Part 81 (1/2)

”All actions (Karma) bear fruits in the Triloki. Mahar, Jana and Tapas are attained by Yoga, Tapas and Renunciation. My abode (Vaikuntha, which is beyond the Seven Lokas) is attained by Bhakti Yoga.

”All beings in this Universe wedded to karma are made by Me, who as Kala am the Dispenser of all karma, to merge out of or to dive down in the flow of Gunas (_i.e._ they are made to go up to the higher Lokas or to come down to the lower Lokas).

”All things big or small, thick or thin are pervaded by Prakriti and Purusha.

”That which is at the beginning and at the end of a thing is also at the middle, as in the case of ornaments and earth-pots, the intervening transformations having a separate existence only for the sake of conventional use (thus the ornaments of gold are called by different names only for temporary uses. But they are gold when the forms are made and destroyed. The forms are all transitory and the ornaments are essentially gold).

”That is only Real which gives rise to the original transformation, which is at the beginning and at the end. Prakriti the material cause, Purusha - that pervades Prakriti and Kala or periodicity which causes disturbance in the Gunas - these are three in one and I am that three-fold Brahma. The creative process flows on in order of succession without a break. The multifarious creation unfolds itself to serve the purposes of the jivas and it lasts so long as the period of Preservation continues and so long as ishvara looks at it.

”The order is reversed in Pralaya, and transformations are merged in the principles from which they proceeded. The body merges in to the food grains. The food grains merge in to the roots of plants. The roots merge into the earth, The earth merges into smell, smell into water, water into Taste, Taste into fire, fire into Form, Form in to Air, Air into Touch, touch into Akasa and Akasa into sound.

”The Indriyas merge into the Adhi-daivas. The Adhi-daivas merge into the Manas. Manas merges into Ahankara.

”Ahankara merges into Mahat (_i.e._ gives up the unconscious portion and becomes Jiva Sakti and Kriya Sakti itself. _Sridhara_.)

”Mahat merges into the Gunas.

”The Gunas merge into unmanifested Prakriti. Prakriti merges into Kala.

Kala merges into Jiva. Jiva merges into atma. atma rests in self.

”When these processes are meditated on, there is no delusion.”

SATVA RAJAS AND TAMAS.

*SKANDHA XI. CHAP. 25.*

”_Sama_ or Control of the mind, _Dama_ or Control of the Senses, forbearance, discrimination, tapas, truthfulness, compa.s.sion, memory, renunciation, contentment, faith, shame and charitableness are the attributes proper of _Satva_. Selfish desire, Selfish exertion, pride, discontent, variety, selfish-invocation of the Devas, idea of separateness, material enjoyment, love of excitement, love of fame, derision, power and violence, are the attributes proper of _Rajas_.

”Anger, greed, untruthfulness, cruelty, begging, parading of religion, languor, quarrel, repentance, delusion, grief, dejection, sleep, helplessness, fear and indolence are the attributes proper of _Tamas_.

”The sense of I-ness and My-ness is produced by the mixture of the three Gunas (I have Sama, selfish desire and anger. My Sama, selfish desire and anger. Thus _I_ and _My_ are common to all the three Gunas.

_Sridhara_) All our dealings having the elements of Manas (Satvic), the Tanmatras (Tamasic), the Indriyas and the Pranas (Rajasic) in them, proceed from a mixture of the three Gunas. Devotion to Dharma (Satvic), Kama (Rajasic) and Artha (Tamasic), that bears the fruits of faith (Satvic), attachment (Rajasic) and wealth (Tamasic) is also based on a mixture of the Gunas.

”The performance of religion for the gratification of desires (Kamya Dharma which is Rajasic), the performance of the duties of married life (Grihasta Dharma which is Tamasic) and the performance of the daily and occasional duties a.s.signed to one's position in life (Svadharma which is Satvic) are based on a union of the three Gunas. Man is Satvic, when he has got the Satvic attributes. He is Rajasic when he has got the Rajasic attributes. He is Tamasic when he has got the Tamasic attributes.

”When a man or woman wors.h.i.+ps Me with unselfish devotion and by the performance of duties, he or she is Satvic.

”The person who wors.h.i.+ps Me, for the attainment of desires is Rajasic.

”The person who wors.h.i.+ps Me with a view to do injury to others is Tamasic.

”Satva, Rajas and Tamas are attributes that grow in the minds of jivas, they are not My attributes.

”When Satva prevails over the other two Gunas, man acquires religiousness, wisdom, and other attributes, as also happiness. When Rajas prevails, it causes distraction, attachment and a sense of separateness. Man acquires karma, fame and wealth. But he becomes miserable.