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Rajas
Overview
Rajas (Sanskrit: रजस्) is one of the three guṇas (tendencies, qualities, attributes), a philosophical and psychological concept developed by the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy. The other two qualities are sattva (goodness, balance), and tamas (lethargy, violence, disorder). Rajas is innate tendency or quality that drives motion, energy, and activity.
Rajas is sometimes translated as passion, where it is used in the sense of activity, which according to the context can be either good or bad. Rajas helps actualize the other two guṇa.
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Related ideas
- Hinduism
- Mutation
- Bhagavad Gita
- Sanskrit
- Hindu philosophy
- Samkhya
- Indian philosophy
- Action (philosophy)
- Tamas (philosophy)
- Guṇa
- Prakriti
Place in the tradition
Part of Yoga.