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What is Bliss (Ananda)?

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It is of the nature of absolute happiness

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Ākāśa

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Space

Sound, ears, Dig, hearing, tongue, fire (agni), speech

Mahābhūtas

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What is the Self?

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Sat-cit-ananda

Existence, consciousness bliss

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Rūpa

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Form

Tanmātras

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Ghrāṇa

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Nose (Organ of Smell)

Jñānendriyas

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Pṛthvī

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Earth

Smell, nose, smelling, anus death (Yama), eliminating (waste)

Mahābhūtas

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Tvak

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Skin (Organ of Touch)

Jñānendriyas

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Vijñānamaya Kośa

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The intellectual Sheath

The intellect and the five organs of perception (Jñānendriyas).

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Antaḥkaraṇa

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inner equipment

Mind, intellect, ego and memory

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Rasa

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taste

Tanmātras

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What is Consciousness (Cit)?

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It is of the nature of absolute Knowledge

This self-shining, ever shining Knowledge Principle is called Cit or Consciousness which is my true nature.

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Śabda

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Sound

Tanmātras

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What are the Jnanendriyas

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organs of perception

Eyes, ears, tongue, nose and skin

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Prārabdha Karma

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The portion of accumulated karma (from past lives) that is currently active and manifests in one’s present life.

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Cittam

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Memory

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Ānandamaya Kośa

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The Bliss sheath

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Pāda

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Feet, movement

Karmendriyas

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Nitya

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Timeless

characteristic of Sat

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Moda

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Greater joy experienced upon attaining something desired.

Ānandamaya Kośa

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Manah

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Mind

Antaḥkaraṇa

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What is dispassion?

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Vairakya. Absence of desire for the enjoyments in this world and in heavan

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Āpaḥ

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Water

Taste, tongue, water, tasting, genitals, Prajaapati, procreation

Mahābhūtas

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What is Uparati?

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Withdrawal from the Mind

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Pāyu

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Anus, excretion

Karmendriyas

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Vācyārtha
Literal meaning ## Footnote Expl. 'The dog barks'
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Āgāmi karma
Karma (good and bad) created in this life. ## Footnote The karma that is generated by actions performed in the present life but will bear fruit in future lives.
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Īśvara
The Creator, sustainer and distroyer. Brahma + Maya
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Jihvā
Tongue (Organ of Taste) ## Footnote Jñānendriyas
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The five subelements?
Tanmātras ## Footnote Sound, touch, form, taste and smell
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Which powers have Maya (2x)?
The veiling and projecting power
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Śruti
The most important holy texts in Hinduism. ## Footnote These are believed to come directly from the divine.
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What is Śraddhā?
Faith
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Jagat
The world
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What is Sama?
Control of the mind
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Priya
The joy you feel when you look forward to something that will make you happy. ## Footnote Ānandamaya Kośa
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Cakṣus
Eyes (Organ of Sight) ## Footnote Jñānendriyas
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What is mumuksu?
The desire for liberation
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Jiva
The individual
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Lakṣyārtha
Implied meaning ## Footnote Expl. 'He is s 'lion"''
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Asaṅga
The Self free from the three bodies and three states.
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Pāṇi
Hands, grasping holding ## Footnote Karmendriyas
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Upastha
Genitals, reproduction ## Footnote Karmendriyas
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Buddhi
Intellect ## Footnote Antaḥkaraṇa
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Svarūpa
The essential nature of something
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Sparśa
Touch ## Footnote Tanmātras
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What is the sixfold wealth?
Beautifies or personalities our behaviour ## Footnote Sama, dama, Uparati, Titikṣā, Śraddhā and Samādhan
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Vāk
Organ of Speech ## Footnote Karmendriyas
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What is Samādhan?
Singelpointedness of the mind. ## Footnote Absorbtion of the mind
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What are the organs of action?
Karmendriyas ## Footnote **Vāk** (Organ of Speech), **Pāṇi**. Hands, grasping holding, **Pāda**. Feet, movement, **Upastha**. Genitals, reproduction, **Pāyu**. Anus, excretion
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Agni
Fire | Form, eye, Sun, seeing, legs, Visnu, locomotion ## Footnote Mahābhūtas
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Nirākāra
Formless ## Footnote characteristic of Sat
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Nirguṇa
Attributeless, without qualities ## Footnote characteristic of Sat
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Ahaṅkāra
Ego ## Footnote Antaḥkaraṇa
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Vikṣepa Śakti
The projecting power ## Footnote Power of Maya
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What is Existence (sat)?
That which remains unchanged in the three periods of time (past, present and future)
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Anāmi
Nameless ## Footnote characteristic of Sat
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Avidyā
Wrong understanding
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What is Dama?
Control of the senses
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What is meant by discrimination?
Viveka is to recognise one thing from another ## Footnote between the permanent and the impermanent
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Vāyu
Air | Touch, skin, air, feeling, hands, Indra, grasping ## Footnote Mahābhūtas
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What is Titikṣā?
Forbearance
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Avikāri
Changeless ## Footnote characteristic of Sat
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Āvaraṇa Śakti
The veiling power ## Footnote Power of Maya
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What are the fourfold qualifications
Vairakya, viveka, mumuksu and the sixfold wealth | Become fit for the enquiry of the Truth ## Footnote Dispassion, Discriminaton, desire for liberation and inner wealth (Sama, dama etc)
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Pramoda
Supreme bliss experienced when one fully enjoys or possesses the desired object. ## Footnote Ānandamaya Kośa
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Sañcita karma
The results of actions performed in (all) previous births. ## Footnote The accumulated karma from all past lives, both good and bad, that has not yet ripened and is awaiting to bear fruit.
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Gandha
smell ## Footnote Tanmātras
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Śrotra
Ears (Organ of Hearing) ## Footnote Jñānendriyas
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Maya
Illusion. Maya is of the nature of the three qualities of sattva, rajas and tamas.
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Smṛti
Sacred Hindu scriptures of human composition ## Footnote As opposed to Śruti (divinely revealed).
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The five great elements
Mahābhūtas ## Footnote Space, air, fire, water and earth
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Prāṇamaya Kośa
The vital air sheath
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Manomaya Kośa
The mental sheath
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Vijñānamaya Kośa
The intellectual sheath
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Ānandamaya Kośa
The Bliss sheath
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pañcakosa
The Five Sheaths ## Footnote Food, vital air, mental, intellectual and bliss sheath
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Prāṇa
Breathing
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Apāna
Excretion
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Vyāna
Circulation
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Udāna
Reverse processes
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Udāna
Reverse processes
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Samāna
Digestion
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Sthula sarira
The gross body
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Suksma sarira
The subtle body ## Footnote The Vital, mental and intellefctual sheaths together are the subtle body
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Karana sarira
The Causal body ## Footnote Is the Bliss sheath
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Jāgrat-avasthā
The waking state ## Footnote Viśva, the individual experiencer or the consciousness associated with the waking state.
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Svapna-avasthā
The dream state ## Footnote The Self identified with the dream state is called Taijasa.
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The deep sleep state
Suṣupti ## Footnote The Self identified with the causal body is called **Prajña**
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Prajña
The Self identified with **deep sleep State**
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Taijasa
The Self identified with **the dream state**
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Viśva
The individual experiencer or the consciousness associated with **the waking state.**
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Īśvara
The Creator, sustainer and distroyer
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The tāmas aspect of space is?
sound (śabda)
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The tāmas aspect of air is?
Touch (sparśa)
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The tāmas aspect of fire is?
Form or vision (rūpa)
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The tāmas aspect of water is?
Taste (rasa)
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The tāmas aspect of earth is?
Smell (gandha)
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The rajas aspect of earth is?
excretion, anus
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The rajas aspect of water is?
procreation, gentitals
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The rajas aspect of fire is?
locomotion, legs
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The rajas aspect of air is?
grasping, hands
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The rajas aspect of space is?
organ of speech
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The sattvic aspect of space is?
sound ears
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The sattvic aspect of air is?
touch skin
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The sattvic aspect of fire is?
form eye
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The sattvic aspect of water is?
taste tongue
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The sattvic aspect of earth is?
smell, nose

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