Citta
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citta · the mind-stuff · triguṇa · triguṇatattva
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San Hyan Tattvajnana
The coarsening of Puruṣa's consciousness, stained by the three guṇas, giving rise to the qualities citta-sattva, citta-rajas, citta-tamas.
From the meeting of Pradhāna and Puruṣa, there are born *citta* and *guṇa*.
*Citta* is the *cetana* of Puruṣa, stained and soiled by the *triguṇa*.
Vrhaspatitattva
The threefold mind-stuff (sattva, rajas, tamas) born from pradhānatattva via the Lord's power of action, determining the soul's destiny.
> *Mokṣa*, heaven, and hell, the state of animals and of humans, > are born from the defilements of the mind-stuff, from the power of the mind-stuff.
The *citta* (mind-stuff) is the cause of the soul experiencing heaven.
If the three—*sattva*, *rajas*, and *tamas*—are of equal strength, that is the cause of human birth, because each of their desires is given equal play.