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The word ‘guna’ literally means attribute, property[SAT-A.125]<ref name=namstp>Available from http://namstp.ayush.gov.in/#/sat accessed on 10/07/2020</ref> , quality, peculiarity, virtue, merit or excellence. It also represents a single thread or strand of a cord or twine<ref>Monier-Williams, Monier-Williams Sanskrit- English Dictionary, 1st edition; Oxford University Press, guna, Page 357.</ref>.  This article deals with the guna which represents quality or property.

 

 

The word ‘guna’ literally means attribute, property [SAT-A.125]<ref name=namstp>Available from http://namstp.ayush.gov.in/#/sat accessed on 10/07/2020</ref>, quality, peculiarity, virtue, merit or excellence. It also represents a single thread or strand of a cord or twine.<ref>Monier-Williams, Monier-Williams Sanskrit- English Dictionary, 1st edition; Oxford University Press, guna, Page 357.</ref> This article deals with the guna which represents quality or property.

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These three are produced from the material nature during primitive evolutionary process of the Universe (prakriti). These are also termed as primary attributes of mind.[SAT-A.126]<ref name=namstp />

These three are produced from the material nature during primitive evolutionary process of the Universe (prakriti). These are also termed as primary attributes of mind.[SAT-A.126]<ref name=namstp />

#Sattva guna: It means goodness. It is purest quality of mind which is responsible for knowledge, enlightenment and happiness. It is the quality of balance, harmony, goodness, purity, universalism, holism, construction, creativity, positivity, peacefulness, and virtue<ref>Alter, Joseph S., Yoga in modern India, 2004 Princeton University Press, p 55Available from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%E1%B9%87aaccessed on 10/07/2020</ref>.

# Sattva guna: It means goodness. It is purest quality of mind which is responsible for knowledge, enlightenment and happiness. It is the quality of balance, harmony, goodness, purity, universalism, holism, construction, creativity, positivity, peacefulness, and virtue<ref>Alter, Joseph S., Yoga in modern India, 2004 Princeton University Press, p 55Available from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%E1%B9%87aaccessed on 10/07/2020</ref>.

   

   

#Rajas guna: It means passion. This is responsible for all deeds(karma), desires and sorrows. It is the quality of passion, activity, neither good nor bad and sometimes either, self-centeredness, egoism, individualization, drivenness, movement, and dynamism<ref name=Feur>Feuerstein, Georg The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga, Shambhala Publications, 1997Available from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%E1%B9%87aaccessed on 10/07/2020</ref>.

# Rajas guna: It means passion. This is responsible for all deeds(karma), desires and sorrows. It is the quality of passion, activity, neither good nor bad and sometimes either, self-centeredness, egoism, individualization, drivenness, movement, and dynamism<ref name=Feur>Feuerstein, Georg The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga, Shambhala Publications, 1997 Available from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%E1%B9%87aaccessed on 10/07/2020</ref>.

   

   

#Tamas guna: It means ignorance. This is responsible for laziness and delusions. It is the quality of imbalance, disorder, chaos, anxiety, impurity, destruction, delusion, negativity, dullness or inactivity, apathy, inertia or lethargy, violence, viciousness, and ignorance<ref name=Feur />

# Tamas guna: It means ignorance. This is responsible for laziness and delusions. It is the quality of imbalance, disorder, chaos, anxiety, impurity, destruction, delusion, negativity, dullness or inactivity, apathy, inertia or lethargy, violence, viciousness, and ignorance<ref name=Feur />

In human beings, these are represented in psychological plane as purest quality, initiator and regulator of all activities respectively. Sattva is pure form of mind, while rajas and tamas are causative factors for psychiatric disorders[Cha.Sa. [[Sutra Sthana]] 1/57]. These three guna connect soul ([[atma]]) with physical body. The eternal living entity ([[atma]]) is conditioned by these three modes of goodness, passion and ignorance<ref>Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Bhagavad-Gita As it is. Chapter 14.6. 2008. Bhaktivedanta book trust. Pg 607 </ref>. Salvation (moksha) is attained after freedom from all these properties.

In human beings, these are represented in psychological plane as purest quality, initiator and regulator of all activities respectively. Sattva is pure form of mind, while rajas and tamas are causative factors for psychiatric disorders[Cha.Sa. [[Sutra Sthana]] 1/57]. These three guna connect soul ([[atma]]) with physical body. The eternal living entity ([[atma]]) is conditioned by these three modes of goodness, passion and ignorance<ref>Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Bhagavad-Gita As it is. Chapter 14.6. 2008. Bhaktivedanta book trust. Pg 607 </ref>. Salvation (moksha) is attained after freedom from all these properties.