8th October 2024
Every soul has three bodies or layers of personality. The outermost layer is the gross body, born and sustained by gross food. The middle layer is the subtle body, encompassing the psychological personality shaped by thoughts, feelings, and understanding.
The innermost layer is called the causal body, which contains deep-rooted impressions known as vasanas from the present and past lives. The collective causal body is governed by God, known as Ishwara. The collective subtle body is ruled by Brahma, the creator, and the collective gross body is the universal being, Virat.
Lord Krishna, identifying Himself as Ishwara, declares that He is the father of the universe who makes the manifestation of all causal bodies possible through Brahma. Consequently, based on the content of individual causal bodies, the respective souls obtain their character of subtle body and gross body
The variety of living beings is due to the qualities of nature, broadly classified as pure (sattva), active (rajas), and inactive (tamas). The predominant vasanas determine the nature of the soul.
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