MIND : ITS MYSTERIES AND CONTROL : 6.

LINGA SARIRA AND ANTAVAHA SARIRA :


Mind is the most important Tattva of Linga Sarira.

Linga Sarira is the astral body or Sukshma Sarira that is linked to the physical body through physical Prana.

It separates itself at death from the physical body and travels to Svarga or heaven.

It is this body that does Avagamana (coming and going). This body melts in Videha Mukti (disembodied salvation).

There is a difference between Linga Sarira and Antarvaha Sarira.

Linga Sarira is astral body with seventeen Tattvas, viz., five Karma-Indriyas, five Jnana-Indriyas, five Pranas, Mind and Buddhi.

Antarvaha Sarira is very pure.

It is full of Sattva.

It is free from Rajas and Tamas.

It is with this body that a Yogi passes from one body to another (Parakaya-Pravesa).

Lila, through the grace of Sarasvati, came out of the physical body and travelled to higher worlds with this Antarvaha Sarira.

You will find this in the Yogavasishtha.

Sri Sankaracharya, Raja Vikramaditya, Hastamalaka and Tirumular had Antarvaha Sarira.

With the help of this special kind of pure body, they passed into the bodies of other persons.

A Yogi with Antarvaha Sarira has Sat-Sankalpa or Suddha Sankalpa.

Swami Sivananda

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