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Adhyatma gunas are named so because they can be felt only by the
body that has atma in it i.e. in a living body. These are known
as the gunas of atma which are of following types:
1.Buddhi (intellect)
All the conducts of the living beings are by the means of buddhi
(intellect). It is a daily needed guna required for various conducts,
reactions and behavior. This guna is of two types:
Smruti
This type of buddhi develops from sanskar (activity to improve something).
Anubhava
The part of buddhi (intellect) other than smruti is known as anubhava
(expereince). This type of buddhi that all-living beings acquire
by there experiences wrong and right. It is of two types:
- Yathartha (real or truth)
- Ayathartha (false)
Yathartha
It refers to the actual and not the virtual things, feelings or
sense that give right knowledge and information. For example to
recognize gold as gold, wood as wood.
Ayathartha
It refers to the wrong deed, things, feelings etc that give a wrong,
false information. Example if someone considers aluminum as silver.
The saying that every thing that glitters is not gold, holds true
for ayathartha.
2) Iksha (desire)
it refers to the wish of the any living being to achieve, get, do
something that doesn't already exist with him. There are many types
of desires (ishka) that living beings can have, namely:
- Kaam (lust)
- Abhilasha (desire)
- Raja (love)
- Sankalpa (vow)
- Karunya (mercy)
- Vyanga (Criticism)
- Updha
- Bhava
The list of desires is endless.
Shloka- Svartpratha
3) Dwesha (jealous)
It refers to anything that irritates mind and body. It can also
be explained as the feeling of inferiority of anyone respective
of anything that remained an unfulfilled desire. It is of following
types:
- Krodha (anger)
- Droha (rebel)
- Manyu
- Akshama
Shloka- prajab
4) Prayatna (efforts)
The efforts or prayatna refers tot he strive of someone or the activity
performed by someone to gain or achieve the desired or needed thing.
It is of two types:
5) Jeevan purvak (livelihood)
These are the efforts done for surviving i.e. to fulfill the necessities
of livelihood. for example: the food we eat, water to drink, shelter
etc.
6) Iksha Dwesha purvak (desire- jealousy)
These are the efforts made to fulfill ones' dreams and desires.
When the desires are not fulfilled then jealousy arises
7) Sukha (happiness)
It refers to the pleasant happenings that are soothing for mind
and body. According to dharma it is called sukha.
8) Dukkha (sorrow)
Sorrow refers to any happening, moment, feeling that is unpleasant,
hurting to mind and body.
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