Wise Words From Babaji
Your nature is your God-given superpower.
"In Sanskrit, svabhāva means your nature, personality, disposition, or your inborn tendencies. Knowing your svabhāva helps you to understand yourself so you can align with your strengths. Acting from this place of natural ease, one experiences true pleasure. For what is more pleasurable than sharing your gifts with the world?"
- Dr. Satyanaryana Dasa Babaji, creator of the Vedic Personality Quiz
Svabhāva Type: Jigyasu (Lifelong Learner) and Guru (Teacher).
Sooo...What’s Your Vedic Personality Type?
Your Mind Holds the Key to Who You Are
Ever feel like you're wired a certain way? Like you naturally lead, teach, create, or heal—without trying? That’s not a coincidence. It’s your Vedic Personality Type, the blueprint of how you think, feel, and connect with the world.
In Vedic Psychology, personality isn’t random. It’s shaped by two forces:
✅ Your Mind Type (Gunas): The energy that drives your thoughts and emotions.
✅ Your Svabhāva (Natural Disposition): The deeper essence that defines your role in the world.
Understanding these two layers gives you a clear roadmap to self-awareness, stronger relationships, and a life aligned with your true nature.
Your Svabhāva Explains Why You Do The Things You Do
Your Svabhāva is your core personality type—your natural rhythm in life. While your guna describes your mental energy, your Svabhāva determines how you express it.
Some people teach, others lead, some heal, while others innovate. Your Svabhāva helps explain:
✔️ Why you’re drawn to certain roles.
✔️ What environments bring out your best self.
✔️ How you naturally interact with people.
There are 18 unique Svabhāvas, each with its own strengths and challenges.
Your Ayurvedic Mind Type Explains Your Energy
Every mind is influenced by three gunas—subtle energies that shape how we experience the world:
🔹 Sattva (Peace & Harmony) – Balanced, intuitive, and drawn to wisdom.
🔹 Rajas (Passion & Action) – Energetic, ambitious, and constantly moving.
🔹 Tamas (Passivity & Stability) – Grounded, steady, but can get stuck in comfort zones.
Your dominant guna affects everything—from how you react under stress to the way you interact with others. Recognizing it helps you harness your strengths and bring balance where needed.
Why Knowing Your Personality Type Changes Everything
When you understand both your mind type and Svabhāva, you can:
✔️ Make aligned choices in career, relationships, and personal growth.
✔️ Break cycles that keep you stuck in the same struggles.
✔️ Deepen self-awareness and navigate emotions with clarity.
✔️ Work with your strengths instead of fighting against your nature.
It’s not about fitting into a box—it’s about understanding your natural flow so you can move through life with confidence and ease.
How Mind Types & Svabhāva Work Together
Your mind type (guna) influences how your Svabhāva plays out. Here are a few examples:
✌️ A Sattvic leader leads with wisdom.
💥 A Rajasic leader drives with ambition.
👩🌾 A Tamasic leader provides stability.
🖼️ A Sattvic creator crafts with purpose.
🎨 A Rajasic creator thrives on bold innovation.
🎼 A Tamasic creator preserves tradition.
🪞 Your Svabhāva is who you are, and your guna is how you express it. Together, they create your unique personality blueprint.
Meet the Minds
Behind the Personality Tests
These Vedic Psychology personality tests weren’t created in a vacuum—they come from decades of deep study, practice, and lived wisdom.
Babaji and Dr. Joshi designed these tests to help yoga teachers, Ayurvedic practitioners, healers, and seekers alike uncover the deeper forces shaping their thoughts, emotions, and purpose.
With roots in both ancient texts and modern psychology, these insights aren’t just theoretical—they’re practical tools for deep self-awareness, relationships, and profound personal growth.
🌀 This isn’t just another personality quiz. It’s a map to understanding how your mind works—and how to align with your true nature.
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Your mind already knows the answers—it’s time to listen.
🔎 Discover your Vedic Personality Type.
👀 Learn how your Mind Type influences your life.
💗 Find clarity, purpose, and self-understanding.
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MEET THE SVABHAVAS
Get to know the Vedic Personality types. Can you guess which one you are before taking the quiz?
THE UPLIFTERS
The Uplifters nature is to naturally uplift people driven by the purity of heart. They derive pleasure by giving - be it knowledge, attention to studies, healing, compassion, or peaceful demeanor. They tend to be introverts.
Guru - गुरु
The Educator
Gurus are represented by the peacock because like a peacock, Guru types are very wise, adaptable, and sacred.
Jigyasu - जिज्ञासु
The Lifelong Learner
Jigyasyus are represented by the crow because, like a crow, they are very curious, clever, and have an amazing memory.
Vaidya - वैद्य
The Healer
Vaidyas are represented by the deer because, like a deer, Vaidya's are very sensitive, empathetic, and non-confrontational.
Vadanya - वदान्य
The Provider
Vadanyas are represented by the mother cow because, like her, Vadanyas are very compassionate, nurturing, and abundant.
Vairāgī - वैरागी
The Renouncer
Vairagi's are symbolized by the eagle, reflecting a solitary, peaceful life detached from material possessions, societal roles, and relationships.
Pavaka - पावक
The Purifier
Pavakai's are symbolized by the swan, reflecting purity, peace and beauty to people, environments and situations. Pāvaka also means fire - which purifies everything.
THE MOVERS & SHAKERS
Movers & Shakers are driven by passion. These influential and dynamic individuals tend to make a significant impact in whatever they do. Movers and Shakers are usually in high-power positions and strive for power and wealth. They possess the drive, ambition, and determination to effectuate meaningful change and achieve their goals. They tend to be extroverts.
Udyami - उद्यमी
The Go-Getter
Udyamis are represented by the tiger because, like a tiger, Udyamis are very powerful, ambitious, and enjoy engaging in entrepreneurial activities.
Neta - नेता
The Leader/ Manager
Netas are represented by the lion because, like a lion, Netas are very strong, and brave, and know how to motivate and manage others.
Chatur - चतुर
The Outsmarter
Chaturs are represented by the jackal because, like a jackal, Chatur's are cunning, adaptable, and smart.
Sahasik - साहसिक
The Adventurer
Sahasiks are represented by the cat because, like a cat, Sahasiks are venturesome, curious, and daring.
Sahayaka - सहायक
The Assistant
Sahayakas are represented by the bee because, like a bee, Sahayakas are very industrious, detail-oriented and precise. They are good at organizing things, maintaining schedules and correspondence for both the executives and customers alike.
Karta - कर्ता
The Creator
Kartas are represented by the tailorbird because, like a tailorbird, they are very creative, quick, and intelligent.
Vidushaka - विदूषक
The Entertainer
Vidushakas are represented by the parrot because, like a parrot, Vidushakas are very smart, humorous, and entertaining.
Rajan - राजन्
The Protector
Rajans are represented by the elephant because like an elephant, Rajans are amazing protectors because they are very resilient, social, and emotionally intelligent.
Yojaka - योजक
The Connector
Yojakas are represented by the dolphin because, like a dolphin, Yojakas are very friendly, energetic, social, playful, and harmonious.
THE SUPPORTERS
The Supporters derive happiness from performing service to others. They add value by performing laborious tasks to contribute to the livelihood of humans. They tend to be introverts.
Poshaka - पोषक
The Sustainer
Poshaka's are represented by the oxen, because like an oxen, Poshaka's are able to sustain strength, stability and steadfastness in their unwavering dedication to serving.
Bhārabhṛt -भारभृत्
The Burden-Bearer
Bhārabhṛta's are represented by the camel because like an camel, Bhārabhṛta's are very simple, strong, and resilient as they bear the burdens of life, be it their own physical or mental burdens, other peoples or the society at large.
Sevaka - सेवक
The Pleaser
Sevaka's are represented by the horse, because like a horse, Sevaka's love to please through service, and do so beautifully through their obedience, dedication, and humility to their master.
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The Relationship Between Your Personality Type and Your Mind Type
Everyone is born with a core Vedic Personality Type, which we call as your nature, or svabhāva. These inborn talents can be affected depending on your state of mind which fluctuates between three states: peaceful (sattva), passionate (rajas), and passive (tamas).
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