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SWADHARMA
breathing, speaking, giving, grasping, opening and closing the eyes, he holdeth: 'The senses move among the objects of the senses'" Ch. V-8, 9.
"The Lord of the world produceth not the ideas of agency, nor actions, nor union together of actions and their fruit; nature, however, manifesteth.” Ch. V-14.
"He who seeketh that Prakriti, verily performeth all actions, and that the Self is actionless, he seeth." Ch. XIII-29.
"When the seer perceiveth no agent other than the qualities and knoweth That which is higher than the qualities, he entereth into My nature." Ch. XIV. 19.
The mind and the five organs of knowledge, viz., ear, skin, eýe, tongue and nose, are formed out of the Sattwic portion of the Tanmatras or rudiments of matter. The Pranas and the five organs of action, viz., tongue, hands, feet, genitals and anus are formed out of the Rajasic portion of the Tanmatras. This physical body is formed out of the Tamasic portion of the Tanmatras.
By meditation on the significance of the above Slokas of the Gita, one can transcend the three Gunas. The Atman or Brahman is beyond the three Gunas (Trigunatita). One should increase his Sattwa Guna by development of virtuous qualities, by taking Sattwic food, doing charity, practising austerities, doing Japa and meditation, controlling the Indriyas,
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