So far as your questions are concerned: 1) How the five great elements are a gross representation of the subtle false ego. Where is the problem? By false ego, which is part of the subtle body, we are thinking that we are this gross material body made up of the five great elements. That is all. (2) There are 16 factors—10 senses, 5 sense objects and the mind. When the three modes of nature react, then from these 16 factors the gross and subtle elements come out. The soul is the 17th factor.
How the five great elements are a gross representation of the subtle false ego?
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"How the five great elements are a gross representation of the subtle false ego"
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1971 Correspondence
Where is the problem? By false ego, which is part of the subtle body, we are thinking that we are this gross material body made up of the five great elements. That is all.
Letter to Paramananda -- Allahabad 27 January, 1971: Page Title: | How the five great elements are a gross representation of the subtle false ego? |
Compiler: | MadhuGopaldas, Rishab |
Created: | 04 of Sep, 2011 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=1 |
No. of Quotes: | 1 |