89 - Combining Sattva Guna with Spiritual Strength | Swami Tattwamayananda

-9th chapter: verses 11, 12, 13, 14, 15<br />-The lecture was given by Swami Tattwamayananda on September 24, 2021.<br />-11th verse: “People who are not aware of my higher nature, they consider me as a human being. They do not recognize Me in my spiritual dimension as the divine principle in everything.”<br />-Our concept of God depends on our own spiritual evolution. Hinduism doesn’t consider anyone’s view of God as wrong. Among seven billion people of the world, each person’s idea of the highest reality represents that person’s spiritual evolution. At the highest level, God is one divine reality present everywhere and in everything.<br />-Lord Krishna says in the Gita: “Everyone follows his or her own path. Whether they are aware of it or not, every person is approaching Me.”<br />-12th verse: “Certain people, who do unnecessary, useless things out of vain knowledge, ignorance, haughtiness – they are possessed of the quality of evil-doers (asuri-sampat).<br />-13th verse: “The great souled ones, they are possessed of the divine nature (daivi-sampat). They know Me as the origin and as immutable. They worship Me with a dedicated mind.”<br />-Our temperaments are determined by a combination of the three gunas – sattva guna, rajo guna and tamo guna. Sattva guna is the highest and most sublime. It manifests itself as wisdom and serenity. Rajo guna manifests itself as dynamism and ambition. Tamo guna manifests itself as laziness and delusion.<br />-None of the gunas can exist alone in anyone. Every human temperament is a combination of these gunas. For example, a person cannot have just sattva-guna. To practice, sattva-guna, he needs intelligence, strength and the ability to see through the game played by others.<br />-Asuri-sampat is natural to asuras. They have a combination of rajo-guna and tamo-guna, with tamo-guna being the dominant. They have no sattva-guna. Their actions are guided by evil motives.<br />-Daivi-sampat is natural to noble-hearted persons. They have a combination of sattva-guna and rajo-guna, wi