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The Bhagavad Gita1474
Above so Below, the Three serve to bind and hold the higher to the lower.
But the binding differeth in its nature, O Prince, though all are bonds. Thus
Sattvas, or Truth, being pure and stainless, bindeth the soul by attachment
to Wisdom and Harmony, and bringeth it back to re-birth because of the
bonds of Knowledge and Understanding. And, Rajas, or Passion, is of the
nature of burning Desire, and doth bind the soul by attachment to Action,
and Things and Objects, and doth bring it back to re-birth because of the
bonds of Worldly Hunger and Thirst for Having and Doing. And Tamas, or
Indifference, is of an ignorant, dark, stupid and heavy nature, and bindeth
the soul by attachment to Sloth, and Idleness, and Folly and Indolence,
bringing it back to re-birth because of the bonds of Ignorance, Stupidity,
Heedlessness and Low-Content.
“To Sattvas Guna, pertaineth Wisdom and Harmony; to Rajas Guna
pertaineth Action and Possessions; and to Tamas Guna pertaineth Sloth,
Stupidity and Indolence. When one overcometh the Tamas and the Rajas,
then the Sattvas reigneth. When the Rajas and Sattvas are overcome, then
reigneth the Tamas. When the Tamas and Sattvas have been overcome,
then reigneth the Rajas.
“When Wisdom is manifest in one, then know that the Sattvas is the ruling
Guna. When great Action is manifest, or great Desire is apparent, then know
you that Rajas is the Guna ruling. When Stupidity, Sloth, Idleness and Lack
of Thought is manifest, then know thou truly that Tamas Guna is on the
throne.
“When the soul forsakes the body in which the Sattvas ruleth, then does it
proceed to the plane inhabited by the Wise and Intelligent. When it leaves
the body in which the Rajas hath been the strongest, then doth it pass to
the plane of rest, from whence in time it is reborn again in a body adapted
to the manifestation of action, and possessed of a tendency toward Desires,
and among people and environment adapted to and in harmony with
these qualities. When it leaves the body in which the Tamas hath been in