Dhyana Gita 4: Transcendence of the Three Gunas

1. The bond of the Gunas: The nature of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas and their bondage [14(5-8)].
   
   
2. The growth of the Gunas: The growth of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas and its results [14(11-13),14(18)].
   
   
3. The function of the three Gunas:
   
   
   
   1. Knowledge: Three kinds of Knowledge [18(20-22)].
      
   2. Happiness: Three kinds of happiness [18(37-39)].
      
   3. Intellect: Three kinds of intellect [18(30-32)].
      
   4. Doer: Three kinds of doer [18(26-28)].
      
   5. Food: Three kinds of food [17(8-10)].
      
   6. Penance: Three kinds of penance [17(17-19)].
      
   7. Charity: Three kinds of charity [17(20-22)].
      
   8. Renunciation: Three kinds of renunciation [18(7-9)].
      
   
   
   
4. Predominance of Gunas:
   
   
   
   1. Even wise men are required to behave in conformity with nature only [3(33)].
      
   2. There is no object in these three worlds, which is not caught up in the three Gunas [18(40)].
      
   
   
   
5. Transcendence of the triple Gunas: This transcendence can be attained only through unswerving Yoga of Devotion [14(20), 14(24-26)].
   
   

Om Tat Sat!