Annamaya kosha Īnna means matter, annam literally means food Taittiriya Upanishad calls food the medicament of all. The doctrine of Panchkoshas represents the hierarchy of human values and is held to be a useful springboard for a modern scientific understanding of cosmology and evolution. The Sruti insists upon elimination of these five sheaths of the sariras. The Karana sarira is the Anandamayakosha (blissful, the transcendental body). The Suksma sarira is made up of the Pranamayakosha (energy-ful, the subtle body), the Manomayakosha (instinctive, the perceptual body) and the Vigyanamayakosha (cognitive, the conscious body). The Sthula sarira is the Annamayakosha (food-ful, consisting of the gross body). the causal body karana sarira - This body consists of Ananadamaya Kosha.the subtle body suksma sarira - This body consists of Manomaya Kosha and Vijanamaya Kosha.This body consists of Annamaya kosha and Pranamaya Kosha. The gross body sthula sarira - made up of physical matter.Panchakoshas are divided in three bodies. Vijnanamaya Kosha - The intellect sheath.Pranamaya Kosha - The vital energy or breath sheath.For a person who is unaware of the atman there is no other go except to do karmas intended for purification of the mind. By non-realisation of the true nature of the atman, the atman is mistaken as the karana sarira ("causal body"), suksma sarira ("subtle body") and sthula sarira ("gross body") which bodies constitute the anatman. The samsara is the vast turbulent ocean which is the embodiment of avidya and its effects that cannot be crossed without the aid of perfect wisdom the samsara is the anatman. All objects of consciousness are called Anatman, including the mind and the ego. What is anatman? Īnatman means not-self or non-self. The Atman is the substratum of the consciousness of "I". Knowledge is gained after renouncing attachment to all sense-objects and all actions, for one's body, that harbours the mind that makes for bondage and is not the atman. Atman is Brahman who is of the nature of satyam, jnanam and anantam, and the knower of Brahman becomes Brahman. Spiritual Liberation is of the nature of bliss in which there is complete negation of all sorrow, it does not arise by mere study of sastras, sacrifice to gods, performance of karmas and meditation on the divinities, these acts do not result in the knowledge of the unity of atman. The knowledge and understanding of the atman invariably results in Jiwanmukti i.e. The Sruti declares that human birth, by divine grace, is meant to strive to know and understand the atman.
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