Human personality comprises the divine spark of life, called
the Atman, with the five matter layers enveloping it. These
five matter layers are The Food Sheath, The Vital Sheath, The
Mental Sheath, The Intellectual Sheath and the Bliss Sheath.
In the videos Kindle Life 23.4 and 23.5 we saw the nature of
The Food Sheath and The Vital Air Sheath and The Mental
Sheath and The Intellectual Sheath along with the differences
between the two ie. the mind and the intellect. Now we shall
study the nature of The Bliss Sheath.
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5. The Bliss Sheath:
This is the innermost of the five sheaths containing the vasanas
. In the videos Kindle Life 9.1 and 9.2 The Path of Perfection and
Kindle Life 10.1 The Mechanism of Action, we saw that, the
structure and composition of the individual mind and intellect
are founded upon his own vasanas. Also, vasana a sanskrit
term, means fragrance. Each individual has distinct vasanas,
peculiar to him, and they constitute and define his individuality.
An individual is nothing but a substantial form of his vasanas.
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It is made up of ignorance, in which we exist during our deep -
sleep state of consciousness. It is called the Bliss Sheath
because in this state an undisturbed peace and bliss is
experienced, due to cessation of agitations experienced in the
other two states, namely the wake and the dream states.
In the waking and dream states, the individuals are in different
conditions and surroundings and hence the joys and sorrows
they experience are varied.
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The condition of The Bliss Sheath is uniform for all and hence
there are no variations in experience. The Bliss Sheath controls
the Intellectual Sheath, as the intellect functions under the
control and guidance of one's vasanas. The Bliss Sheath has
several synonyms like, Vasanas, Avidya, Ignorance ( of the Self )
Non apprehention ( of Reality ), Causal Body and the State of
deep sleep.
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The different names are frquently used in different contexts
and hence knowledge of them is essential and important
for our study. All the names are used to indicate a particular
aspect of the same thing in a particular context.
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Hari Om!
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more in the next video Kindle Life 23.7 Fundamentals of Vedanta...