanishad, Vivekacudamani and Panchadasi. Annamaya Kosha (Physical Sheath) Though the physical sheath, or physical body, is the most. A guided meditation for Pancha Kosha can be preceded with a session of Sudarshan Kriya, which is taught in the Happiness Program. The latter attunes all the sheaths with nature, thereby harmonizing your body, mind, and spirit. This helps in making your meditation deeper and more powerful. FIND A HAPPINESS PROGRAM NEAR YOU.