Sookshma/Sukshma sharira (body) quotes of Sathya Sai
Quotes of Sathya Sai on subtle body and on what happens after death which show that Madhusudan Naidu's subtle body claim is FALSE;
Muddenahalli group senior faculty should dispute it with other quotations or stop supporting Madhusudan claim
Muddenahalli group senior faculty should dispute it with other quotations or stop supporting Madhusudan claim
A) Sookshma/Sukshma sharira (body) quotes of Sathya Sai
A1) The Primal Cause,
Discourse at Prashaanthi Nilayam, on 22-3-1985,
http://www.sssbpt.info/ssspeaks/volume18/sss18-09.pdf
Given below is a large extract of the discourse:
Discourse at Prashaanthi Nilayam, on 22-3-1985,
http://www.sssbpt.info/ssspeaks/volume18/sss18-09.pdf
Given below is a large extract of the discourse:
The Truth that the scriptures teach is, that God is everywhere, near and far, above and below, inside and outside. God is One, indivisible, omnipresent.
In order to awaken to this truth, one has to attain higher levels of wakefulness. Indeed, there are four such levels. The first is, the apparently wakeful attentiveness with which we move about and busy ourselves everyday. We are very much like others, alert and aware, when thus awake.
But, Vedanta reveals four categories of wakefulness: the fully awake, the wakefulness of mind only--as while dreaming, the wakefulness of the self alone--as in deep sleep, and the illumination of the self awakening into the Over-self These are named Sthoola Sookshma, Kaarana and Mahakaarana (The Gross, the Subtle, the Causal and the Super-cause).
The gross body that is activated in the waking stage is the composite of many items--the five senses of perception, the five senses of action, the five inner instruments, the five elements in creation, the five vital airs and the self--26 in all. This is the Jagrath stage, wakefulness. The subtle body that dreams has only five vital airs, the five senses of perception, and five fundamental elements--fifteen items in all as the Sookshma (the subtle), the Yaathana vehicle which according to Vedanta, undergoes the consequences of good deeds and bad.
In order to awaken to this truth, one has to attain higher levels of wakefulness. Indeed, there are four such levels. The first is, the apparently wakeful attentiveness with which we move about and busy ourselves everyday. We are very much like others, alert and aware, when thus awake.
But, Vedanta reveals four categories of wakefulness: the fully awake, the wakefulness of mind only--as while dreaming, the wakefulness of the self alone--as in deep sleep, and the illumination of the self awakening into the Over-self These are named Sthoola Sookshma, Kaarana and Mahakaarana (The Gross, the Subtle, the Causal and the Super-cause).
The gross body that is activated in the waking stage is the composite of many items--the five senses of perception, the five senses of action, the five inner instruments, the five elements in creation, the five vital airs and the self--26 in all. This is the Jagrath stage, wakefulness. The subtle body that dreams has only five vital airs, the five senses of perception, and five fundamental elements--fifteen items in all as the Sookshma (the subtle), the Yaathana vehicle which according to Vedanta, undergoes the consequences of good deeds and bad.