"Karanam guna-sangosya sad-asad-yoni-janmasu." In this entire creation, there is no place, object, or person that is free from the three gunas born of Prakriti. As long as one thinks, "I am dominated by sattvaguna, I have rajoguna, and I have tamoguna," it does not go away. It increases like that. In this entire creation, there is no place, object, or person that is free from the three gunas born of Prakriti. Maharaj also said in the Vachanamrut that as long as there is a connection with the three gunas, the jiva cannot be happy. Cannot be happy. When the connection with the three gunas is relinquished, then the jiva becomes happy. It becomes happy with the bliss of Bhagwan. As long as there is a connection with the three gunas, the bliss of Bhagwan cannot be experienced. Therefore, the state of the world exists only due to the connection with the gunas. The experience of those gunas occurs through the thoughts and objects generated by the gunas. Hence, to make one renounce the assumed connection with thoughts and objects, Bhagwan has shown this here by using the term 'gunapravruddhaah'. All the gunas are beyond the senses. But from their actions, it is inferred that currently, we have such a guna. If we are engaged in tamasic actions, then we should assume that tamoguna has increased right now. If we believe in, meaning if we are engaged in, rajasic actions, then rajasic rajoguna is in the heart. And based on the gunas, Maharaj said that they operate in the dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → If the guna is sattvaguna, pure sattvaguna, then the dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → And if there is a slight touch of tamoguna in rajoguna, then Dwapara. And if it is entirely tamoguna, then the dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → So, the dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Maharaj has mentioned a crowd of either 41 ghosts or 51 ghosts. This is all a crowd of 51 ghosts. So, one must transcend that. In that, the three gunas are the root of everything. The entire creation has come from the three gunas, so they are the root. So, the three gunas, Maharaj has counted the three states, the three bodies, all in the crowd of 51 ghosts. In that, separating oneself from the three states is a bit more difficult. Separating oneself from the three bodies is indeed difficult, but the three states are not even recognized. It is difficult to recognize the states; gunas can be recognized. Gunas are easy. The result of a guna is gross. If I feel sleepy or lazy right now, we can still know that I have tamoguna. If I feel energetic and my mood is good right now, then we can know that it is sattvaguna. But the state of sattvaguna in me, separating from that is very difficult. Even if one knows. It is also a bit subtle to separate oneself from the state. I am currently in the state of tamoguna, and then to suppress it, how difficult is that? I currently have attachment, and to separate from attachment, how difficult is that? So, that is separating from the state. Is that talking about the states of waking, dreaming, and deep sleep? Exactly. Waking, dreaming, and deep sleep are indeed the states. But because of attachment, dreaming and all these occur. So, the dream is not me. The good action I perform in sattvaguna is not me. And the result of tamoguna is not me; if one honestly separates like that, then it happens. So, what is it difficult to separate from? For a devotee of Bhagwan who walks on the path of Bhagwan, from which guna is it difficult to separate? One's own qualities, like dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → From which guna? More so from sattvaguna. I perform good actions, and to say "I am not good," how can that be said? I do better than everyone else, and yet to believe in one's mind, "I am not good"? That means separating from sattvaguna is indeed like that. That I have to perform good actions, yet honestly believe, "I am not good." Not just because someone makes you memorize it. To believe it with genuine honesty. So, to separate from that. Not to get carried away by its results. What does getting carried away by the results mean? To become proud. If I perform good actions, then I am bound to be called good, right? But Maharaj said that you have to separate from that. You are not even sattvaguna. You are chetan chetan That which possesses chaitanya (full of consciousness). Tap to open in glossary → To consider oneself as sattvaguni is a mistake. And Maharaj even called it foolishness. It is foolishness. To cultivate sattvaguna, but not to consider oneself as sattvaguni. Because what is cultivated in this world is mostly cultivated up to sattvaguna. The nirguna state is then only in changing one's mindset. Without sattvaguni actions, separating from it and becoming nirguna is not possible. Sattvaguna and the nirguna state. And the state of sattvaguna, the actions of both are the same. Then, in the other, the feeling changes, so that happens. But to renounce what is good is difficult. Renouncing what is bad is considered easy among people. Huh? If something is good, if it is believed to be good, then how to renounce it? If one's focus goes to Bhagwan, then it can be renounced. There is nothing as good as Bhagwan. That is why the nirguna state, the nirguna state itself is defined as connecting with Bhagwan is the nirguna state. So, Maharaj says that it does not take long for a person to renounce those with bad qualities. But love naturally develops for those who are virtuous. Whether the virtuous person is one's own or a stranger, love still develops for them. So, if love does not develop even for the virtuous, if love does not develop even for the great liberated sants. Like Bhagwan. Currently, our state is such that we should love such devotees of Bhagwan or sants. 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