Ananda and AhlAda

[Guest guest]

As a somehwat unguided yogi, I have spent much of my life

understanding Ananda. I had never much thought about Ahlada. If I

look in a dictionary, I find that >hlAd seems to refer to a cry of

rejoicing. Ananda is a more dispassionate delight.

AhlAda. I would suppose, is like eating ice cream, or attaining

orgasm, whereas Ananda is a subtler experience, the state of knowing

sat (existence) and chit (the awareness that makes the sat), and the

joyful realization that they are the same. Or something like that.