Theosophy and the Number
Seven
A selection of articles
relating to the esoteric
significance
of the Number 7 in Theosophy
Septenary Division in
Different Indian Systems
An anonymous contribution
to
the
Theosophist Magazine
We give below
in a tabular form the classifications, adopted byBuddhist
and by Vedantic teachers, of the principles in man:--
Classification
in Vedantic Classification in
Esoteric
Buddhism Classification Taraka Raja
Yoga
(1.) Sthula sarira Annamaya kosa Sthulopadhi
(2.) Prana
Pranamaya kosa
(3.)The Vehicle
of Prana
(4.)
(a) Volitions Manomaya kosa
(5.)
Mind/& feelings &c. Sukshmopadhi
(b) Vignanam Vignanamayakosa
(6.)
Spiritual Soul Anandamayakosa Karanopadhi
(7.)
Atma Atma Atma
From the
foregoing table it will be seen that the third principle in the Buddhist
classification is not separately mentioned in the Vedanticdivision
as it is merely the vehicle of prana. It
will also be seenthat the fourth principle is
included in the third kosa (sheath), as thesaid principle is but the vehicle of will-power, which
is but an energyof the mind. It must also be noticed that the Vignanamayakosa isconsidered to
be distinct from the Manomayakosa, as a division is madeafter death between the lower part of the mind, as it
were, which has acloser affinity with the fourth
principle than with the sixth and itshigher part,
which attaches itself to the latter, and which is, in fact,
the basis for the higher spiritual individuality of
man.
We may also
here point out to our readers that the classification
mentioned in the last column is for all practical purposes
connectedwith Raja Yoga, the best and simplest. Though there are sevenprinciples
in man, there are but three distinct Upadhis (bases),
in eachof which his Atma may work independently of
the rest. These threeUpadhis
can be separated by an adept without killing himself. He cannotseparate
the seven principles from each other without destroying hisconstitution.
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