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Guna appears in many ancient and medieval era Indian texts. Depending on the context and according to various Hinduism philosophies like Nyaya , Vaisheshika ,Bhagavad Gita ,cosmology etc.

The word gunas or guna appears in many ancient and medieval era Indian texts. The term gunas can be taken differently according to various Hinduism philosophies like Nyaya , Vaisheshika ,Bhagavad Gita ,cosmology etc.

In Samkhya philosophy, a guṇa is one of three "tendencies, qualities": Sattva , Rajas and  Tamas.

Guna is one of the four important elements in the framework of ethical theories in Indian philosophy.Guna theory is the ancient Indian philosophy on individual attributes, while the theories of Dharma and Ashram as address the personal and social environment, as well as part of its institutional framework.

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Is "Tamas" always something negative?

"Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya" is a famous example. There are innumerable negative mentions of "Tamasic puranas". Are there scriptures that say Tamas isn't a negative quality? Ramakrishna has a parable that says that in order to achieve liberation, one…
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Is there any relationship between Sat, Chit, Ananda, and the Three gunas Sattva, Rajas and Tamas?

I wondered if there were any relationship between those concepts.
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What does Rajas mean?

•What is Rajas guna? •Is it the harmony between sattva and tamas? (according to my interpretation) •Or does it mean something else and broad?
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Does desire to have sex comes under Sat, Rajas or Tamas?

Does desire to have sex comes under which guna? If it comes under Rajas or Tamas then some food habits should vanish this desire to have sex. If it is common across all 3 gunas then how come a person in Sat guna can get moksha? ( A person should not…
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Law determining changing of modes of material nature

The Bhagavat Gita says: 14.10 Sometimes the mode of passion becomes prominent, defeating the mode of goodness, O son of Bharata. And sometimes the mode of goodness defeats passion, and at other times the mode of ignorance defeats goodness and …
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Stongly tamasic family member

My only son (33 years now) is very strongly tamasic due to not listening to parents, teachers, and other well wishers. He wastes all his time in "pramaad" and not ready to do any useful activity even neglecting to earn money for his own living,…
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Should we try to act in Sattva Guna or Transend Gunas?

Isn't acting in Sattva Guna not enough? Bhagavadgita (14.20) says one must transcend all Gunas. How do we transcend Gunas and why should we transcend even pure Sattva Guna?? How can we transend and how does it look like?
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How to increase Sattva guna?

There are 3 gunas - Sattva, Rajas, Tamas. There are 5 jnana indriyas - hear, touch, see, taste, smell and 5 karma indriyas - hands, feet, speech, procreation, waste These above 10 are our only means of interacting with the world. And in the world,…
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