MIND : ITS MYSTERIES AND CONTROL :6.

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Chapter 6. THE THREE GUNAS ...



1. GUNAS AND VRITTIS :


The mind has three Gunas, viz., Sattva (light, bliss, goodness), Rajas (passion, motion) and Tamas (inertia, darkness).

There are three Vrittis in the mind corresponding to the three Gunas.

Santa Vritti (peace) comes out of Sattva Guna, Ghora Vritti from Rajo Guna and Mudha Vritti from Tamo Guna.

Equilibrium or balance is Santa Vritti; anger is Ghora Vritti; laziness (Alasya), carelessness (Pramada) and drowsiness (Tandri) are Mudha Vrittis.



2. CHARACTERISTICS OF SATTVA GUNA : 1.

Sattva Guna is purity. It is Prakasa (illumination, light).

Sattva Guna is a force favourable for the attainment of Moksha.

Daivi Sampat—virtues such as fearlessness, purity of heart, etc.,—will confer liberation on you.

The effect of Sattva Guna is Brahmavichara (enquiry or search for Truth; differentiation between Sat and Asat, what is real and what is unreal.)

A Sattvic mind is always steady.

It finds delight internally.

It may stick to one place indefinitely.

It keeps friendship with persons for a long, long time.

It can read the Gita or the Yogavasishtha any number of days.

It can live on Dal-roti for years together without any grumbling.


Swami Sivananda

To be continued  ....



 

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