Scroll IconSutra InsightsHomeTerminology
< Back to List

waveSattvawave

Definition: Purity, clarity, and harmony; the guna (quality) representing light, balance, and lucidity.

Insights: Sattva is the quality of purity, lucidity, and harmony among the three gunas (sattva, rajas, tamas). Cultivating sattva brings mental clarity, tranquility, and prepares the mind for higher spiritual realization.

Related Sutras

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.

Click to read insights...

2.41

sattvaśuddhisaumanasyaikāgryendriyajayātmadarśanayogyatvāni ca

Importance: 8/10

Moreover, purification of the mind, cheerfulness, one-pointedness, control of the senses, and fitness for Self-realization are attained.

Click to read insights...

4.13

te vyaktasūkṣmā guṇātmānaḥ

Importance: 7/10

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

Click to read insights...