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Shaivism - Concepts and symbols - Reincarnation and Destiny
Identifier
022565
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
The emotions are missing, but it may be only because this fragment is short, not because it was not included in the concept of 'mind'
A description of the experience
Samkhya Karika,40 and 42
The Linga-Sharira, pre-exists the physical development of its carrier. It emigrates and evolves. But it can only function when it becomes incarnate, although it remains independent of the body. It is characterized by a Dharma, a goal to be accomplished, which continues when it leaves one body to take on another.
To accomplish the goal which is assigned to it in the creation . . . the Transmigrant Body, incarnated by the power of Nature (Pradhana), behaves like an actor who plays one role after another.
Gaudpada, Commentary on the Samkhya-Karika, 39 - The Nature of the Transmigrant Body
The Transmigrant Body is formed of thirteen components: the mental (manas), which discusses and invents; the intelligence (buddhi), which enregisters, chooses, and decides; and the notion of the "I" (ahamkara), to which are added the five modes of perception manifested in the five senses and the five principles of the elements or states of matter.
The source of the experience
ShaivismConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
Creativity and imaginationDestiny
Ego
Five senses system
Learning
Mind
Personality
Reason
Reincarnation