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Chapter 17
One of them may predominate the other two (Gila 14/10), in every being. As nature always undergoes changes, so its modes also change. So a striver, whose aim is God-realization, without assuming any affinity, with modes of nature, should remain unperturbed, by them.
The soul is a fragment of God. So when a man, fords predominance of a mode either of passion or of ignorance, he should not regard himself, as mean or low. Being a fragment of God, he (soul), is pure. It is his company or environment, by which one mode of nature predominates, by suppressing the other two. As the nature of a man is, so is his faith - sattvika, rajasa or tamasa. So a striver, should keep good (sattvika) company, should live in good environment, and should study the scriptures. By doing so, his nature and faith, will be sittvika (good) and these will lead him, to salvation. On the other hand, by bad company, environment and literature, his faith will be rijasika or tamasika, which will degrade him.
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