The Five Sheaths of Consciousness

the physical body is composed of eight ingerdients know as mula prakriti

1) manas (MIND)
2) BUDDHI (INTELLECT)
3) AHAMKARA (EGO/IDENTIFICATION)
4) AKASHA (SPACE)
5) VAYU(AIR)
6) AGNI (FIRE)
7) APAH(WATER)
8) PRITHIVI(EARTH)
 THE 5 ELEMENTS FROM THE 3 DOSHAS OR BASIC HUNUMORS IN THE BODY

VAYU ....WIND (FROM THE AIR ELEMENT)
PITTA .....BILE (FROM THE FIRE ELEMENT)
KAPHA ....MUCOS (FROM A COMBINATION OF WATER AND EARTH ELEMENTS)


THERE  ARE ALSO THREE GUNAS OR QUALITIES THAT OPERATE THROUGH THE DOSHAS

SATTVA ( EQUANMITY,LIGHTNESS)
RAJAS (PASSION)
TAMAS (SLOTH, DARKNESS)



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