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...

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

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

(sthiti) in undisturbed calm (praśānta-vāhitā) under the influence of sattva-guna. It is a part of energetic and enthusiastic pursuit abhyāsa, and an act (kriti)...

on three inert gunas (qualities or tendencies): sattva (goodness) rajas (passion) tamas (darkness) There are three states of the gunas that make up all...