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The entity called 'fundamental Prakriti' is constituted by the three substances called Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas, (when) in a state of complete equipoise, none of the three being either in defect or in excess; the essential nature of those three consists respectively in pleasure, pain, and dullness; they have for their respective effects lightness and illumination, excitement and mobility, heaviness and obstruction; they are absolutely non-perceivable by means of the senses, and to be defined and distinguished through their effects only.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 George Thibaut 1881
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Recently, the developer sold a seven-acre property in Kolkata, where it had planned to develop a Marriott hotel, for 2.50 billion rupees to a consortium of developers, including Kolkata-based Mani Group and Bangalore-based Sattva Group.
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Bijay Agarwal , Sattva Group Chairman and Managing Director, confirmed the deal, but didn't comment on the price.
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Pictures and Video - New York: Point Break LIVE!, the absurdist stage adaptation of the 1992 Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze extreme-sports blockbuster, tells the story of former college football star Johnny Utah (Reeves in the film), as he pursues the surfing, bankrobbing, skydiving, bare-hand-fighting, adrenaline junkie cum Zen Master, Bodhi Sattva.
Archive 2007-09-23 Bill Crider 2007
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Pictures and Video - New York: Point Break LIVE!, the absurdist stage adaptation of the 1992 Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze extreme-sports blockbuster, tells the story of former college football star Johnny Utah (Reeves in the film), as he pursues the surfing, bankrobbing, skydiving, bare-hand-fighting, adrenaline junkie cum Zen Master, Bodhi Sattva.
Point Break LIVE! Bill Crider 2007
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“Sattva” means one who has his or her mind aimed at this attainment of the higher purified state of bodhi, enlightenment, to benefit all.
A Short Commentary on Thirty-seven Bodhisattva Practices ��� Day Three Thogs-med bzang-po 2006
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Sattva - one of three qualities or gunas; the principle of purity and light
The Sivananda Companion To Meditation THE SIVANANDA YOGA VEDANTA CENTER 2003
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When he succeeds in harmonising the two first, he attains the state of _Sattva_, and rejoices in wisdom and peace.
Modern Saints and Seers Jean Finot 1890
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When he dies in the state of _Sattva_, his soul rises to regions of the utmost purity and bliss, and comprehends all mysteries, in close communion with the
Modern Saints and Seers Jean Finot 1890
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Sattva and so on are the causes of the lightness, light, & c .. belonging to substances such as earth and the like, and hence distinctive attributes of the essential nature of those substances, but they are not observed to be present in any effects in a substantial form, as clay, gold, and other substances are.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 George Thibaut 1881
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