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Those humans who live and work with compassion and in balance with the ritam, the Laws of Mother Nature, are called sattvic, meaning, “in harmony with the ritam Bhumi laws and Devas.”
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
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Those humans who live and work with compassion and in balance with the ritam, the Laws of Mother Nature, are called sattvic, meaning, “in harmony with the ritam Bhumi laws and Devas.”
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
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Those humans who live and work with compassion and in balance with the ritam, the Laws of Mother Nature, are called sattvic, meaning, “in harmony with the ritam Bhumi laws and Devas.”
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
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He urged devotees to strive to attain the 'sattvic' qualities of truth, piety, lightness and brightness, which Bhagavan Vishnu represents.
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To break the 24-hour fast, I chose from several set menus at the Nadesar based on a sattvic diet, which is organic vegetarian food designed to bring clarity and equanimity of mind.
Perry Garfinkel: A Hind-Jew in India Perry Garfinkel 2010
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There's sattvic -- lightness and balance (spirit) rajasic -- change and energy (life), and tamasic -- heavy and dark (death).
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However, you can make a perfectly sultry, perfectly sattvic curry of mung beans using warming spices like cumin, ginger, coriander and turmeric.
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There's no meat in a sattvic diet, just fresh organic fruits and vegetables, beans, whole grains, raw nuts and seeds and organic dairy.
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Perhaps you'd benefit by swapping that steak for something sattvic.
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The downside of a purely sattvic diet for me is that garlic, onion and chilis, my culinary triumvirate, are ix-nayed.
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In Hindu philosophy, sattva (Sanskrit sattva "purity", literally "existence, reality"; adjectival s�?ttvika "pure", anglicised sattvic) is the highest of the three gunas in Samkhya, s�?ttvika "pure", r�?jasika "dim", and t�?masika "dark".
July 6, 2008