Yoga - 02 - Gunas and Linga Sharira
In the universal condition of nature Gunas are the substance of all things, in the individual manifestation they are the psychological basis of all things.
Sattva Guna is the abstract principle of illumination. In the mental world it accounts for joy, pleasure, enlightenment, detachment, compassion and pure action.
Rajas Guna is the abstract principle of activity which moves either of the other gunas to suppress each other. In the mental world it accounts for attachment, heedlessness, falsehood and all craving of senses.
Tamas Guna is the abstract principle of restraint. In the mental world it accounts for indolence, delusion, ignorance etc.
The individual proceeds from the universal condition of Purusha/ Prakriti to manifesting as Jiva. Man therefore has two aspects, subtle and gross. The subtle body known as the Linga Sharira is the vehicle of the Jiva and survives the destruction of the physical body. It is constant and does not change throughout the cycles of life and death. However it is not eternal for it is eventually re-absorbed into the elements of which it is composed.
Sattva Guna is the abstract principle of illumination. In the mental world it accounts for joy, pleasure, enlightenment, detachment, compassion and pure action.
Rajas Guna is the abstract principle of activity which moves either of the other gunas to suppress each other. In the mental world it accounts for attachment, heedlessness, falsehood and all craving of senses.
Tamas Guna is the abstract principle of restraint. In the mental world it accounts for indolence, delusion, ignorance etc.
The individual proceeds from the universal condition of Purusha/ Prakriti to manifesting as Jiva. Man therefore has two aspects, subtle and gross. The subtle body known as the Linga Sharira is the vehicle of the Jiva and survives the destruction of the physical body. It is constant and does not change throughout the cycles of life and death. However it is not eternal for it is eventually re-absorbed into the elements of which it is composed.
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