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Guna Quotes

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Munindra Misra
“Tri-guna appears in discourse of Krishna prominently,
To Arjun upon the battlefield of Kurukshetra clearly;

That the backdrop for the Bhagwat Gita surely be,
All three gunas are held to delude the world clearly:

त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभि� सर्वमिदं जगत्�
मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम्॥ �.१३�
tribhirguṇamayairbhāvairebhi� sarvamida� jagat |
mohita� nābhijānāti māmebhya� paramavyayam || 7.13||
World deluded by these Three Gunas does not know Me:
Who beyond these Gunas and imperishable does but be.
(7.13)”
Munindra Misra, Devi Mahatmayam in English Rhyme

Munindra Misra
“All the variety of species of life created be,
By combination of three basic material energy;
- 45 -
These Guna modus operandi of material energy,
They are called tamo, rajo and sattva clearly;
- 46 -
Tamo-guna associated with inertia, ignorance be,
The rajo-guna associated with passion, activity;
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Sattva-guna associated with goodness, harmony,
And all three of them associated with thinking truly.
- 48 -”
Munindra Misra, Goals of Life

René Guénon
“Aux trois gunas correspondent des couleurs symboliques : le blanc à sattwa, le rouge à rajas, le noir à tamas ; en vertu du rapport que nous indiquons ici, les deux premières de ces couleurs symbolisent aussi respectivement l’autorité spirituelle et le pouvoir temporel. � Il est intéressant de noter, à ce propos, que l’� oriflamme » des rois de France était rouge ; la substitution ultérieure du blanc au rouge comme couleur royale marque, en quelque sorte, l’usurpation d’un des attributs de l’autorité spirituelle.”
René Guénon, Spiritual Authority & Temporal Power