*Ch 14-131 Sattva-Goodness / Rajas-Passion / Tamas-Ignorance

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Sattva-Goodness / Rajas-Passion / Tamas-Ignorance

Concepts from The Bhagavad Gita -
Chapter 14:9-13


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'LORD KRISHNA SAYS ; Sattva (Goodness) dominates by binding one to happiness, Rajas (Passion ) by binding to action, while Tamas (Ignorance ) dominates, clouding wisdom binding one to heedlessness. (Gita - 14 / 9 )
Sattva prevails suppressing Rajas and Tamas ; Rajas prevails suppressing Sattva and Tamas ; and Tamas prevails suppressing Sattva and Rajas. ( Gita - 14 / 10 )
When in this body, as well as in the mind and the senses the light of knowledge and wisdom beams, then Sattva should be regarded as predominant. ( Gita - 14 / 11)
When greed, activity, undertaking of actions with a selfish motive for pleasure and prosperity, restlessness and longing for enjoyment etc.,----these arise, then Rajas should be regarded as predominant. ( Gita - 14 / 12)When obtuseness, inactivity, carelessness and delusion ----these arise, then Tamas is predominant. ( Gita - 14 / 13) '

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*The Gunas, born of Prakriti

The three Gunas and the four motivations of life, and are the intrinsic qualities of Prakriti.

Prakriti is the universal energy of primary matter or Nature.

The three Gunas are Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas, and they are often associated with creation (Brahma), preservation (Vishnu), and destruction (Shiva) respectively. Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva make up the Hindu Trinity or Trimurti, and with their association with the three Gunas we can see how they represent the three stages that matter, or Nature, goes through in her continuous cycle of life.

Sattva translates as essence. When someone or something is sattvic it has the qualities of purity, equilibrium, harmony, and goodness.

Rajas  translates as air or vapor. Being rajasic has the qualities of activity, movement, and passion.

Tamas translates as darkness, ignorance, and illusion. It is also a term for the obstruction of the Sun and Moon during eclipses. Tamasic qualities indicate sluggishness, inertia, and lethargy.

In the Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna explains the Gunas to Arjuna in great detail:

It is the three gunas born of prakriti – sattva, rajas, and tamas – that bind the immortal Self to the body.

Sattva – pure, luminous, and free from sorrow – binds us with attachment to happiness and wisdom. Rajas is passion, arising from selfish desire and attachment. These bind the Self with compulsive action.
Tamas, born of ignorance, deludes all creatures through heedlessness, indolence, and sleep.
Sattva binds us to happiness; rajas binds us to action. Tamas, distorting our understanding, binds us to delusion
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Bibliography; Healer, Spiritual Counselor, and Writer, Julianne Victoria

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