Theos-Talk Archives (January 2002 Message tt00250)

Wednesday, January 16, 2002

Dear Friend :

I do not know what is missing, but the enclosed will give a quick
survey of the 7-fold nature of Man

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STATES AFTER DEATH AND RELEVANT PRINCIPLES


SEVEN-FOLD CLASSIFICATION OF PRINCIPLES -- A BASIC

Theosophy places the old doctrine before western civilization

1. 1.	The Body, or Rupa.
2. 2.	Vitality, or Prana-Jiva.
3. 3.	Astral Body, or Linga-Sarira.
4. 4.	Animal Soul, or Kama-Rupa
5. 5.	Human Soul, or Manas.
6. 6.	Spiritual Soul, or Buddhi.
7. 7.	Spirit, or Atma, (This Principle synthesizes the other
6.)


The words in italics are equivalents in the Sanskrit language
adopted for the English terms. This classification stands to this
day for all practical purposes, a later arrangement places the
Astral body second instead of third in the category. It at once
gives an idea of what man is, very different from the vague
description by the words "body and soul," and also boldly
challenges the materialistic conception that mind is the product
of brain, a portion of the body.

This immortal trinity is that called Atma-Buddhi-Manas in
Sanskrit, difficult terms to render in English. ATMA is Spirit,
BUDDHI is the highest power of intellection, that which discerns
and judges, and MANAS is Mind.

This threefold collection is the Real Man.

REAL MAN:
Atma,	or Spirit, [this is neither yours nor mine, but is a
"ray" of the Universal Spirit],
Buddhi, or Discernment, Discrimination, Wisdom, [accumulated
experience over eternity],
Manas, or Mind. [thought, imagination, memory, fancy, choice,
etc...]

The four lower instruments or vehicles are shown in this table:

LOWER VEHICLES:
* Kama,	or The Passions and Desires, [selfishness, ignorance,
isolation, etc...]
* Prana,	or The Life Principle, [a portion of the Universal
LIFE: Jiva]
* Linga Sarira,	or The Astral Body, [atoms and sub-atoms --
fields of force]
* Sthula Sarira,	or The Physical Body. [molecules, cells,
structure, etc...]
*

DEATH MARKS THE SEPARATION OF THE LOWER VEHICLE

When the hour arrives for their separation to begin, the
combination can no longer be kept up, the physical body dies, the
atoms of which each of the four is composed begin to separate
from each other, and the whole collection being disjointed is no
longer fit for one as an instrument for the real man. This is
what is called "death" among us mortals, but it is not death for
the real man because he is deathless, persistent, immortal. He is
therefore called the Triad, or indestructible trinity.

The Physical man is known as the Quaternary or Mortal Four.

* The visible physical man is:
*
* Brain, Nerves, Blood, Bones, Lymph, Muscles, Organs of
Sensation and Action, Skin.
*
* The unseen physical man is:
*
* Astral Body, Passions and Desires, Life Principle (called prana
or jiva).
*
It will be seen that the physical part of our nature is thus
extended to a second department which, though invisible to the
physical eye, is nevertheless material and subject to decay.
Because people in general have been in the habit of admitting to
be real only what they can see with the physical eye, they have
at last come to suppose that the unseen is neither real nor
material.

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The above is extracted from the OCEAN OF THEOSOPHY by Mr. W. Q.
Judge

You will also find that Mme. Blavatsky in the KEY TO THEOSOPHY
give a very detailed explanation about the role that each of the
7 "principles" plays in Man's constitution.

Both are available "on line" at http://www.blavatsky.net

for reading or down-loading.

If you have more specific questions I will be glad to help.


Best wishes,

Dallas

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