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... view of existence does not necessarily lead to the formulation of an attitude of indifference or disrespect to the body as such. For, most of the adherents of various schools of supraterrestrial theory of existence consider that, for the soul, the gross physical earthly body is not the only body possible. As a matter of fact, as there exist different planes of consciousness, different worlds... śarīras of Vedantic classification and the khecara-citta or sūkṣma-deha and sthūla-deha of the Pa-tanjali system of Yoga. Be that as it may, the proponents of the supraterrestrial theory of existence and of its complementary conception of a plurality of bodies for the soul, do not generally credit our earthly physical body with any great spiritual possibility of its own. Indeed ...