Gunas

Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 18

Knowledge, action, and the doer are each threefold according to the gunas—now hear this classification properly.

Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 7

This single verse contains the key to freedom: the gunas are in you, but you are not in them—you can wear states like clothing without becoming the clothing.

Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 2

Transcend the three gunas that even scripture operates within—rise beyond all dualities, release the anxiety of getting and keeping, and discover the Self that needs nothing because it already is everything.

Devi Bhagavata Purana

When Sati wanted to attend Dakshas yajna against Shivas wishes, she revealed her cosmic nature. As Shiva tried to flee in different directions, she multiplied into ten terrifying forms blocking all ten cardinal directions, compelling him to yield.

Amar Chitra Katha

Born into a low caste as a cobblers son, Ravidas faced discrimination but spread messages of equality and social justice. He attained union with God while continuing his worldly duties, never living on alms.

Krishna & Narada

Divine play (lila) is not cruelty but engagement. God prefers relationship to worship, love to ritual. Some truths must be lived rather than explained. The journey itself—with all its suffering—is the point.

Uddhava & Krishna

True devotion transcends ritual and rules—it is the recognition of the Divine in all beings and the dissolution of the sense of separation between lover and Beloved. The highest love forgets the self entirely.