SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 14 Text 10
rajas tamas cabhibhuya
sattvam bhavati bharata
rajah sattvam tamas caiva
tamah sattvam rajas tatha

rajah--the mode of passion; tamah--the mode of ignorance; ca--also; abhibhuya--surpassing; sattvam--the mode of goodness; bhavati--becomes prominent; bharata--O son of Bharata; rajah--the mode of passion; sattvam--the mode of goodness; tamah--the mode of ignorance; ca--also; eva--like that; tamah--the mode of ignorance; sattvam--the mode of goodness; rajah--the mode of passion; tatha--thus.

TRANSLATION

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.

JOURNAL:

Srila Prabhupada writes in his purport; Although there are these three modes of material nature, if one is determined he can be blessed by the mode of goodness, and by transcending the mode of goodness he can be situated in pure goodness, which is called the vasudeva state, a state in which one can understand the science of God. By the manifestation of particular activities, it can be understood in what mode of nature one is situated.

The goal here is to attain the mode of goodness, for this is the "jumping off" point of true Krishna Conscience.