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Everything material in the universe comes under Sattvik, Rajasik, and Tamasik.These three modes make up prakriti which is the sum total of everything material. When these three modes are in perfect equilibrium nothing happens, there is no activity. Then, at the beginning of creation, the desires of the living entity, with the will of Maha-Visnu and the influence of time, agitate the three modes and the entire creation unfolds from the subtle to the gross.There is always competition between the three modes. It can be visualized like a pie chart with shifting divisions. As the influence of one increases the other two decrease, and then there’s a change and a smaller section increases and becomes bigger than the other two. In this way, one or other is always trying to dominate.The effects of each of the modes is summarized by Krishna in one line.O son of Bharata, the mode of goodness conditions one to happiness; passion conditions one to fruitive action; and ignorance, covering one's knowledge, binds one to madness. Bg 14.9This is a summary of the three previous verses. If you want more details then they are below.O sinless one, the mode of goodness, being purer than the others, is illuminating, and it frees one from all sinful reactions. Those situated in that mode become conditioned by a sense of happiness and knowledge.PURPORTThe living entities conditioned by material nature are of various types. One is happy, another is very active, and another is helpless. All these types of psychological manifestations are causes of the entities' conditioned status in nature. How they are differently conditioned is explained in this section of Bhagavad-gita. The mode of goodness is first considered. The effect of developing the mode of goodness in the material world is that one becomes wiser than those otherwise conditioned. A man in the mode of goodness is not so much affected by material miseries, and he has a sense of advancement in material knowledge. The representative type is the brahmana, who is supposed to be situated in the mode of goodness. This sense of happiness is due to understanding that, in the mode of goodness, one is more or less free from sinful reactions. Actually, in the Vedic literature it is said that the mode of goodness means greater knowledge and a greater sense of happiness.The difficulty here is that when a living entity is situated in the mode of goodness he becomes conditioned to feel that he is advanced in knowledge and is better than others. In this way he becomes conditioned. The best examples are the scientist and the philosopher. Each is very proud of his knowledge, and because they generally improve their living conditions, they feel a sort of material happiness. This sense of advanced happiness in conditioned life makes them bound by the mode of goodness of material nature. As such, they are attracted toward working in the mode of goodness, and, as long as they have an attraction for working in that way, they have to take some type of body in the modes of nature. Thus there is no likelihood of liberation, or of being transferred to the spiritual world. Repeatedly one may become a philosopher, a scientist or a poet, and repeatedly become entangled in the same disadvantages of birth and death. But, due to the illusion of the material energy, one thinks that that sort of life is pleasant. Bg 14.6The mode of passion is born of unlimited desires and longings, O son of Kunti, and because of this the embodied living entity is bound to material fruitive actions.PURPORTThe mode of passion is characterized by the attraction between man and woman. Woman has attraction for man, and man has attraction for woman. This is called the mode of passion. And when the mode of passion is increased, one develops the hankering for material enjoyment. He wants to enjoy sense gratification. For sense gratification, a man in the mode of passion wants some honor in society, or in the nation, and he wants to have a happy family, with nice children, wife and house. These are the products of the mode of passion. As long as one is hankering after these things, he has to work very hard. Therefore it is clearly stated here that he becomes associated with the fruits of his activities and thus becomes bound by such activities. In order to please his wife, children and society and to keep up his prestige, one has to work. Therefore, the whole material world is more or less in the mode of passion. Modern civilization is considered to be advanced in the standard of the mode of passion. Formerly, the advanced condition was considered to be in the mode of goodness. If there is no liberation for those in the mode of goodness, what to speak of those who are entangled in the mode of passion? Bg 14.7O son of Bharata, know that the mode of darkness, born of ignorance, is the delusion of all embodied living entities. The results of this mode are madness, indolence and sleep, which bind the conditioned soul.PURPORTIn this verse the specific application of the word tu is very significant. This means that the mode of ignorance is a very peculiar qualification of the embodied soul. The mode of ignorance is just the opposite of the mode of goodness. In the mode of goodness, by development of knowledge, one can understand what is what, but the mode of ignorance is just the opposite. Everyone under the spell of the mode of ignorance becomes mad, and a madman cannot understand what is what. Instead of making advancement, one becomes degraded. The definition of the mode of ignorance is stated in the Vedic literature. Vastu-yathatmya-jnanavarakam viparyaya-jnana-janakam tamah: under the spell of ignorance, one cannot understand a thing as it is. For example, everyone can see that his grandfather has died and therefore he will also die; man is mortal. The children that he conceives will also die. So death is sure. Still, people are madly accumulating money and working very hard all day and night, not caring for the eternal spirit. This is madness. In their madness, they are very reluctant to make advancement in spiritual understanding. Such people are very lazy. When they are invited to associate for spiritual understanding, they are not much interested. They are not even active like the man who is controlled by the mode of passion. Thus another symptom of one embedded in the mode of ignorance is that he sleeps more than is required. Six hours of sleep is sufficient, but a man in the mode of ignorance sleeps at least ten or twelve hours a day. Such a man appears to be always dejected and is addicted to intoxicants and sleeping. These are the symptoms of a person conditioned by the mode of ignorance. Bg 14.8Because the three modes are the sum and substance of the material world, they are a huge topic. Everyone intuitively has a little idea of them, but only a few people have a detailed understanding, and I doubt anyone unfamiliar with Vedic knowledge has a good grasp.In chapter 18 there are more verses that deal with a variety of topics under goodness passion and ignorance. I will list just the translations.Bg 18.19 - According to the three different modes of material nature, there are three kinds of knowledge, action and performer of action. Now hear of them from Me.Bg 18.20 - That knowledge by which one undivided spiritual nature is seen in all living entities, though they are divided into innumerable forms, you should understand to be in the mode of goodness.Bg 18.21 - That knowledge by which one sees that in every different body there is a different type of living entity you should understand to be in the mode of passion.Bg 18.22 - And that knowledge by which one is attached to one kind of work as the all in all, without knowledge of the truth, and which is very meager, is said to be in the mode of darkness.Bg 18.23 - That action which is regulated and which is performed without attachment, without love or hatred, and without desire for fruitive results is said to be in the mode of goodness.Bg 18.24 - But action performed with great effort by one seeking to gratify his desires, and enacted from a sense of false ego, is called action in the mode of passion.Bg 18.25 - That action performed in illusion, in disregard of scriptural injunctions, and without concern for future bondage or for violence or distress caused to others is said to be in the mode of ignorance.Bg 18.26 - One who performs his duty without association with the modes of material nature, without false ego, with great determination and enthusiasm, and without wavering in success or failure is said to be a worker in the mode of goodness.Bg 18.27 - The worker who is attached to work and the fruits of work, desiring to enjoy those fruits, and who is greedy, always envious, impure, and moved by joy and sorrow, is said to be in the mode of passion.Bg 18.28 - The worker who is always engaged in work against the injunctions of the scripture, who is materialistic, obstinate, cheating and expert in insulting others, and who is lazy, always morose and procrastinating is said to be a worker in the mode of ignorance18.29 - O winner of wealth, now please listen as I tell you in detail of the different kinds of understanding and determination, according to the three modes of material nature.Bg 18.30 - O son of Prtha, that understanding by which one knows what ought to be done and what ought not to be done, what is to be feared and what is not to be feared, what is binding and what is liberating, is in the mode of goodness.Bg 18.31 - O son of Prtha, that understanding which cannot distinguish between religion and irreligion, between action that should be done and action that should not be done, is in the mode of passion.Bg 18.32 - That understanding which considers irreligion to be religion and religion to be irreligion, under the spell of illusion and darkness, and strives always in the wrong direction, O Partha, is in the mode of ignorance.Bg 18.33 - O son of Prtha, that determination which is unbreakable, which is sustained with steadfastness by yoga practice, and which thus controls the activities of the mind, life and senses is determination in the mode of goodness.Bg 18.34 - But that determination by which one holds fast to fruitive results in religion, economic development and sense gratification is of the nature of passion, O Arjuna.Bg 18.35 - And that determination which cannot go beyond dreaming, fearfulness, lamentation, moroseness and illusion-such unintelligent determination, O son of Prtha, is in the mode of darkness.Bg 18.36 - O best of the Bharatas, now please hear from Me about the three kinds of happiness by which the conditioned soul enjoys, and by which he sometimes comes to the end of all distress.Bg 18.37 - That which in the beginning may be just like poison but at the end is just like nectar and which awakens one to self-realization is said to be happiness in the mode of goodness.Bg 18.38 - That happiness which is derived from contact of the senses with their objects and which appears like nectar at first but poison at the end is said to be of the nature of passion.Bg 18.39 - And that happiness which is blind to self-realization, which is delusion from beginning to end and which arises from sleep, laziness and illusion is said to be of the nature of ignorance.Bg 18.40 - There is no being existing, either here or among the demigods in the higher planetary systems, which is freed from these three modes born of material nature.There are more details in chapter 14 including the circumstances around one’s death because everything material can be understood by the analysis of these three modes.When one dies in the mode of goodness, he attains to the pure higher planets of the great sages.Bg 14.15 - When one dies in the mode of passion, he takes birth among those engaged in fruitive activities; and when one dies in the mode of ignorance, he takes birth in the animal kingdom.From the mode of goodness, real knowledge develops; from the mode of passion, greed develops; and from the mode of ignorance develop foolishness, madness and illusion. Bg 14.17Once a clear picture of the modes of nature has formed, a person can navigate through life avoiding the hidden reefs and sandbars that lie invisibly beneath the surface of daily activities.

The answer to this question is given by God in Bhagavad Gita.The world, or nature, is operating under the three modes of material nature - goodness, passion, and ignorance. According to the predominant mode of a person’s nature, he or she will perceive reality in certain way.In Bhagavad Gita, people of different mentalities and desires are described.They come under three headings, and everything within the material world is a combination of these three categories, or modes, as they are called.By observing people around you and referring to the scientific presentation of these three categories in Bhagavad Gita, it becomes easy to psychologically evaluate yourself and any other human with minute accuracy.The 3 modes of material nature - goodness, passion and ignorance - are like the three primary colors. From the three prime-colors all other colors and shades of colors are made. Similarly, everything in the material world - the body, the mind, the intelligence, the work, the action, the mentality, the situation, is a unique mix of these 3 modes.It's important to understand, that we are all a mixture of goodness, passion and ignorance, but one of these mode always predominates.So lets look at how different persons view the world according to the three modes. Let us examine how they perceive reality. This is very important because reality is all about perception and awareness.A person in whom the mode of ignorance predominates will identify people and himself by their work, usually what they do to make money or what kind of degree and education they have. The work a person does is the main determining factor of a person's identity. When we identify a person as a soccer player, an actor or an artist, that’s knowledge in the mode of ignorance.A person in the mode of passion will identify other living entities according to the body like gender, race and family they inhabit. You identify people according to their body. That’s knowledge in the mode of passion.A person in the mode of goodness will identify people according to their soul. He will see the same soul present in all living entities. He won't identify persons according to their work or their body, he will see that all souls are part of the same whole, one energy. So in the mode of goodness you will have a holistic world view. That’s knowledge in the mode of goodness.Krishna says:According to the three different modes of material nature, there are three kinds of knowledge, action and performer of action. Now hear of them from Me. — Bg 18.19That knowledge by which one undivided spiritual nature is seen in all living entities, though they are divided into innumerable forms, you should understand to be in the mode of goodness. (Bg 18.20)That knowledge by which one sees that in every different body there is a different type of living entity you should understand to be in the mode of passion. (Bg 18.21)And that knowledge by which one is attached to one kind of work as the all in all, without knowledge of the truth, and which is very meager, is said to be in the mode of darkness. (Bg 18.22)A person in the mode of ignorance will find his main enjoyment in intoxication, sleep and dreaming. A person in the mode of passion will find his main enjoyment in sex, power and prestige. A person in the mode of goodness will find his main enjoyment in knowledge and learning.Again, it's important to note that you don't find people purely in one mode, it's always a mix.The mode of ignorance destroys, the mode of passion creates and the mode of goodness preserves and maintains.So you can have a person who goes to his job every day for 20 years. That's maintaining, so that's the mode of goodness. But in his free time he sits in the sofa watching TV and smoking a joint or having a drink, that's the mode of ignorance. Or someone is a big business man making lots of money, having power and prestige from some corporation. That's the mode of passion. Or the scientist or philosopher who studies and gathers knowledge. That's the mode of goodness.Krishna says:Material nature consists of three modes – goodness, passion and ignorance. When the eternal living entity comes in contact with nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, he becomes conditioned by these modes.O sinless one, the mode of goodness, being purer than the others, is illuminating, and it frees one from all sinful reactions. Those situated in that mode become conditioned by a sense of happiness and knowledge.The mode of passion is born of unlimited desires and longings, O son of Kunti, and because of this the embodied living entity is bound to material fruitive actions.O son of Bharata, know that the mode of darkness, born of ignorance, is the delusion of all embodied living entities. The results of this mode are madness, indolence and sleep, which bind the conditioned soul.O son of Bharata, the mode of goodness conditions one to happiness; passion conditions one to fruitive action; and ignorance, covering one’s knowledge, binds one to madness.Sometimes the mode of goodness becomes prominent, defeating the modes of passion and ignorance, O son of Bharata. Sometimes the mode of passion defeats goodness and ignorance, and at other times ignorance defeats goodness and passion. In this way there is always competition for supremacy.— Bhagavad-gita 14. 5-10Finally it should be mentioned - a person in the mode of goodness will know what is what based on knowledge of the shastras. A person in the mode of passion will always be in doubt - is it like this or like that? A person in the mode of ignorance will not be in doubt, he’ll be completely convinced, but of the wrong thing.Krishna says:O winner of wealth, now please listen as I tell you in detail of the different kinds of understanding and determination, according to the three modes of material nature. (Bg 18.29)O son of Pritha, that understanding by which one knows what ought to be done and what ought not to be done, what is to be feared and what is not to be feared, what is binding and what is liberating, is in the mode of goodness. (Bg 18.30)O son of Pritha, that understanding which cannot distinguish between religion and irreligion, between action that should be done and action that should not be done, is in the mode of passion. (Bg 18.31)That understanding which considers irreligion to be religion and religion to be irreligion, under the spell of illusion and darkness, and strives always in the wrong direction, O Partha, is in the mode of ignorance. (Bg 18.32)O son of Pritha, that determination which is unbreakable, which is sustained with steadfastness by yoga practice, and which thus controls the activities of the mind, life and senses is determination in the mode of goodness. (Bg 18.33)But that determination by which one holds fast to fruitive results in religion, economic development and sense gratification is of the nature of passion, O Arjuna. (Bg 18.34)And that determination which cannot go beyond dreaming, fearfulness, lamentation, moroseness and illusion – such unintelligent determination, O son of Pritha, is in the mode of darkness. (Bg 18.35)Liberation, however, means to transcend these three modes. That's the Brahman plane.And beyond the Brahman plane is the Krishna plane where you act out all your desires to give Krishna enjoyment.That is the final stage and goal of human life.

In Bhagavad Gita, Krishna describes people with different understandings.They come under three headings, and everything within the material world is a combination of these three categories, or modes, as they are called - goodness, passion and ignorance.The mode of ignorance destroys, the mode of passion creates, and the mode of goodness preserves and maintains.The three modes are like the three primary colors. From the three prime colors all other colors and shades of colors are made. Similarly, everything in the material world - the body, the mind, the intelligence, the work, the understanding, the mentality, the situation, is a unique mix of these 3 modes.It's important to understand, that we are all a mixture of goodness, passion and ignorance, but one of these modes always predominates.A person in whom the mode of ignorance predominates, will identify people and himself by their work, usually what they do to make money or what kind of degree and education they have. The work a person does is the main determining factor of a person's identity. When we identify a person as a soccer player, an actor, or an artist, that’s knowledge in the mode of ignorance.A person in the mode of passion will identify other living entities according to their body, like gender, race, and nationality. You identify people according to the body they inhabit. That’s knowledge in the mode of passion.A person in the mode of goodness will identify people according to their soul. He will see the same soul in all living entities. He won't identify persons according to their work, or their body, he will see all souls as parts of the same whole, they are of the same energy. So in the mode of goodness one will have a holistic world view. That’s knowledge in the mode of goodness.Krishna says:According to the three different modes of material nature, there are three kinds of knowledge, action and performer of action. Now hear of them from Me. — Bg 18.19That knowledge by which one undivided spiritual nature is seen in all living entities, though they are divided into innumerable forms, you should understand to be in the mode of goodness. (Bg 18.20)That knowledge by which one sees that in every different body there is a different type of living entity you should understand to be in the mode of passion. (Bg 18.21)And that knowledge by which one is attached to one kind of work as the all in all, without knowledge of the truth, and which is very meager, is said to be in the mode of darkness. (Bg 18.22)A person in the mode of ignorance will find his main enjoyment in intoxication, sleep and dreaming. A person in the mode of passion will find his main enjoyment in sex, power and prestige. A person in the mode of goodness will find his main enjoyment in knowledge and learning.Again, it's important to note that you don't find people purely in one mode, it's always a mix.So you can have a person who goes to his job every day for 20 years. That's maintaining, so that's the mode of goodness. But in his free time he sits in the sofa watching TV and smoking a joint, or having a drink, that's the mode of ignorance. Or he is a big business man making lots of money, having power and prestige from some corporation. That's the mode of passion. Or the scientist or philosopher who study and gather knowledge. That's the mode of goodness.Liberation, however, means to transcend these three modes. That's the Brahman plane.And beyond the Brahman plane is the Krishna plane where you act out all your desires to give Krishna enjoyment.That is the final stage and goal of human life.Krishna says:O winner of wealth, now please listen as I tell you in detail of the different kinds of understanding and determination, according to the three modes of material nature.O son of Pritha, that understanding by which one knows what ought to be done and what ought not to be done, what is to be feared and what is not to be feared, what is binding and what is liberating, is in the mode of goodness.O son of Pritha, that understanding which cannot distinguish between religion and irreligion, between action that should be done and action that should not be done, is in the mode of passion.That understanding which considers irreligion to be religion and religion to be irreligion, under the spell of illusion and darkness, and strives always in the wrong direction, O Partha, is in the mode of ignorance.O son of Pritha, that determination which is unbreakable, which is sustained with steadfastness by yoga practice, and which thus controls the activities of the mind, life and senses is determination in the mode of goodness.But that determination by which one holds fast to fruitive results in religion, economic development and sense gratification is of the nature of passion, O Arjuna.And that determination which cannot go beyond dreaming, fearfulness, lamentation, moroseness and illusion – such unintelligent determination, O son of Pritha, is in the mode of darkness.— Bhagavad-gita 18. 29-35