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waveRajaswave

Definition: The quality of activity, restlessness, and stimulation; one of the three gunas influencing the mind and behavior.

Insights: Rajas is characterized by movement, desire, and agitation. When dominant, it creates restlessness, craving, and distraction, disturbing the mind’s clarity. The yogic path involves recognizing rajas and cultivating balance, aiming to increase sattva (clarity and harmony) for greater inner peace.

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2.18

prakāśakriyāsthitiśīlaṁ bhūtendriyātmakaṁ bhogāpavargārthaṁ dṛśyam

Importance: 8/10

The Seen has the nature of illumination, activity, and inertia; it consists of the elements and the sense organs; its purpose is to provide experience and liberation to the Seer.

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2.19

viśeṣāviśeṣaliṅgamātrāliṅgāni guṇaparvāṇi

Importance: 8/10

The stages of the guṇas are the particularized, the unparticularized, the mark-only, and the unmarked.

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4.13

te vyaktasūkṣmā guṇātmānaḥ

Importance: 7/10

They (characteristics) are manifest or subtle, being of the nature of the guṇas.

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