The Secret of the Five Sheaths by Swami Sarvapriyananda

vedanta.org Swami Sarvapriyananda talks about the five sheaths of the human body-mind complex: physical sheath (annamaya kosha), the sheath of prana (pranamaya kosha), the sheath of mind (manomaya kosha), the sheath of intellect (vijnanamaya kosha), and the sheath of bliss (anandamaya kosha). The talk was given on August 14, 2016.
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[@tolifeandlearning3919]

We should start a petition for awarding of Nobel prize to Swami Sarvapriyananda

[@rajikrishnan2]

Why do have to give such importance to Nobel prize. You want to limit Swami Sarvapriyananda's knowledge to those few people who are sitting there and deciding who should get. Who are these few? What intelligence they have that they can decide Swami Sarvapriyanamdaji's knowledge? Swami.Sarvapriyanandaji is above all and I don't think he expects anything like this. Otherwise he wouldn't be called as Swmi. I know your wish comes out of respect for him. But certainly Nobel prize should not be the yard stick.

[@niladrigoswami3775]

Rightly said. We should.

[@mahesh9k]

Yes I agree. Swami Sarvapriyanandas selfless contribution to our lives. Let’s initiate the petition

[@BabuGud]

Just listen to him and follow his teachings and attain moksha. That's what you can give him the best.

[@sionwalters1140]

@ToLifeandLearning Hey Bub I feel like we both share the same overwhelming respect and reverence of Swami Sarvaprivananda. Even though the intention is beautiful, but award and recognition are constructs of thought and serve no purpose but to validate the false sense of self. If you want to show him respect and gratitude for all understandings he has given you then embody his teachings by constantly observing your nature and reactions to raw sensory input with no action and no judgment. Observation with no judgment. Swami requires no external validation…… secure within the self excellence is it’s own reward.

[@vkab8217]

There should be a Nobel prize for Spiritual Teachers..

[@synchronicity67]

Yes true 👍but fortunately it's not ther as if ther vwer, the fake gurus wld buy d prizes! ( it seems they do buy d Noble prize)! This man seems very good n a genuine teacher.. just found on KZbin 🙏

[@saswatomitra9262]

100000000000%

[@KanchanaManyam]

They are above such kind of praises, prizes... let them focus on their core work... they dont need visible awards...

[@usc4405]

They Don't One. It will belittle their knowledge

[@anuradhadatta7976]

Awakening is the nobel prize...without kundalini...awakening is the ultimate realization.

[@NoahHornberger]

I think I searched for this truth for almost 10 years before it was revealed in me randomly one day. It is great to hear something so rare and beautiful being explained clearly and without a trace of device or desire. These talks are pure gold. Thank you!!

[@manumaman3339]

O, my god... What a great enlightening class...!!!!

[@2010RAJIN]

so very true... we r blessed to hv come across a rare personality like Swamiji. koti Pranams.

[@soumyaranjandash5442]

Teacher comes when student is ready

[@Kommitanz]

What do you mean by "randomly"? I'm not interested in a philosophical dabate (for a change :-D) but in the specific story.

[@sudhir911]

Nicely put.

[@PrinceBizzle]

My favorite part of any Swami talk is when he says "please come forward, their are plenty of seats".....I feel It in my soul

[@thyagarajant.r.3256]

There or their?

[@PrinceBizzle]

@@thyagarajant.r.3256 Doesnt really matter, I am not attached to either spelling in the context of a youtube video comment, but, thanks for being vigilant. Lol

[@sagnikgangopadhyay4687]

OMG OMG.. So very true.. There's so much love when he says people to come and sit.

[@oln3678]

Once or twice he gets annoyed with someone who doesn't sit down or doesnt switch off the phone and distracts him. I laugh 😅

[@MrSA1829]

This guy is a great teacher we are lucky to have him here on KZbin ❤️

[@SuperstarSridhar]

You are right - we are lucky. If he family man, I would have wished his family well. But it is said that the entire world is the family of Sanyasis, so I will pray for peace in this world.

[@mrgovin1285]

His holiness is a GREAT Spiritual guru. Hari om

[@Revel136]

Blessed 🙏

[@OfficialGOD]

A living Seeker right among us

[@jodybyrne5261]

We are lucky to have him here on Earth in our lifetimes!!

[@dominicayyanikkatt7463]

The clearest explanation of the Five Sheaths I have listened to so far in my life.

[@sukusaginaw]

This great philosopher has a unique talent to deliver the complex meaning of Vedanta in a very simple way.

[@bhaavaniidasa2651]

Sarvapriyananda = the real deal

[@shefalishah8832]

You really are a great teacher. All the time smiling while teaching such heavy subject Vedant and that makes it easy for us.

[@SuperstarSridhar]

Powerful words: "We must see that mortality is in the body, disease and decay are in the life forces (Prana), happiness and sadness and desire and frustration are in the mind, ignorance and knowledge are in the intellect. All of these are in the five sheaths - none of them are in the pure consciousness, their witness, we already are right now. All of spiritual life is meant to bring us to this understanding - not in a lecture, not in books, but actually as a living reality."

[@mmsahu1]

But you must initially hear Shraban, manan and nidifhysan

[@sunandakarmokar2241]

So powerful lecture learnt so many things ,thank to u tube

[@SuperstarSridhar]

@@mmsahu1 what you say is very true. Without a lot of listening, reflecting, and meditating this knowledge will not sink in.

[@SuperstarSridhar]

@@sunandakarmokar2241 Yes, we are really lucky to have such great teachers we can listen to from the comfort our homes. Shree Gurubyo Namah. 🙏

[@MrThegreatuser]

I get overwhelmed by emotion and want to cry out of happiness whenever I hear Swamiji speak.

[@DistilledHealth]

I love this Swami!!!

[@77rupinder]

Got addicted to listening to you Swami ji😊🧘‍♀️🙏

[@cindyburton4141]

Me too

[@DurgaPrasad-ms4tt]

Me too

[@prashantthakuri6074]

No ur not ! Your body is addicted

[@DurgaPrasad-ms4tt]

@@prashantthakuri6074 ultimately it's one then it's only existence so it s in ignorance so it's me who got addicted

[@c.n.reddychokkam5044]

Pranamam Swamiji .

[@rajadasworld]

A great inheritor of the legacy of Swami Vivekananda

[@PRANAVSINGHGPLUS]

Beauty lies in the eyes of beholder :). You are great inquisitor & maven yourself.

[@UsSpiritual]

Can we ask, What is consciousness made of?

[@annmurphy3686]

B T Light and snap, crackle, pop!.

[@KatieKamala]

Hi Raja, sorry our path's didn't cross in India. Hopefully one day. Namaste my friend.

[@Sreenivaspeddiraju]

@@UsSpiritual consciousness is made up of You!

[@gourangamazumdar6891]

Yes Nobel Prize to be introduced for spritual teachers.

[@bhaskariyer4803]

Beauty of Vedanta is, it reveals the ultimate truth 'Thou Art That' without using the crutches of religion, concepts of God, heaven and hell. Once you understand and correct your vision, the mistaken appearance of snake in the rope causing fear and anxiety disappears. There is nothing wrong with the Srishti (Creation), we just need to correct our Drishti (Vision). Train our minds to see only Gold in different Ornaments, Clay in different pots, Ocean in every drop and God in all humanity.

[@akashpandeybhu2989]

I'm a philosophy student.. I never get a teacher like you.. 🙏🙏

[@FrancisFurtak]

My favorite teacher!

[@rajgopalreddy8958]

How profound our heritages swameejee charansaprash from where the words pouring listeners mind melting from conditioned toward freedom the brain cells questioning each reach teach but no answers only ??? Charansaprash 👏

[@krsheelakr]

Hari Om Swamji, tremendously grateful for putting such a complex subject in such a simple manner.

[@victoriahangula382]

This class was an eye opener, a realization of what the I intails. The more I listen to the vedante the bigger my thust. Amazing teachings. Much appreciated 🤗⭐😇🙏(Namibia)

[@stevec8872]

This was an incredible elucidation! We are fortunate to have someone who provides so much clarity expounding these teachings! We are already the Highest!

[@anjumakhija1529]

What is the exact word for.. Changing, unchanging In Sanskrit??

[@abhaythakur1497]

@@anjumakhija1529 i think नित्य अनित्य

[@visionindus7231]

Arundhati nyaya is still working well...overwhelmed 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@amkulkarni111]

I have read about five sheaths in many books and no one explained where the self resides!! But swamiji very clearly and cleverly explained in the example of a wave that it is full of water and each part of a wave is only water and nothing else and even when the wave dies down, water still remains ; this fully explains about "self" or who am I !! चिदानंद रूप: शिवोहं शिवोहम् !!

[@jyostnanikose4841]

Speech is like a river silence is the ocean -Rumi

[@yogee0007]

I am from Deoghar, my mother wanted me to go to RK MISSION , but I could not, and later I went to School of Yoga in Munger But I am lucky to have this Vedanta society here and Swami's insight

[@Arafat-my6fe]

Best lecture I have ever heard to realize the Brahman, the reality, the truth, the ultimate, the existence and the pure consciousness.

[@sudhanvagharpure5253]

I am highly impressed with Swami Sarvapriyananda for his flowing way of putting distilled wisdom of Vedant in front of listeners across the world in simple English. I consider myself very lucky to have his videos on KZbin. It was necessary to put forward the Vedanta, a core philosophy of Hinduism in front of the world, as it is application and can be followed by everyone on this planet. My साष्टांग नमस्कार to Swamiji.

[@asamvav]

"You the consciousness is revealed in every act of knowledge." 🔥

[@somasundaramchettiar5661]

The purpose of human existence is revealed in a simple form. Pranam. We are very lucky to come across your lecture.

[@rameshwerdassaggarwal546]

Nobel prize for spirituality

[@rajanipurandare436]

Swami Sarvapriyanand is a scholar in our times when the world needs to educate in the truth .He makes it so wonderful to learn listen and assimilate the knowledge of ourselves. Listening to Sanskrit is amazing. Thank you swamiji and namaskar for your being there for us in NewYork.

[@reaxingmusic7959]

Swami Sarvapriyananda you are a very sweet speaker, superb

[@andreamuller8468]

Vedanta for Dummies... thank you so much :) now i can also understand

[@grabpositive2400]

This universe needs a spiritual teacher like you 👍

[@shantisen6751]

He explains very clearly and nice.I like it very much.Thanks alot.

[@visionindus7231]

woww...Swamiji...you are the blessing for us from US👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@amkulkarni111]

So very good! So very clear !! So very enlightening !!

[@onesurfer1717]

Thank you ji dear swami ji for explaining this clearly profoundly and from the upanishads...🙏greetings ji

[@krishnabanerjee1307]

I practically listened the talk twice with a notebook and wrote the points. It's so beautifully described. Thank you Maharaj. We are lucky to have you.🙏🙏

[@kalisettisatyanarayana9278]

Swamiji Maharaj ,I whole heartedly submit my Salutations at Thy Lotus Feet for your wonderful speeches and bless us all.🙏🙏🙏

[@shashikaphle9626]

Just amazing teaching. He explains the most challenging truth in a very simple and interesting way!! Love it!

[@nistalamohanarao]

Great explanation. My mindful salutations to Swami Sarvapriyananda.

[@shivaraml5692]

On the auspicious occasion of Navami I have heard this wonderful lecture from revered Swamiji who is probably the most clear master of advaita. I am now off the the Ramakrishna Ashram to celebrate the day with the divine voice of Swamiji ringing in my ears. Jai Ramakrishna!

[@kartickchandramanna267]

Jai Ramakrishna 🙏🙏🙏

[@kharausebs]

Swami Sarvapriyananda makes me so much sense. How fortunate am I to listen to him ! He speake's to the morden human beings in the language Lord Krishna Spoke to Arjuna during the Mahavarata war. Swamiji is in the line of Adi Shankara, Vidyaranyaswami and Swami Vivekananda, no less. Long live Swamiji and keep giving us the nectar from the Vedas and Upanisads.

[@marsumeesyam2734]

The subject and object is as clear as water now. Pranam swamiji.

[@dangschwind]

Great explanation ! Thanks ... and thanks for uploading !

[@sapvvv]

In South Indian marriages.. this tradition of Arundhatti star gazing happens

[@MrZenGuitarist]

Oh, Swami Sarvapriyananda - I really like the way he makes the (otherwise very "compact", hard to penetrate, and) complex vedanta-philosophy accessible. He is able to make this ancient, vast and complicated philosophy to feel more like common-sense! A-u-m, shanti, shanti, shanti. Namaste!

[@bram_412]

Thank you for this wonderful talk, I'm very glad I came upon it during a fit of self-questioning, when I for some reason became curious again about the 5 koshas. Having arrived at the points that we are mere pure consciousness, and that there is little to know about consciousness except that it is the "ingredient" which experiences other things, what I take away is that it is time to stop worrying about my body, my desires, my mind, my intellect and my own capacity for contentedness, and that I should use this consciousness to reach out and know other things, perhaps bringing a bit of my own experience, wisdom and compassion to them. I like thinking of this relentless human self-obsession as nothing but a necessary first step to calm, ground, and prepare our consciousness for worrying about other things. You have a new subscriber from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania!

[@narupatel434]

Thanks Sarwapriyananda Swamiji your name prooves you are real Sarwapriyanandji Aksar Purushottam ❤🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🕉🕉🕉🕉

[@kowsalyag8041]

No words to express my gratitude swamiji I can only pray that poornam to assume many forms like u to save the humanity pranams

[@avinashjois]

This is the most lucid talk on the five koshas and the consciousness that bring these into existence...and for the first time i can experience how the consciousness brings into existence these five koshas and our world. The example of sweetness being an inherent property of sugar was an eye opener.....GOD Bless you....

[@mahayshrestha6750]

Excellent. Swamiji explained this topic of consciousness the best and simply way I have heard. Thank you so much .

[@dipakkshirsagar8719]

swamiji I am from Maharashtra.I fall in love with Vedanta knowledge. just because of u .I am 21 year old after hearing this knowledge I became fearless and hippiest leaving being tqq so much I love u. u are my guru who took me infinite bliss.love u so much

[@vinayakpendse7233]

Same here Also from Maharashtra

[@gayathribalakrishnan2573]

Very good you are blessed by Supreme power.this is correct age.

[@Meta-Drew]

"If only you would see yourself as you truly are" --- This was all so beautiful, thank you.

[@tulikajaiswal5776]

After listening to such a beautiful discription of the consciousness,I have no question left .There should be only one religion,and that is humanity.please come up the listeners.Service is needed in this time of pandemic.

[@anupasengupta6597]

We are blessed by Sri Thakur Maa Swamiji to have you Swamiji🙏

[@lakshmikanthas6764]

Among all the discourse this particular discourse gave me the real path to embark on spiritual journey. Grateful to you swamy

[@onirbandutta4394]

Very Lucid ! Very Precise ! A Great Teacher ! Om Tat Sat !

[@priyasehgal3557]

wonderful, clearheaded explanation of reasonably challenging concepts of our existence .The upanshids are a treasure trove of knowledge,which are in sanskrit. only a scholar who is adept in both english and sanskrit, can explain them lucidly and with clarity. a humble bow of gratitude to swami sarvapriyananda enlightening us.

[@saumyamathur7660]

This was incredible! I learnt so much in this hour. Thank you :)

[@zanendranathsarker9753]

Hello

[@alondraisabel5070]

Tat Tav Assi 🙏 Namastè

[@moumitakundu]

Tat Tvam Asi

[@Ramachandra-fd7mv]

Tatvamasi.

[@Ilakshi665]

धन्य है आप का समझाना और धन्य हैँ आप समझ में सारा आता है, जाना भी, समझा भी माना भी लेकिन मुक्त नहीं हुए क्योंकि विकार जानने, मानने और समझने से नहीं जाते उसके लिए खूब तप करना पड़ता है इन्ही विकारों कि वजह से हम जीव है और प्रार्थना करते हैं हैं गुरुदेव हमें असत्य से सत्य की और ले चल अपने सर पर धारी विकारों के गठरी से मारे अँधेरे दूर नहीं होते 🙏🙏

[@shallykhedkar]

Enjoyed how Swamiji has taken the viewers from the known , to the unknown and profound in a conversational lucid manner👏🏻

[@vidyawitch]

So the witnesser is witnessing the witnesser!!! Wow! Love it. With love, Witnesser. :) :)

[@jayalakshmirao8080]

Hindi film basera

[@Penny-wl1ui]

Sarvapriyananda is the best at explaining the Upanishads I’ve ever heard

[@kiswahilikitukuzwe2547]

I am so glad to have discovered this lecture by Swami Sarvapriyananda. It is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of all lectures! It is also a blessing and a great service to humanity on the part of Swamiji to have given the lecture in English even though I realize that English might not be his first language and therefore he might have alternatively chosen to give it in Hindi or Sanskrit. My joy is that he indeed gave the lecture in English albeit the fact that it is my third language (Luo and Swahili are my first and second languages, respectively) since I am a Kenyan and have been raised in a Christian (Catholic) tradition. I really do appreciate Swamiji's great command of the English language. No lecturer, English or otherwise, could have done it any better for I was completely spellbound!

[@narendraraichura1476]

Jambo

[@kaa1135]

Jai Vedanta! What a delightful teacher Swami Sarvapriyananda is! Well, of course, that's not what "he is," (personae) . . it is what he "does" so very well! Thank You Vedanta Society of So. Cal !

[@manjunathgangadhargangadha4364]

Whenever i move away from the consciousness and doubt arises, i watch this video and my conscious confirms that it was the same conscious that watched this video earlie and the same concious which is trying for the same inevitable question again and again... Hence proved i exist beyond body, prana, mind, intellect, bliss or samadi...🙏 Thank you for this lovely video.

[@lotuseater211]

The 5 sheaths are the the basis for understanding ourselves........beautifully explained by Swami Sarvapriyananda in simple language. ......a boon to seekers of freedom.

[@bitanchowdhury4028]

Another master piece from the master himself..... Pranam Maharaj 🌺🌷

[@gurutube77]

Shastanga pranam to you Swami.. its a heart full pleasure hearing you always... Namaskar.

[@jalajamenon8664]

Thank you very very much Swamiji. Those who are listening to your lectures are blessed to have a Great Teacher like you🙏🙏🙏

[@RS-cm3kf]

You are Living Gem 💎 swami ,each n every word is precious,I watch this video again n again,so many times , blissful experience,you so cute ❤️creation of God.Thanks for each n every word of wisdom🌹.

[@amkulkarni111]

Namo Narayan swamiji ! The subtle humour brings a sweet smile on our face and the crystal clear knowledge brings water of bliss from the eyes , the blaze of truth illuminates and makes us speechless !! You are a gift of God to us. ❤

[@sukratu]

Enjoyed the allegory with the ten travellers....

[@mylushcorner8580]

I am so blessed to have found this lecture at the right time. I trust that diving timing has led me here to listen and grasp what you had to say. I am full of gratitude for granting me this well of knowledge.

[@umap1819]

Swamiji is an avathara in our age to teach us the eternal truth . He is a teacher par excellance.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻My Koti pranams .

[@veenajerath8509]

This is so beautifully and intelligently presented that I am in Bliss. I heard this story so often but never really knew what it meant. Thanks a million for explaining it in such simple and clear style. Jai Mata Di.

[@manishajain5019]

These talks are pure gold...nector for the ears, I feel so blessed to have come across these talks by Swamiji..My pranams 💐🙏

[@sethuramansrinivask9383]

Great explanation by Swamiji! May the Master bless you with a strong set of five sheaths to keep us all inspired for a long time to come! Jai Shri Ramakrishna Deva!

[@tanko.reactions176]

swami, this was the most eye opening lecture i have heard and by this point, i have listened to it probably 20 times or more from beginning to end.. its such a great, condensed lecture! eternally grateful for your work: for presenting to us the old scriptures and making digestable!

[@rajagopalkalavacharla1569]

what a perspicuous way of elaborating the profound truths of our upanishads! Swami Sarvapriyanandji is doing a great service to humanity. One should be lucky to stumble on a video like this!

[@wrikdey2833]

Ishatmanandaji kathamrita

[@ravailkhaira6434]

our upanishads?? Follow it up by ....our CONSCIOUSNESSes??

[@manjubiswa5103]

Swami Sarvapriya Nanda is always trying to lit up our lamp of knowledge. Lot of pronam to him.

[@johnathanedwards8430]

I feel that I am the body mind complex, a feeling is an appearance and therefore unreal. I am Brahman, As Brahman, I am Real. Thank you Swami🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@kajalnath6499]

Abhumilunthito pronam kori Shree Shree Gurudev O Moharajder shree charone 💐🙏💐🙏💐🙏

[@kajalnath6499]

Abhumilunthito pronam kori Shree Shree Thakur Ma O Swamijir Shree Charone 🌺🙏🌺🙏🌺🙏

[@ashutoshkachare2534]

Our so called personality and 'I'ness are creation of mind is new thing for me .Conflict between 'I'ness and consciousness which I have until now is solved by this lecture.Thankful to swamiji!

[@adv.madhusudananmp9045]

Pranams Swamiji ❤

[@utube11235]

Phenomenal. Pranaam Swamiji 🙏🙏🙏

[@sadhukailash7763]

A Great Guru who teaches the Vedic teaching in a simple language for the layman to understand it.

[@rajban131]

Could spend the rest of my life listening to him! Absolute master! Koti pranam swami

[@jayashreebhatt676]

I am very lucky to have the divine teacher like you. Thank you Babaji.

[@ly6203]

What a charismatic teacher♥️thank you so much!

[@tissadeseram2498]

Superb! What a great preacher!

[@dileepsayan8574]

very deep and intellectual speech on taittiriya upanishad .......... thank you so much

[@abhakochar6683]

This is purely divine ..... . Shat Shat Pranaam 🙏🙏🙏

[@ketkiraval2700]

Thank You Swamiji. . Thank You Vedanta Society Of Southern California.

[@shubhambhardwaj4708]

Swamiji is just great!!❤🙏🏻

[@johnathanedwards8430]

I am the Silence Stillness and Serenity found at the end of search, I am Brahman. Thank you Swami Sarvapriyananda 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@religionofpeace782]

Uhh..a little deeper than that actually. You are the one who is experiencing that silence and serenity, you are not the silence. You are the one through which the experience of that silence is illumined. That's Brahman.

[@mayankjoshi4293]

We are blessed to be living in a time with such enlightened souls. Swamiji eternally grateful for your very clear elucidation of a subject so dense. Mayank Joshi UK

[@awesomeisasawesomedoesyo182]

This must be one of your most beautiful lectures. Thank you Swamiji.

[@ajoychou2]

Amazing Talk indeed. Can't wait for more of revered Swamiji's talk. How I wish I can meet him once.

[@ritamodak377]

Amazing talk, Thank you, I am going to listen to all the videos of Swamiji,