and sensorial activities". Prakriti has three different innate qualities (guṇas), whose equilibrium is the basis of all observed empirical reality as the...

as elements of the Guṇa theory of Samkhya. Patanjali adopts the theory of Guṇa from Samkhya. Guṇas theory states that three gunas (innate tendency, attributes)...

stains of defilements (kleśa), appears as the perfected buddha-qualities (guṇa). Luminosity is also a specific term for one of the Six Yogas of Naropa....

and these three are sattva guna (goodness, constructive, harmonious), rajas guna (passion, active, confused), and tamas guna (darkness, destructive, chaotic)...

36 tattvas in Vedic and Hindu philosophy. In Ahaṁkāra, a state of rajas guṇa (agitation) predominates. This is because it identifies only with a small...

(prakriti) that have emerged into materiality as a function of the three gunas (गुण) through a misapprehension of purusha (पुरूष) (the consciousness-essence...

inactive, and unconscious, and consists of an equilibrium of the three guṇas ('qualities, innate tendencies'), namely sattva, rajas, and tamas. When...

(vāsanātmā), whether pious or impious, are conditioned by the Gunas. The gunas propel the mind into different 'formations' (rūpa-bhedam). The 'mind'...

Mythology Ontology Tattvas Subtle elements Panchikarana Gross elements Guṇas Supreme reality Brahman Nirguna Saguna Om Saccidānanda God Ishvara God in...

consists of three guṇas (aspects or qualities): sattva (potential consciousness), rajas (activity), and tamas (restraint). The guṇas change but can be...