Koshas and the Gunas Flashcards
What are the five koshas?
Annamaya kosha Pranamaya kosha Manomaya kosha Vijnanamaya kosha Anandamaya kosha
What is Annamaya kosha?
Food or material/physical body
What is Pranamaya kosha?
Vital energy body/vital-air sheath
What is Manomaya kosha?
Mental body/mental sheath
What is Vijnanamaya kosha?
Higher mental body/Intellectual sheath
What is Anandamaya kosha?
Transcendental body/Bliss sheath
Our Physical body includes which kosha/s?
Annamaya kosha
Our Astral/Subtle body includes which kosha/s?
Pranamaya kosha
Manomaya kosha
Vijnanamaya kosha
Our Causal body includes which kosha/s?
Anandamaya kosha
What is the pranic body?
The internal flow of prana or life force within the physical body
What are the 5 major pranas?
Prana Apana Udana Samana Vyana
What does Prana Vayu govern?
Faculty of perception
What does Apana Vayu govern?
Faculty of excretion
What does Udana Vayu govern?
Faculty of thought absorption
What does Samana Vayu govern?
Faculty of digestion
What does Vyana Vayu govern?
Faculty of circulation
What direction does prana flow in in Prana Vayu?
Upwards
What direction does prana flow in in Apana Vayu?
Downwards
What direction does prana flow in in Udana Vayu?
Circular motion around the throat and head
What direction does prana flow in in Samana Vayu?
Circular motion from the navel around the abdomen
What direction does prana flow in in Vyana Vayu?
From the heart out to the extremities
What are the three gunas?
Sattva
Rajas
Tamas
What does the word guna mean?
Qualities
What does sattva mean?
Purity
What does rajas mean?
Preservation
What does tamas mean?
Destruction
What are sattvic qualities?
Truth, purity and light
What are Rajasic qualities?
Passion, energy and desire
What are tamasic qualities?
Ignorance, inertia and darkness
