Tag: #samkhya
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Samkhya and Yoga philosophies
Prakriti: This term refers to the natural world or material reality. In the Samkhya philosophy, Prakriti is the source of the material universe and is considered unconscious, consisting of three fundamental qualities or “gunas”: sattva (balance, harmony), rajas (activity, chaos), and tamas (inertia, darkness). Prakriti is everything that is mutable and perishable in the universe…