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2. Prashna Upanishad - Wikipedia

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   In verses 2.3 and 2.4, the Prashna Upanishad states that Prana (breath, spirit) is the most essential and powerful of all, because without it all other deities cannot survive in a creature, they exist only when Prana is present. The deities manifest their power because of and in honor of Prana. The spirit manifests itself in nature as well as ...

3. Chaitanya (consciousness) - Wikipedia

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   In the Rig Veda (R.V.IV.XL.5), Nrishad is the dweller amongst humans; Nrishad is explained as Chaitanya or 'Consciousness' or Prana or 'vitality' because both dwell in humans. [ 5 ] In his commentary on the Isha Upanishad , [ 6 ] [ page needed ] Sri Aurobindo explains that the Atman , the Self manifests through a seven-fold movement of Prakrti .

4. Prana - Wikipedia

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   Prana is divided into ten main functions: The five Pranas – Prana, Apana, Udana, Vyana and Samana – and the five Upa-Pranas – Naga, Kurma, Devadatta, Krikala and Dhananjaya. Pranayama , one of the eight limbs of yoga , is intended to expand conscious awareness of prana.

5. Subtle body - Wikipedia

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   The prana-maya (body made of vital breath or prana), The mano-maya (body made of mind), The vijñana-maya (body made of consciousness) The ananda-maya (bliss body, the subtlest level). Subtle internal anatomy included a central channel . [8] Later Vedic texts called samhitas and brahmanas contain a theory of five "winds" or "breaths" (vayus ...

6. Nadi (yoga) - Wikipedia

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   In the subtle and the causal body, the nadis are channels for so-called cosmic, vital, seminal, mental, intellectual, etc. energies (collectively described as prana) and are important for sensations, consciousness and the spiritual aura. [1] Yoga texts disagree on the number of nadis in the human body.

7. Kosha - Wikipedia

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   A kosha (also kosa; Sanskrit कोश, IAST: kośa), usually rendered "sheath", is a covering of the Atman, or Self according to Vedantic philosophy. The five sheaths, summarised with the term Panchakosha, are described in the Taittiriya Upanishad (2.1-5), [1] [2] and they are often visualised as the layers of an onion. [3]