Confusion with words happiness and Bliss

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The words happiness and Bliss are quite often

used interchangeably in spiritual texts. That is the

meaning with which the word bliss is used in one book, is

happiness according to another book. Sometimes the two are

synonymously used.<br><br>Examples of how various authors use

the word happiness and Bliss with various meanings is

given below.<br><br>Bliss: There are 2 types of

bliss:<br><br>Bliss in presence of objects is termed as happiness.

<br><br>Bliss in absence of objects is termed as spiritual

Bliss. <br><br>Happiness: Happiness is of 3

types:<br><br>Worldly happiness i.e. the happiness obtained in this

world. <br><br>Happiness obtained in the subtle world.

<br><br>Spiritual happiness<br><br>Spiritual happiness is superior

to the other two for the following reasons:<br>1. It

is unrelated to any object.<br>2. It is

self-attained.<br>3. It is permanent and unrelated to any kind of

unhappiness.<br><br>Such unparalleled spiritual happiness is termed as

Moksha. <br><br>According to Sankhya Philosophy

:<br><br>Sankhya philosophy talks about the attainment of a state

called' Eternal happiness'. According to this philosophy,

if in any way there is destruction of ignorance,

then there is separation of the supposed union of the

soul and the world and the embodied soul is

permanently liberated from the bondage of unhappiness.

<br><br>According to Kundaliniyoga:<br><br>When one is able to take

the 'dhi' frequencies upto 'kha', that is up to the

hollow in the Brahmarandhra, the opening in the Sahasrar

chakra, one experiences happiness. If this does not occur

then there is unhappiness. <br><br><br>Source :

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