Gunas

Guna (devanāgarī: गुण guṇa) is a Sanskrit word that means "quality", "virtue", "talent". In Samkhya philosophy, the guṇas are three major qualities or tendencies of prakṛti, which are called: sattva (purity, equilibrium), rajas (passion, activity), and tamas (ignorance, inertia). Each of the three gunas is present in every particle of creation but the variations in their activity manifest the variety in creation.

Tamas

Tamas (devanāgarī: तमस्) is the quality of darkness, ignorance, delusion, dullness, laziness, inactivity, and inertia.

Rajas

Rajas (devanāgarī: रजस्) is one of the three Guṇas (tendencies, qualities, attributes). It is sometimes translated as passion, activity, excitement, dynamism, and creation.

Sattva

Sattva (devanāgarī: सत्त्व) is one of the three Guṇas or "modes of existence." It is the quality of luminosity, balance, harmony, goodness, purity, truth, peacefulness, being-ness, pure consciousness, and virtuousness that is drawn towards Dharma and Jñana (knowledge).

Online resources

Articles

• Guṇa at Theosopedia