Page 172 - The Path of Grace
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PATH OF GRACE
The toughest of the sheaths is the annamaya kosa which is followed by the less strong Pranamaya, Manomaya, Vijnanamaya and Ananda maya Kosas. Unless the soul is freed from the confusion of its identifying itself as these sheaths or otherwise the clutches of these sheaths the question of freedom of the self is out of question. It is not here intended to have a full explanation of these sheaths; suffice it to say that the body, breath, mind and vital spheres of our constitution are governed by these sheaths. As a matter of fact the whole exercise of seeking freedom is directed only against these sheaths in a sense. The Annamaya kosa literally governs the modern man. He is guided by a philosophy directed mainly at the stomach: a culture of dinner parties and luncheon workshops. The knots or points coming after the Prapanna Prabhu gati relate in one sense or the other with these Kosas.
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