--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 4/20/05 11:20 AM, anonymousff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> Bliss is a trap that can suck the mind into samsara > >> forever. > > > > are you sure ? > > Bliss is one of the sheaths obscuring the Self. Are there 5? Anandamaya > Kosha I believe it's called. Cardemeister and Vaj to the rescue.
This is from Cologne Digital (~ Monier-Williams): Entry koza [= kosha -- Card.] <snip> [...] the membrane covering an egg (in the womb) Sus3r. VarBr2. Ma1rkP. ; the vulva L. ; a testicle or the scrotum Sus3r. VarBr2S. ; the penis W. ; an egg L. ; *****(in Veda7nta phil.) a term for the three sheaths or succession of cases which make up the various frames of the body enveloping the soul (these are , 1. the %{Ananda-maya- kosha} or `" sheath of pleasure "' , forming the %{kAraNa-sharIra} or `" causal frame "' ; 2. the %{vijJAna-maya} or %{buddhi-m-} or %{mano- m-} or %{prANa-m-k-} , `" the sheath of intellect or will or life "' , forming the %{sUkSma-sharIra} or `" subtile frame "' ; 3. the [EMAIL PROTECTED] , `" the sheath of nourishment "' , forming the % {sthUla-sharIra} or `" gross frame "') Veda7ntas.... <snip> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/