The Meaning of Happiness - Part 3

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advaitin, "Dennis Waite" <dwaite@a...> wrote:

> or tomorrow. To be going on with, then, here is the third and final

part of

> the trilogy!

>

> The Meaning of Happiness - Part 3

>

> Desire for Objects> All manner of things shall be well

> When the tongues of flame are in-folded

> Into the crowned knot of fire

> And the fire and the rose are one.

>

> (T. S. Eliot. 'Little Gidding' (Four Quartets). Faber and Faber.)

>

 

Namaste

 

Thanks, Dennis-ji, for the poetic conclusion to the trilogy.

 

Here is how the poets of the Upanishads described It:

 

Exposition of Bliss

 

(Taittiriya Upanishad 2.8)

 

"Behold this exposition of the Bliss to which ye shall hearken.

 

Let there be a young man, excellent and lovely in his youth,

a great student; let him have fair manners and a most firm heart

and great strength of body, and let all this wide earth be full

of wealth for his enjoying. That is the measure of bliss of one

human being.

 

Now a hundred and a hundred-fold of the human measure of bliss,

is one bliss of men that have become angels in heaven.

And this is the bliss of the Veda wise whose soul the blight of

desire not touches.

 

A hundred and a hundred-fold of this measure of angelic bliss is one

bliss of Gods that are angels in heaven. And this is the bliss of

the Veda wise whose soul the blight of desire not touches. A hundred

and a hundred-fold of this measure of divine angelic bliss is one

bliss of the Fathers whose world of heaven is their world for ever.

And this is the bliss of the Veda wise whose soul the blight of

desire not touches.

 

A hundred and a hundred-fold of this measure of bliss of the Fathers

whose worlds are for ever, is one bliss of the Gods who are born as

Gods in heaven. And this is the bliss of the Veda wise whose soul the

blight of desire not touches.

 

A hundred and a hundred-fold of this measure of bliss of the

firstborn in heaven, is one bliss of the Gods of work who are Gods,

for by the strength of their deeds they depart and are Gods in heaven.

And this is the bliss of the Vedawise whose soul the blight of desire

not touches.

 

A hundred and a hundred-fold of this measure of bliss of the Gods of

work, is one bliss of the great Gods who are Gods forever. And this

is the bliss of the Vedawise whose soul the blight of desire not

touches.

 

A hundred and a hundred-fold of this measure of divine bliss, is one

bliss of Indra, the King in Heaven. And this is the bliss of the

Vedawise whose soul the blight of desire not touches.

 

A hundred and a hundred-fold of this measure of Indra's bliss is one

bliss of Brhaspati, who taught the Gods in heaven. And this is the

bliss of the Vedawise whose soul the blight of desire not touches.

 

A hundred and a hundred-fold of this measure of Brhaspati's

bliss, is one bliss of Prajapati, the Almighty Father. And this is the

bliss of the Vedawise whose soul the blight of desire not touches.

 

A hundred and a hundred-fold of this measure of Prajapati's bliss, is

one bliss of the Eternal Spirit. And this is the bliss of the

Vedawise whose soul the blight of desire not touches. "

 

 

Regards,

 

Sunder