Eastern anatomy

Question 1

3 main Nadis

Answer 1

energy channels

IDA PINGALA SUSHUMMA

Question 2

IDA

Answer 2

feminin, blue, luna, cold

Question 3

PINGALA

Answer 3

masculin, red, hot

Question 4

SUSHUMMA

Answer 4

channel for KUNDALINI

white

Question 5

SHATKARMAS

Answer 5

1. NETI
2. NAULI
3. DHAUTI
4. BASTI
5. TRATARA
6. KAPALBHATTI

Question 6

NETI

Answer 6

cleansing of frontal sinus passage

Question 7

NAULI

Answer 7

abdominal massage

Question 8

DHAUTI

Answer 8

cleansing of upper G.I. tract

Question 9

BASTI

Answer 9

cleansing of the lower G.I. tract

Question 10

TRATARA

Answer 10

cleansing of the eyes, frontal lobes of the brain (frontallappen)

Question 11

KAPALBHATTI

Answer 11

cleansing of the frontal lobes & brain,
upper respiratory tract,
blood

Question 12

3 GUNAS

Answer 12

TAMAS RAJAS SATTVA

Question 13

Kleshas

Answer 13

layerings that cause „colouring“ of our thoughts
-mental stages

AVIDYA
ASMITAA
RAGA
DVESHA
ABHINIVESA

Question 14

AVIDYA

Answer 14

• ignorance of true nature
• seing non eternal as eternal
• confusing painful as pleasurable (TV, relationships…)

Question 15

ASMITAA

Answer 15

• identify the vihicle of the spirit for the spirit

- seeing the body as „me“

Question 16

RAGA

Answer 16

• attachment to things perceived as pleasurable

Question 17

DVESHA

Answer 17

• aversion to things perceived as painful

Question 18

ABHINIVESA

Answer 18

• fear of death

- fear of all of these aspects of the nonself

Question 19

KLESHA + YOGA

Answer 19

no longer a slave to mental fluctuations

Question 20

VRITTIS

Answer 20

right knowledge
wrong perception
imagination
sleep
memory

Question 21

vrittis vs klesha

Answer 21

vrittis can be both good and bad,

get rid of the kesha’s in order to experience the vrittis as good

Question 22

25 Tattvas

Answer 22

from Sankhya Philosophy of creation
1 Purusha -pure consciousness
2 Pakriti - pure energy
3 Buddhi - intellect
4 Ahamkar - ego
5 mana - mind
5 Karmendriyas (Handlungsorgane)
5 Jnanendriyas (sinnesorgane)
5 Danmatras ("gefühlte Elemente")
5 Panchamahabhutas (elements)

Question 23

Purusha

Answer 23

pure consciousness

Anandamaya Kosha

Question 24

Pakriti

Answer 24

pure energy
3 Gunas
Buddhi
ahamkar

Question 25

buddhi

Answer 25

intellect

Question 26

ahamkar

Answer 26

ego

Question 27

manas

Answer 27

mind

Question 28

karmendriyas

Answer 28

from sattva - manas(mind)

1. Mukha - hands
2. Hasta - hands
3. Pada - feet
4. Payu- excretory organs
5. Upastha - reproductory organs

Manomaya Kosha

Question 29

Jnanendriyas

Answer 29

from sattva - manas(mind)

1. ears
2. skin
3. eyes
4. tongue
5. nose

Manomaya Kosha

Question 30

Danmatras

Answer 30

from Tamas - “felt elements”

1. sound
2. touch
3. sight
4. taste
5. smell

Question 31

Pancamahabhutas

Answer 31

1. ether/ space
2. air
3. fire
4. water
5. earth

Question 32

connection

jnanendriyas - danmatras - pancamahabhutas

Answer 32

1. ears –> sound –> ether/ space
2. skin –> touch –> air
3. eyes –> sound –> fire
4. tongue –> taste –> water
5. nose –> smell –> earth

Question 33

Frustration

Answer 33

created by kleshas and gunas