Bhagavad Gita: Satoguna, Tamoguna and Rajoguna

Bhagavad Gita: Satoguna, Tamoguna and Rajoguna – Go beyond them, chap. 14

Physical world is with three gunas (attributes), these are Satoguna, Tamoguna and Rajoguna. Every person, living in this physical world falls in these attributes. [But a person can also go beyond these three attributes]

Satoguna is more pure than other two gunas; the people, who are in this guna, their emotions carry bliss and knowledge.

Rajoguna is originated from desires and attachments, which leads to anticipations and attachments of results.

Satoguna leads to happiness, Rajoguna leads to attachment of karma and Tamoguna leads to extremes.

Sometimes Satoguna wins over Rajoguna and Tamoguna; sometimes Rajoguna wins over Satoguna and Tamoguna; sometimes Tamoguna wins over Satoguna and Rajoguna. Each of them keeps on fighting for dominance.

A person can feel Satoguna, when pure knowledge enlightens that person. Rajoguna increases due to excessive desire, attachments to results, hard working and uncontrolled passions. When Tamoguna increases – ignorance, less light and extreme desires prevails.

Death in Satoguna gives birth in higher dimension, death in Rajoguna gives birth among people and, death in Tamoguna gives birth among animals.

Pure karma gives pure results, and called Satoguni. Karma in Rajoguna gives pain, and Karma in Tamoguna leads to stupid results.

Satoguna gives birth to pure knowledge, Rajoguna gives birth to desire, and Tamoguna gives birth to ignorance, slothfulness and attachment.

When one knows, all the work is done by the combination of these three gunas, and knows consciousness in beyond these three aspects, and then s/he goes towards self realization.

One, who is able to go beyond three aspects of these gunas, s/he can only be able to free from – birth, death, old age and problems. And can enjoy the nectar of life.

How to recognize who is out of these three gunas? How does s/he behave? And how does s/he go beyond these three gunas?

One, who neither hates to the presence of attachment and greed – nor desires when they are gone. Who is steady and Imperturbable to the action and reaction of physical attributes, and remains – indifferent and divine. Who exists in soul consciousness, and understands that the happiness and pain are the same. Who is alike for a piece of sand, stone and gold. Who is even to favorable and unfavorable. Who has patience and is even for praise, abuse, and insult. Who behave the same to a friend and to an enemy. Who is not attached to matter and physical work. This type of person is beyond the – three gunas.

With non-dual mind, one who is in full devotion to God – soon crosses these three gunas. And, reached to Godhood.