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1.the gross body(sthula sharira) ;
2. the subtle or astral body(sukshma sharira), and
3.the causal body(karana sharira). The karana sharira is called the body of the seed of all
seeds.
The five chief koshas (sheaths).
Classically they are the
1) Annamaya kosha which is translated as the "food" sheath (kosha) and corresponds
roughly to the physical body. It is characterized by the most dense and slow vibrational
frequency patterns. It is the realm of the sthula sharira (gross body). This is the realm of the
manifest form body of the Buddha, the nirmanakaya. This body can not exist without contact
with the other sheaths (koshas) or bodies, yet for the most part it remains barely activated in
regards to its highest evolutionary potential. When a human being is fully awakened in this
very life, it is said that they have a fully manifested Buddha body (nirmanakaya).
Annamaya kosha - food - physical - the five elements
2) The second sheath is composed of the pranamaya kosha or energy sheath. It
interconnects the annamaya kosha (physical body) with the other more subtle sheaths (the
manomaya, vijnanamaya, and anandamaya koshas). It is associated with the suksmah
sharira (subtle body).
Pranamaya kosha - breath - vital - the five pranas
3) Next there is manomaya kosha or mental and emotional sheath which also is included in
the sukshma sharira (subtle body),
Manomaya kosha - impressions - outer mind - the five kinds of sensory impressions
4) Next the vijnanamaya kosha or the prajna wisdom sheath of Gnosis (transconceptional
and transpersonal knowledge) which also is included in the sukshma sharira (subtle body).
Taken together, the annamaya, pranamaya, and vijnanamaya sheaths comprise the subtle
body (sukshma sharira) which is the vehicle for Buddha's bliss body (sambhogakaya).
Vijnanamaya kosha - ideas - intelligence - directed mental activity
5) The anandamaya kosha (literally the bliss sheath) which is associated with the karana
sharira or causal/seed body. In some systems there is a sixth sheath, the Hiranyagarbha
kosha (which here will be discussed as existing as one aspect inside the anandamaya kosha).
This karana sharira corresponds to the vajra body or diamond heart -- the immutable
changeless and indestructible body of the primordial Buddha whose vehicle is the
Dharmakaya.
Anandamaya kosha - experiences - deeper mind - memory, subliminal and
superconscious mind
Kaya: Body or vehicle. A Buddhist system first developed to describe the formless and
timeless realm of the primordial (Adi Buddha) Mind of Infinite Space (the Dharmakaya) in
distinction to the temporal and constructed world of form (Rupakaya). According to the
prajnaparamita (a key sutra of the Mahayana) neither exist separate from each other; i.e.,
relative and absolute truth are inseparable). This also corresponds to the Hindu tantric idea of
Shiva/Shakti where Shiva represents the formless eternal and Shakti represents the power and
manifestation of creation (the world of form). Shiva and Shakti also are inseparable.
Later in Buddhist tantra, the rupakaya was sub-divided into sambhogakaya and the
nirmanakaya. Sambhogakaya literally means the enjoyment or bliss body of the Buddha or
simply the enlightened form body where unhappiness has become conquered. This is the
intermediate (remediation) realm between earth and sky,-- crown (formless sky) and root
chakra where yogic transformation occurs. Even though the physical body is subject to decay,
this is the realm where buddha activity can none-the less exist as energetic mediator between
the Dharmakaya (unbounded sky) and the finite differentiated matrix of creation. In some
tantric schools it is called the illusory body, the body of light, and is associated with the astral
realms. Many teachings abound that cultivate this realization in both dream and sleep, as the