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The Gita according to Gandhi -Mahadev Desai

The Gunas The idea is briefly this: The three gunas are said to adhere together and so long as sattva is alloyed with rajas and tamas, no matter however minutely, sattva is not pure; it is pure when it has shed the alloy. The purest water in its natural state is not as pure as distilled water. Even so, as long as man is not completely spiritualized his sattva will have a tinge of 'self but even that 'self' will be shed when he becomes God-man. The gunatita of the Gita is the God-man, the man for whom life in tune with the Self has become as natural as the function of breathing or circulation of blood.