ANNAMAYA KOSA:

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ANNAMAYA KOSA Food Sheath Body Element
Earth Value Right Action Teaching Technique
Activities / Life Application Do Good, Be
Good, See Good.
PRANAMAYA KOSA Breath Life Force (also Loving
Thoughts) Element Air Value Love Teaching
Technique Devotional Singing
Love All, Serve All.
  MANAMAYA KOSA Mind Sheath Element Water
(Like water mind flows down.) Value
Peace Teaching Technique Silent Sitting /
Meditation Dont Worry, Be
Happy.
VIJANAMAYA KOSA Conscience Element Fire (Like
fire conscience flows up.) Value Truth
Consciousness in every cell. Teaching Technique
Story Telling
You and I are One.
ANANDAMAYA KOSA Bliss Sheath Element Akasha
EtherSpace Value Non-Violence Teaching
Technique Prayer Help Ever,
Hurt Never.
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INNER INSTRUMENTS OF THE BODY AIM Constant
Integrated Awareness In Speech, Action Feelings
Intelligence / Discrimination (Vijnanamaya
Kosa) Value Truth Element Fire Expresses
through speech and words.
Food / Physical-Gross (Annamaya Kosa) Value
Right Action Element Earth Expresses through
the body.
Energy / Life Force (Pranamaya Kosa) Value
Love Element Air Flows as an under-current in
all the instruments and purifies.
Bliss / Ecstatic (Anandamaya Kosa) Value
Non-violence Element Ether Experience of
Divinity which fosters the five human values.
Mind / Emotions (Manomaya Kosa) Value Peace
Love Element Water Expresses through the mental
plane.
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The Physical / Gross Body
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MIND / EMOTIONS
KOSA - Manomaya Kosa VALUES - Peace -
Love ELEMENT - Water SENSES - Taste - Form
- Touch - Sound
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BLISS / ECSTATIC
KOSA - Anandamaya Kosa VALUE -
Non-Violence ELEMENT - Ether SENSES -
Sound
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INNER INSTRUMENTS OF THE BODY AIM Constant
Integrated Awareness in Speech, Action and
Feelings
MANOMAYA KOSA - Taste - Form - Touch - Sound
ANNAMAYA KOSA - Smell - Taste - Form - Touch
- Sound
VIJNANAMAYA KOSA - Form - Touch - Sound
PRANAMAYA KOSA - Touch - Sound
ANANDAMAYA KOSA - Sound
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• RELATIONSHIP OF THE FIVE KOSAS TO THE FIVE VALUES
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• TRUTH
• Bodythe body is the temple of God.
• Pranathe breath is the life force of body.
• Mindthe mind is used to cognize and reflect on
  the outer world.
• Conscienceit is the voice of God within.
• AtmaDivine consciousness, the Self.

RIGHT ACTION Bodythe body expresses truth in
action. Pranathe breath is used to speak
truth. Mindthoughts should follow the
conscience to think Truth. Conscienceis used to
discriminate right from wrong action. Atmaillumin
es the intellect.
  PEACE Bodyshould be used to calm
actionsyoga. Pranacontrol of the breath calms
mind. Mindcontrol thoughts to limit desires and
attain peace. Consciencecontemplation leads to
meditation. AtmaSupreme Peace.
LOVE Bodyexpresses love by service to
humanity. Pranabreath is used to say Gods
Name-soft kind speech. Mindused to focus
Devotion to God. Conscience compassion comes
from the heart. AtmaSupreme Love is Divine
energy.
NON-VIOLENCE Bodyexpresses non-violence by
non harm in action. Pranathe breath expresses
non harm in speech. Mindshould be used with non
harm in thoughts. Conscienceawareness of
reverence for all life. AtmaCosmic Consciousness
is Universal Love.
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INNER MEANING OF M-A-N   Being born as a human
being, one has come to attain Atma Ananda. Such a
being is called man, M-A-N. M overcome
Maya (illusion). A experience the vision of
the Atma, Divine Self. N means to attain
Nirvana, Liberation.   This is the important
inner meaning of Man. Maya should be given up.
One should have the vision of Atma. Nirvana
should be attained. Life as a human being has
been gifted in order to inquire into these
three qualities. We have to change our outer
vision to inner vision. Then it will be possible
to understand that the Atma is our very
form. Sai Discourse 07/04/01