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The role of the three Gunas in the Hindu vision of the Cosmos
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To tackle this question we need to look at the way in which the Gunas are incorporated into the Hindu vision of the Cosmos. I will base a lot of my essay on the Bhagavad-Gita. The three gunas, exist in all beings and govern the events of the world. They are sattva (goodness, virtue), rajas (power, passion) and tamas (dullness, inertia). All earthly events, like the laws of nature, are guided by one of the three gunas or a combination of some of them. There should be a balance between them for harmonious workings of the world. Disequilibria will lead to chaos, war, suffering, corruption and destruction. The concept of gunas is well documented in Sri Krishna's rendition of the sermon (Bhagavad-Gita) to Arjuna in the battlefield of Kurukshetra In the fourteenth chapter of the Gita, Lord Krishna gives us a very detailed description and definition of the three...
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