Kindle Life 23.4 Fundamentald of Vedanta

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HARI OM!

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Kindle Life Chapter 23.4

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FUNDAMENTALS OF VEDANTA

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1. The Food Sheath: The Physical body, the outermost part of our personality, beyond which we do not exist, is called the food sheath. It is called so because it started from the essence of the food assimilated by the father, then nourished, in the womb by the food taken by the mother. It continues to exist by consuming food, and after death, it ultimately, goes back to the earth, to fertilize it and become food again. So it is called the food sheath.

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The food sheath consists of ten organs. They are, Five sense organs of perceptions, called the " jnana " indriyas and five organs of action called the " karma " indriyas. The five sense organs are the eyes, the ears, the nose, the tongue and the skin. The organs of action are speech, hands, feet, the genital organ and the anus, the organ of evacuation.

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2. The Vital Air Sheath. The air we breathe supports the activities of the body. They are the five physiological systems. This sheath comprises of five pranas. (i) Prana - The faculty of Perception. This faculy controls the perceptions of the five fold stimuli received through the sense organs from the world of objects. (ii) Apana - The faculty of excretion. All things thrown out or rejected by the body, such as, seeds, sputum, perspiration, urine, faces etc are expressions of Apana.

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(iii) Samana - the faculty of Digestion. It digests all food taken in the stomach. (iv) Vyana - The faculty of Circulation. By this power, the effect of food digested, is sent to the different parts of the body by the blood stream. (v) Udana - The faculty of Thinking. This faculty raises the capacity, to higher levels of thinking and understanding for self education.

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A. The five faculties weaken slowly with age. B. The Vital air sheath controls and regulates the food sheath. C. The physical body is affected when the pranas do not function properly.

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