The short presentation of Vedic and Chetna concepts of the holistic body and their common important features are given as (from Higher to Lower body Plane).
Sl. No.
Vedic Concept
Chetna Concept
Important Features
1.
PHYSICAL BODY
(Physical Plane)
Physical Dense Plane
Physical Sheath and Vital sheath.
Matter and energy
Structures-Solid, Liquid, Gas
Requires-Diets herbs and Gems
Yog - Yam, Niyam, Asan andPranayam
2.
ETHERIC BODY
(Ethric Double)
Ethric Plane
It is double of Physical body
Energises and Vitalises thePhysical body
3.
ASTRAL BODY
Astral Plane
(Emotional plane)
Emotion and Desire
Pleasure and Pain
Fear and Courage
4.
LOWER MENTAL
Mental Concrete Plane
Mental Unit
Involved in worldly affairs
5.
HIGHER MENTAL
BODY
(Causal Body)
Mental Abstract Plane.
(Antahkaran)
Mental Sheath
Place for Soul
Yog-Pratyahara
6.
BUDDHIC BODY
(Intuitional Plane) (4th Cosmic Ether)