9th November, 1936

Talk 277.

Mr. Cohen: What is will? I mean - where does it fit in, in the five kosas?

M.: The `I-thought' arises first and then all other thoughts. They comprise the mind. The mind is the object and the `I' is the subject. Can there be will without the `I'? It is comprised in the `I'. The `I-thought' is the vijnanamaya kosa <sup>[?]</sup> (intellectual sheath). Will is included in it. Sri Bhagavan said further: Annamaya kosa is the gross body sheath. The senses with the prana <sup>[?]</sup> and the karmendriyas form the pranamayakosa (sense-sheath). The senses with the mind form the manomaya kosa <sup>[?]</sup> (mind-sheath). They are the jnanendryas. The mind is formed of thoughts only Idam <sup>[?]</sup> (this) is the object and aham <sup>[?]</sup> (`I') is the subject; the two together form the vijnanamayakosa (intellect-sheath).

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