6 The Three Temperaments Edited

Sattva

Rajas

Tamas

Inertia Lethargy Indolence Indifference Sloth ,Sleep Neither conviction

nor emotion Dull

Heedless, careless Ignorant Relatively Peaceful Manifests between

6pm-4am Night time Old age

E.g. Elephant

Passionate Desirous Agitated and

stressed Frenzied activities Involvement Attached Doer ship

Manifests between 6am-6pm Sunrise to Sunset Middle age E.g. Dog

Equanimity

Serenity

Objectivity

Poise

Mature

Contemplative

Detached from worldly

involvement and

excitement, therefore

trans-active

Beyond joy and sorrow

Manifests between

4am-6am

Early morning

Early life

Eg. Cow

Rajas Tamas

Your motto in life isto move from

The caste system is based on the three mental

temperaments of sattva,rajas and tamas. Not according

to their birth.

Every one posses all three gunas mental temperaments.

Different permutation and combination makes different

individual.

The caste system was well-meant and planned for the

benefit of the people. But it was misinterpreted and lost

it’s purpose.

Solution: Educating people about 3 gunas.

Castes Sattva Rajas Tamas

Priest-classBrahmin

80 15 5

Warrior-classKshatriya

20 70 10

Trader-classVaishya

15 60 25

Labour-classShudra

5 10 85