Chapter 14 · The Three Modes of Material Nature

Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga

The three modes of nature: sattva, rajas, tamas. Everything that arises is some weave of these three. The yogi's task is to see them at work.

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Krishna on the three modes of nature — the Gunas
First verse · 14.1
श्री भगवानुवाचपरं भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानां ज्ञानमुत्तमम् । यज्ज्ञात्वा मुनयः सर्वे परां सिद्धिमितो गताः ॥
“Some knowledge does not inform you; it completes you.”

Real understanding is not information. It is the kind that changes where you stand in life.

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