Pancha Kosha – The Five Treasures / Cells. The translation of Pancha Kosha; - Pancha simply means five. ‘Kosha’ can be translated as ‘sheath’ ‘shell’, ‘cell’, envelope’ ‘screen’, ‘case’ and even ‘treasure’ 1; Sanskrit is a very subtle language. While this can be said of English, Sanskrit words can have.
AOL Course – Day 2 – Panchakosha Meditation
Tuesday 6:10 PM
PANCHAMAYAKOSHA – THE FIVE LEVELS OF BEING Yoga philosophy describes the body as composed of 5 sheaths, bodies or levels of being. These are the five koshas (pancha = 5, kosha = sheath). The word maya can also mean sheath or veil. Annamaya Kosha - The Food Sheath. Translated as the food sheath, the annamaya kosha is the. Manomaya kosha Manasis known as one sense alsocalledas ekendriya The third sheath of the pancha kosha that is known as manomaya kosha (mind sheath ) Practices like pranayama helps to control manomaya kosha and switch to the vijnyanamaya kosha Vyagraha pranayama is practiced in our intensive to enhance the manomaya kosha 5. PANCHAMAYAKOSHA – THE FIVE LEVELS OF BEING Yoga philosophy describes the body as composed of 5 sheaths, bodies or levels of being. These are the five koshas (pancha = 5, kosha = sheath). The word maya can also mean sheath or veil.
The teacher now tells us why don’t we all meditate. He says meditation is not concentration and you can’t practise meditation. But it happens. The practices taught in AOL can lead us to meditation. He said Guruji Ravishankar has taught a powerful meditation called Pancha Kosha meditation which we are all going to learn now. I am happy I will learn one more meditation and add it to my kitty. I am impatient what is this meditation with such a beautiful name.
Teacher explains there are five sheaths of our being. I immediately want to show off my knowledge and said names of the Koshas. Teacher is not happy. He frowned at me. I feel bad. I think I should control myself. When teacher speaks I should listen choicelessly. No need to show off your knowledge otherwise teacher will never like me.
Teacher said yes you are right the pancha koshas are – Annamaya Kosha (Body), Pranamaya Kosha (Prana), Manomaya Kosha (Mind), Vijnanamaya Kosha (Intuition-Intellect-Insight) and Anandamaya (Bliss) Kosha. He explained the Koshas a little bit sometimes forgot the names. Obviously he had forgotten many things taught in his teacher training.
Now what is this Panchakosha meditation:
Panchakosha Meditation In Tamil
We sit and close our eyes
First we become aware of all the sound, noises around us and listen without judgement. Vehicle sounds et all.
Next we are aware of our Body for sometime
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Next we are aware of our breathing
Next we are aware of our Mind and thinking
Next we are aware of our emotions
Next we are aware of Silence
All in 20 minutes. I was wondersing how can i be aware of my emotions when I don’t have any in this 20 minutes. But I understand the purport of this meditation is awareness, mindfullness. Had practised some of these from Vignana Bhairava Tantra earlier.
Pancha Kosha Meditation Sri Sri
Meditation is over. I am also feeling calm. Teacher asks us to open our eyes. He asks us how you feel. I tell I am feeling calm and peaceful. He says good. Another middle aged guy mentioned he was able to see a blue pearl. Teacher did not know how to react. He became silent and then he says be aware of it. I think I like this middle aged guy. He is intresting and cranky maybe I should talk to him later.
Its 6:30 now.