The five sheaths in advaita are superimpositions upon superimpositions, like snakes on snakes.
The first superimposition is called anandamaya. It's the locus of avidya. Thus it's the causal body—the subtle and material to follow.
It's after maya but before karma. In the land of individual consciousness, the quest for happiness starts here.
The subtle body consists of vijnanamaya (intelligence), manomaya (mind), and pranamaya (life force).
In the reflexive universe, this is the stuff of functional compounds and organic chemicals.
Is it paradoxical the life force is superimposed on the mind is superimposed on intelligence?
Brahman is the absolute substrate, but buddhi is the substrate of the subtle body.
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