Food, vital force, mind, intellect and bliss. These are called the five sheaths. The self delimited by these sheaths, due to forgetting its true form, gets trapped in the world in the form of birth and death. (That is why they are called sheaths).
A sheath gives sorrow to a silkworm. A sheath also hides the form of that which is kept inside it, like a sword. Similarly, the sheaths such as the food sheath etc. hide the non-dual blissful self essence. That is why these are called sheaths.
A sheath gives sorrow to a silkworm. A sheath also hides the form of that which is kept inside it, like a sword. Similarly, the sheaths such as the food sheath etc. hide the non-dual blissful self essence. That is why these are called sheaths.
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