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Three levels of Tapas

There are three levels of tapas:

  1. Sattvic tapas – this is tapas done with clarity and with the right purpose. If you have nothing to achieve, and you are already clear as to what you want, it is called sattvic tapas. Here you are traveling from fulfillment to fulfillment, and fulfillment to overflowing.
  1. Rajasic tapas – this is tapas that happens out of greed. If you want something and you do tapas to achieve it, it is rajasic tapas.
  1. Tamasic tapas – this is tapas that is done when you want someone to lose something. It benefits neither the one who practices nor the ones whom it aims to impact.

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