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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
The quality of ignorance, associated with delusion, inertia and destruction.
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The quality of ignorance, darkness and inertia.
Revise: Matter and CosmologyTamas is darkness, ignorance and inertia. When it dominates, a person may lack understanding or motivation and neglect worthwhile action. Refusing to think about the consequences of harmful behaviour illustrates its influence.
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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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The quality of ignorance and darkness, associated with negligence and delusion, which can distort moral understanding.
Tamas, ignorance and darkness, encourages negligence and delusion. It can so distort understanding that a person takes wrong to be right.