The root cause of a person's suffering is their pride. Even if someone makes a sacrifice, they can still get caught up in their own pride. What is the point of such a sacrifice? It is pride, or ego, that should be sacrificed. That is where true happiness and bliss are found.
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Happiness
Across world spiritual traditions, happiness is a multifaceted concept encompassing emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being. Many traditions converge on the idea that happiness arises from living a virtuous and meaningful life. However, they diverge in their specific approaches and emphases, offering unique perspectives on the nature and attainment of happiness.
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We have been given this human life to understand the all-pervading, omnipresent God. This knowledge can only be given by someone who has themselves realized God. Life becomes truly happy only after meeting such a God-realized person.
The happiness that arises from the contact of the senses with their objects, that is like nectar at first but like poison in the end — that is regarded as rajasic.
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम् | परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम् ||१८-३८||
The happiness that is like poison at first but like nectar in the end, born of the serenity of one's own mind — that is declared to be sattvic.
यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम् | तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् ||१८-३७||
All the blessed regions that belong to the gods can be obtained through penance. Penance is the root of great happiness. Those who practice severe penance and give up their bodies can attain the status of gods.
The happiness that deludes the self both at the beginning and in its consequence, arising from sleep, indolence, and negligence — that is declared to be tamasic.
यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः | निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ||१८-३९||
Now hear from me about the three kinds of happiness, best of the Bharatas — that in which one comes to delight through practice and reaches the end of suffering.
सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं शृणु मे भरतर्षभ | अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति ||१८-३६||
For the undisciplined there is no wisdom and no power of concentration; without concentration there is no peace, and for one without peace, how can there be happiness?
नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना | न चाभावयतः शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम् ||२-६६||
'The infinite, the plenum (bhuman), is happiness. There is no happiness in the small; only the infinite is happiness. But one must desire to understand the infinite.' 'Sir, I desire to understand the infinite.'
यो वै भूमा तत्सुखं नाल्पे सुखमस्ति भूमैव सुखं भूमा त्वेव विजिज्ञासितव्य इति भूमानं भगवो विजिज्ञास इति
The person who accurately knows the names of the unmanifest, the qualities, and their pure operations, is well-versed in the truth about all distinctions, freed from the body, liberated from all qualities, and enjoys absolute happiness.
There is no greater happiness than yoga.
Without giving up worldly attachments, one can never achieve true happiness. Without renunciation, one can never attain their highest good or find peace.
By overcoming sleep, fatigue, anger, joy, hunger, thirst, cold, and heat, your children always experience the happiness that is fitting for heroes.
Righteousness is the greatest good; forgiveness is the supreme peace; knowledge is the ultimate contentment; and benevolence is the only true happiness.
The mind is unable to possess the infinite, it can only be affected by it or be completely taken over by it. All it can do is blissfully surrender to the real, under the radiant presence that extends from planes of existence beyond its grasp.
I only call on Him as Mother. Let Mother do whatever She likes. I shall know Her if it is Her will; but I shall be happy to remain ignorant if She wills otherwise.
All that brings happiness in life is achieved through the grace of the company of saints. The more we attend congregations, the more our life becomes enriched with saintly qualities. Our heart begins to absorb love and humility, which are the sources of all kinds of happiness.
Contentment brings us joy and happiness, while dissatisfaction leads to disaster.
'When one truly obtains happiness, then one acts; without obtaining happiness, one does not act; only on obtaining happiness does one act. But one must desire to understand happiness.' 'Sir, I desire to understand happiness.'
यदा वै सुखं लभतेऽथ करोति नासुखं लब्ध्वा करोति सुखमेव लब्ध्वा करोति सुखं त्वेव विजिज्ञासितव्यमिति सुखं भगवो विजिज्ञास इति
In just this way the individual self of the wise one dissolves into the Supreme Self. Day and night, everywhere and always, the wise one delights in that Oneness.
तथैव ज्ञानी जीवात्मा परमात्मनि लीयते । ऐक्येन रमते ज्ञानी यत्र तत्र दिवानिशम्