Gita Acharan

K rishna says that “ Karmas (actions) in all situations are performed by the gunas (qualities or characters) of nature; one who is deluded by ahankaar thinks ‘I am doer’ (3.27). One with true insight into the distinctions between gunas and karmas knows that gunas interact with gunas and hence he’s not attached” (3.28). A recurring theme in the Gita is that all actions we see around are merely interactions among the gunas . The three gunas, namely satva, tamo and rajo are present in each one of us in different proportions. Satva guna is the attachment to knowledge; rajo guna is the attachment to action and tamas leads to ignorance and laziness. It should be noted that no guna is superior or inferior to any other guna . They are all responsible for one form of attachment or the other. For example, if a person has a high percentage of rajo guna , he/she will be strongly inclined towards action and may find it difficult to sleep. Therefore, a certain percentage ...

  T hree gunas namely satva, rajo and tamas are born out of prakriti (mother nature). They bind the soul with the physical body. They are present in each one of us in different proportions. Satva guna is the attachment to knowledge; rajo guna is the attachment to action and tamas leads to ignorance and heedlessness. Just as the combination of electrons, protons and neutrons produces materials with a wide range of properties, the combination of the three gunas is responsible for our nature and actions. Though one guna is dominant throughout our lives, one of them can dominate over others at a given point in time. In fact, interactions among people are nothing but interactions between the gunas influencing them. The natural world operates according to built-in laws and automatic processes. For example, a magnetic dipole placed in a magnetic field aligns itself with the field, and objects attract each other due to gravity. Similarly, many physical and chemical pro...