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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
The quality of goodness, associated with purity, knowledge, harmony and preservation.
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Paper 1
The quality of goodness, purity, harmony and clarity.
Revise: Matter and CosmologySattva is goodness, harmony, purity and clarity. When sattva predominates, a person is more likely to act calmly, exercise self-control and seek spiritual understanding. Patiently helping someone without seeking a reward illustrates this quality.
Paper 1, Paper 3
The quality of goodness and clarity, associated with the development of knowledge.
Revise: Good, Evil and Suffering in HinduismSattva, goodness and clarity, supports wisdom and clearer moral understanding.
Link each guna to its effects, rather than only naming it: sattva to knowledge and harmony, rajas to desire and activity, and tamas to ignorance and destruction.
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