rajas
रजस् rajasOne of the three gunas: the quality of activity, passion, energy, movement and desire. When rajas predominates, there is drive, ambition and restlessness. It is the engine of action, but the Bhagavad Gita says it binds the soul through craving and attachment to the fruits of action.
Where this term appears
- The Three Gunas (Sattva, Rajas, Tamas) Essentials
…t noticing them everywhere: sattva , the strand of light and clarity; rajas , the strand of fire and motion; and tamas , the strand of weight and darkness.
- What is Ayurveda? Essentials
The mental doshas are said to be rajas and tamas." Rajas and tamas .
- The Types of Tantra Lineages
Dakṣiṇa , the right, goes with sattva , lucidity, and is śuddha , pure. Vāma , the left, goes with rajas , energy, and is miśra , mixed.
- What are the Puranas? Scriptures
Sattva, rajas, tamas, and the sects There is a second way the tradition sorts its Puranas, and it is more revealing than the first.
- What is the Bhagavad Gita? Scriptures
It teaches that all of nature is woven of three gunas , three strands or qualities: sattva (clarity and goodness), rajas (energy and craving), and tamas (inertia and darkness).
- Shiva's Emblems: The Trishula and the Damaru Deities
They are read as the three gunas , the strands of sattva , rajas and tamas from which all nature, prakriti , is woven.
- What is Samkhya? Philosophy
Rajas is activity, drive, passion, the restless quality that moves and stimulates.
- Yoga as a Darshana Philosophy
Prakriti is woven of three gunas , the strands or qualities whose shifting proportions account for every difference in the world: sattva , lucidity; rajas , activity; tamas , inertia.