- As the three Gunas Sattva, Rajas and Tamas are inseparable, even the Tamas-ridden Root-cause has inherent in it all the three Gunas.
- The elements created out of this Root-cause must also have in them all these three Gunas. From the Sattva aspects of the five elements individually considered
- arise respectively the five faculties of sensation known as the Ear, the Skin, the Eye, the Tongue and the Nose. These faculties must not be confused with the gross
- physical organs of flesh and blood which go by these names. From the five Sattva aspects of them (the Elements) are born in order the five faculties
- of sensation known as the Ear, Skin, Eye, Tongue and Nose. From the same Sattva aspects but collectively taken up arises the inner instrument
- which is called Mind when it is cogitating and the Intellect when it determines. It is because of this collective nature, it is able to record all the sensations
- had severally through the varying senses. From all of them the Sattva aspects of the Five elements is made the Inner Instrument. It is two-fold owing
- to the difference in functioning. It is mind when it has the characteristic of thinking. It is intellect when it has the nature of determination
- Similarly from the Rajas aspects of the Five Elements considered individually arise the faculties of Action. From the same collectively arises Prana the Life Principle
No comments:
Post a Comment