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The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O best among men, please listen as I describe to you how the living …

Faith directed toward spiritual life is in the mode of goodness, faith rooted in fruitive work is in the mode …

Food that is wholesome, pure and obtained without difficulty is in the mode of goodness, food that gives immediate pleasure …

Happiness derived from the self is in the mode of goodness, happiness based on sense gratification is in the mode …

Therefore material substance, place, result of activity, time, knowledge, work, the performer of work, faith, state of consciousness, species of …

O best of human beings, all states of material being are related to the interaction of the enjoying soul and …

O gentle Uddhava, all these different phases of conditioned life arise from work born of the modes of material nature. …

Therefore, having achieved this human form of life, which allows one to develop full knowledge, those who are intelligent should …

A wise sage, free from all material association and unbewildered, should subdue his senses and worship Me. He should conquer …

Then, being fixed in devotional service, the sage should also conquer the material mode of goodness by indifference toward the …

Freed from the subtle conditioning of the mind and from the modes of nature born of material consciousness, the living …

Mind and sense control, tolerance, discrimination, sticking to one’s prescribed duty, truthfulness, mercy, careful study of the past and future, …

My dear Uddhava, the combination of all three modes is present in the mentality of “I” and “mine.” The ordinary …

When a person devotes himself to religiosity, economic development and sense gratification, the faith, wealth and sensual enjoyment obtained by …

When a man desires sense gratification, being attached to family life, and when he consequently becomes established in religious and …

A person exhibiting qualities such as self-control is understood to be predominantly in the mode of goodness. Similarly, a passionate …

Any person, whether man or woman, who worships Me with loving devotion, offering his or her prescribed duties unto Me …

When a person worships Me by his prescribed duties with the hope of gaining material benefit, his nature should be …

The three modes of material nature — goodness, passion and ignorance — influence the living entity but not Me. Manifesting …

When the mode of goodness, which is luminous, pure and auspicious, predominates over passion and ignorance, a man becomes endowed …