Class 28, Tattva Bodha

In this expansive and foundational class, Acharya Tadany continued the detailed mapping of the material aspect (anātmā) by exploring the prāṇamaya kośa (physiological/vital sheath) and manomaya kośa (psychological/emotional sheath), explaining how the five vital energies (pañca prāṇa: prāṇa, apāna, vyāna, samāna, udāna) and five organs of action (karmendriyāṇi) together form the prāṇamaya kośa, channeling kriyā śaktiḥ (power of action) through the subtle nāḍī system (72,000 energy channels) to energize and sustain the body, with prāṇic blockages causing disease and prāṇic healing restoring flow through trained sensitivity. 

Acharya Tadany then introduced the manomaya kośa, comprising the mind (manas) and the five sense organs of knowledge (jñānendriyāṇi), emphasizing its critical role in emotional life and health, where external stimuli enter through the senses, triggering desires (icchā śaktiḥ), thoughts, and reactions that flow downward to affect the physical body via stress, anxiety, or fear, underscoring that modern psychological issues often originate here and are dismissed by conventional medicine. 

Acharya Tadany revealed the natural sequence of human transaction—jñāna śaktiḥ (knowing) leads to icchā śaktiḥ (desiring) which leads to kriyā śaktiḥ (acting)—a cycle that binds us in saṁsāra when unrefined but becomes the pathway to liberation when desires are directed toward mokṣa, with the śāstra celebrating desire as a divine blessing to be purified, not eliminated, and even post-liberation desire transforming into loka saṅgraha (service to the world). 

The class concluded with the profound insight that the same three powers—knowing, desiring, acting—drive both bondage and freedom, urging students to refine their desires through study, practice, and awareness until they naturally point toward the Self.

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