10 INDRIYAS OR ORGANS

     In Hinduism, there are 5 Organs of ACTION  and 5 Organs of  PERCEPTION and that brings to 10 INDRIYAS or organs. All of us know that but there are some interesting parts . Th DNYNEDRIYAS - organs of getting DNYAN or perception are call so as we have the Knowledge of the surroundings. DNYAN means knowledge. Indriy is organ. So we have 5 of them ,namely Eyes to see, Ears to hear sound ,Skin to perceive touch , Tongue to taste and Nose to smell. The mystery is how do we see forms and shape when we see. When light enters through the eyes and then hits retina  and then the impulse is carried through optic nerve  to the part of the brain called occipital lobe , we have some chemical changes and we see. But the question remains as to how do we see different things even when  the  same retina and optic nerve  and same brain cells in the same area of the brain are stimulated . Why do we see different things What transforms the stimulation of same cells to different images? The same thing can be said about the sound wave hitting the ear drum  and then carried to same center of the brain and still we differentiate between a melodious song and harsh words. So, we have these organs of perception but there is something beyond the physical elements that is perceiving. As mentioned before , these 5 organs are formed from 5 Panchmahabhutas - 5 Great elements with a process called Pnchikaran. Nothing is 100 %  and so we have one main Mahabhuta  and half of that plus 1/8 th of remaining 4 will lead to final product, As mentioned the Space or Akash or Space goes in forming Ear or sense of hearing , Vayu or Air / gas goes in forming Skin or sense of touch, Tej - or  fire / energy goes in formation of Eyes, AAP or water /liquids goes in formation of sense of taste and lastly Element of Earth / solids goes in formation of sense of smell.  There are five qualities and in succession each one acquires property of previous one and gets a new one , So the Element Earth has all five qualities. We cannot see space or Air  and the Fire is first one that can be seen and so may be that is why we have so much importance to Fire. 

    If one compares this to the concept of Big Bang theory, we find similarity. The when Big Bang occurred , in an fraction of time , expansion of the universe occurred - SPACE was created . Then the hydrogen and helium were formed and universe was in Gaseous state . Then the hydrogen helium furnace  or energy was formed - Fire . then the elements were formed and there was water or liquid state  and then when it cooled the solid state of Earth was formed. 

AKASH OR SPACE OR BRAHMAN

    In the last blog I talked about 5 great Elements or PANCHMAHABHUTE  and how each one has qualities of the previous one . AKASH-VAYU-TEJ-AAP-PRUTHVI meaning SPACE -GASES OR WIND --ENERGY OR FIRE -WATER OR LIQUID STATE-EARTH OR SOLID STATE. Each of these is having qualities that can be perceived by 5 sense organs as explained before . But today we are talking about the AKASH or space . Since Newton to Einstein we have had debate about this. Is space inert and things happen in it - the space being he stage or he back drop on which the things are happening. And the space is independent and is not affected by  things that are happening -this was the view of Newton  and then Einstein came and changed it to SPACE -TIME unit and one is affected by other and is not independent entity. I am  not talking about it. But I am trying to state that the BRAHMAN in Hindu religion  is represented by something like SPACE. The Brahmana is not affected by the activities or changing nature. The example is that of a movie screen and the movie. If i walk in a movie theater when the movie is already started , I will not see the screen and all that I will see is the movie characters  and things that are projected by the theater.  Yoganand and Sarvpriyanand and many others have taken this example to explain the Maya and The brahman . If person who has never seen a movie, walks in and he is seeing the pictures displayed on the screen and you tell him that there is a  screen and the pictures or the movie is played on it ,he may not understand .Only way you can see the screen , is by shutting off the movie  and then the screen is seen easily. This can be compared to our life . The Movie of our life is going on and the screen is the BRAHAMAN. But we cannot see it till we shut off our mind  and close all the senses and then we can see the Brahman or may be perceive it .This is what happens in Samadhi or meditation. Once we come out of the meditation or Samadhi, we do see the Movie or the pictures of the daily Life , but we now know that the REAL thing is not that but the Brahman 

   The AKASH is related to SOUND or SHABD , The first word or sound is OMM. From that everything originates And so that is related to sense organ of hearing Ear . 

PANCH MAHABHUTE

    In Hindu religion we have a great concept of Origin of Universe. I feel it goes very well with the current concept of Big Bang . But that is for some other time . I just wanted to clear some the concept of the PNACH MAHABHUTE . The Panch is 5  and Maha is Great and Bhute is things that come out of Nature . So we have PRUTHVI-EARTH, AAP-WATER ,TEJ-FIRE OR ENERGY-VAYU WING OR GASES - AKASH- SPACE OR EATHER. 

  I want to clear that what we see as water is not the same as the AAP or the water that is mentioned above , but the origin is same . So When the new Universe started the SPACE or the AKASH was created . Then came VAYU or gaseous state and then Energy and then the liquid state water and lastly the Earth or the solid state . But the original 5Big Elements have changed when the Universe is formed . If one compares this with the Big Bang theory, we will see that the initial EXPANSION of the Universe is like creating SPACE OR AKASH . Then came the gases HYDROGEN AND THEN HILIUM .Then the ENERGY from the hydrogen - helium furnace and stars were born Then the COMPOUNDS were formed and there was liquid state- which is AAP or so called Water  and then the solids or Earth was formed.

   In Hindu concept we have something called PANCHIKARAN . When we look at these ELEMENTS , we realize that each one has qualities of the previous one and the EARTH has all 5 qualities and that is related to our SENSE ORGANS .So Earth has all five - it has smell- taste-touch - seen and heard .while the Water state has only 4 -NO SMELL but it can be seen -tasted - touched and heard . The FIRE or energy has 3 touch -seen-heard . The gases or VAAYU has 2 -touch and heard and the AKASH or space has only one - Heard . But what we see of these 5 elements is formed by a process called Pnachikaran,In this process 1/2 of original Element merges with 1/8th of remaining 4 , So this is what comes out of original PANCH MAHA BHUTA.

How is SPACE IS HEARD - we will try to explain that next time -stay tuned