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Tattva-viveka Prakriyas in Vedanta (वेदान्ते तत्वविवेक-प्रक्रियाः) (view source)
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== पंचकोश-विवेकः ॥ Pancha-kosha viveka ==
== पंचकोश-विवेकः ॥ Pancha-kosha viveka ==
[[File:Panchakoshas and Atman.png|right|frameless|Atman or Consciousness pervades the Panchakoshas]]
[[File:Panchakoshas and Atman.png|right|frameless|Atman or Consciousness pervades the Panchakoshas|402x402px]]
Atman is distinct from the five sheaths (Panchakosha) vested in the Jiva. According to this viveka prakriya, Atman is within covered by five sheaths, and understanding the nature of each sheath uncovers the Atman. Atman is satyam and every kosha is a mithya.
Atman is distinct from the five sheaths (Panchakosha) vested in the Jiva. According to this viveka prakriya, Atman is within covered by five sheaths, and understanding the nature of each sheath uncovers the Atman. Atman is satyam and every kosha is a mithya.
Vidyaranya Swami in his Panchakosha viveka prakarana of Panchadasi, establishes through a subjective analysis that the Self is not a psycho-physical organism, and that the sight of Atman should not be lost in the sheaths that seem to encase it. It is beyond the Panchakoshas (पञ्चकोशातीतः).<ref name=":3" />
Vidyaranya Swami in his Panchakosha viveka prakarana of Panchadasi, establishes through a subjective analysis that the Self is not a psycho-physical organism, and that the sight of Atman should not be lost in the sheaths that seem to encase it. Atman is beyond the Panchakoshas (पञ्चकोशातीतः).<ref name=":3" />
Taittriya Upanishad seeks to show with the help of knowledge that the individual Atman (Self) is Brahman which is within and beyond the five sheaths beginning with that made of ''annam'' (food) and ending with that made of pure ''ananda'' goes on to extract the substance within by divesting it of the five sheaths formed by ignorance, just as we should remove the many chaff-coverings from a "kodrava grain.”<ref name=":3" />
Summary of the five koshas, their nature, and reasoning of why they are Mithya or Maya and not Atman is given in the following table.<ref name=":3" />
{| class="wikitable"
!Koshas
!Constituents
!Identifying the Maya factor
|-
|Annamaya Kosha
|Born of food assimilated by the parents and sustained by food alone.
| - Modification of food
- it has birth and death (does not exist in the three kalas)
- it grows, reproduces etc (undergoes changes with food)
- Enjoys results of past karma from previous births and leaves before enjoying future results (influx and destruction of the acquired)
|-
|Pranamaya Kosha
|Vitalizer of the physical body, gives strength and impetus to Indriyas
| - Modification of Vital force
- it is inert
- devoid of intelligence
- arises and perishes with the physical body
- depends on consciousness for activity to take place
|-
|Manomaya Kosha
|Manas, Thoughts, Emotions, Moods
| - Modification of Manas
- Passions (likes and dislikes) are polar and changing in nature
- Thoughts and Emotions are temporary, do not exist in the three kalas
- seat of desires (kama) which drive karma. Atman is desireless.
|-
|Vijnanamaya Kosha
|Buddhi, intellect, cognition center
| - Modification of buddhi
- it is not ubiquitous (like Atman)
- Periods of non-functionality or non-existence (as in abnormal minds or during sleep) therefore does not exist in three kalas.
|-
|Anandamaya Kosha
|Conditional Ananda
| - Modification of Ananda
- effect of previous karma and knowledge (Atman is not an effect)
- temporary experience hence exists only during certain times
|}
== अवस्था-त्रय-विवेकः ॥ Avastha-traya viveka ==
== अवस्था-त्रय-विवेकः ॥ Avastha-traya viveka ==