Guest guest Posted April 4, 2001 Report Share Posted April 4, 2001 >Saguna: Manifested condition with the three 'gunas' -- sattva, rajas >and tamas. The Supreme Absolute conceived of as possessing qualities >like love, mercy etc., as distinguised from the Undifferentiated >Absolute of the Advaita Vedanta. >Saguna - with attributes, or >Nirguna - without attributes). >The " Guna " part of Nirguna and Saguna corresponds to the three Gunas >or " qualities " in Advaita Vedanta/Hinduism: Tamas (ignorance/sloth), >Rajas (Activity/Motion) and Sattva (Purity/Holiness). ~ This reminds me of a skit some folks put on about Goldilocks and the three Gunas. Goldilocks (consciousness) entered into the house (world) of the bears (gunas) and sampled (experienced) everything there. She found the porridge and chair and bed of the Mama (holding) bear were too soft (tamas), the porridge and chair and bed of the Papa (achieving) bear were too hard (rajas), but all of Baby (innocence) bear's stuff was 'just right' (sattvas). I don't recall how the skit ended, but I am imagining that Goldilocks could become (recognize herself as) part of the family (the everything). And/or she could run away (let the world go) and ... my imagination here, remember... become the sky (emptiness). love Xan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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