anandamaya
आनन्दमय ānandamayaThe self made of bliss, the innermost of the five sheaths in the Taittiriya Upanishad; whether it is Brahman itself or its last sheath is a classic dispute between Shankara and the plain reading of the text.
Where this term appears
- Sat-Chit-Ananda: Being, Consciousness, Bliss Essentials
…the self from food to breath to mind to knowledge, arrives at last at anandamaya , the sheath "made of bliss", and then at bliss itself as the innermost nature.
- The Subtle Body: Nadis, Chakras, and Kundalini Yoga
Within that the vijnanamaya kosha , the sheath of discernment, the faculty that tells self from not-self. Innermost is the anandamaya kosha , the sheath made of bliss.
- Not This, Not This Treatise
Within that the vijnanamaya kosha , made of vijnana , understanding or discerning intelligence. And innermost, the anandamaya kosha , made of ananda , bliss.
- The Taittiriya Upanishad: the ladder of selves, from food to bliss Treatise
And innermost is anandamaya , the self made of bliss: "Joy is its head.
- What the ten amount to: the house read as one Treatise
Even on the summit there is a famous quarrel, whether the anandamaya , the self made of bliss at the top of the Taittiriya's ladder, is Brahman itself or merely the last and finest of the sheaths that veil it, …