Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume I - Part 1

Fragment ID: 9806

I don’t think it¹ is correct myself. It is supposed that when the three qualities are not in an equalised condition, when there is a diversity and movement of variation, then creation is active – otherwise all becomes quiescent original Prakriti. It is doubtful if it is actually so.

¹ The correspondent asked for an explanation of an aphorism in the Sankhya Sutra (1.61): sattvarajastamasāṃ sāmyāvasthā prakṛtiḥ. – Ed.

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