The Guna Flashcards

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What are the 3 Guna?

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  1. Tamas
  2. Rajas
  3. Sattva
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What is Tamas?

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In Tamasic state we are more likely to feel lazy, unmotivated, negative, selfish, resistances to sense of change.

Always looking back and living in the past.

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What is Rajjas?

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Real sense of passion, desire , energy.
Opposite of Tamas.

Always looking in the future, once I achieve this, I’ll be happy.

In rajasic state, we are over exert , overthink, find difficulty to be still.

Egoistic
Judgemental

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What is Sattva?

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Refers to quality of truthfulness , purity, light and harmony.

When in sattvic state we are more likely to feel clear, calm and in harmony with all of life.

In sattvic state, we do good action, we are in state of peace and calm , joy and selfless.

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