Srimad Bhagavad - Gita

================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03/05/2020. Discourse 3: The Second Chapter Begins – Sankhya Yogam -6. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. #Prakriti, which is the objectivity of the purusha, that is, consciousness, is constituted of three properties, called sattva, rajas and tamas. #Tamas is inertia, pure inactivity; rajas is dynamism, distraction and action; and sattva is balance and harmony. #The permutation and combination of these three gunas are the very substance of prakriti. ##The redness of a flower is a quality of the flower, but the redness itself is not the flower, whereas the three strands of a rope are not the quality of the rope, the strands themselves are the rope. ##In the same way, the three gunas that are mentioned—sattva, rajas and tamas—are the very substance of prakriti, and they are the very ess...