... of passion and is born out of intense desire and attachment. It binds the soul through attachment with action. Tamas is the darkness and the crudeness in man. It is born of ignorance and is the cause of delusion. It binds the soul through recklessness, indolence and sleep.' The three gunas compete among themselves for supremacy while they exist in the beings. Sattva exists by suppressing Rajas and Tamas. Rajas exist by suppressing Sattva and Tamas. And Tamas by suppressing both Sattva and Rajas. In the eighteenth chapter we come across detailed description of how men with these three qualities act and behave differently and engage themselves in different religious and spiritual activities. The purpose of such a big description of these three qualities in the Gita is not to encourage us to become sattvic or eliminate other qualities. The gunas whether it is sattva or rajas or tamas, are ...

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