Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c16.171

c16.171

It will be seen that of the five aforesaid conditions of mind, the *Kshipta* is the outcome of *Raja*, the *Mūḍha* of *Tama*, and the *Vikshipta*, the result of a mixture of both *Sattva* and *Raja*. When *Sattva* is mixed up with *Raja* and *Tama*, the character of the mind degenerates and, instead of *Prakhyā*, the mind runs after *Aiśvarya* and *Vishaya*, after power and pleasures of the senses (Rūpa, Rasa, Gandha, Sparśa, and Śabda). There is a further deterioration of the mind under *Tamas* when it is immersed in the darkness of sins.