Definition-Happiness and Bliss

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Definition:<br><br>Happiness: Happiness is a

pleasant sensation experienced by the embodied soul

through the five senses, mind and/or

intellect.<br><br>Since this experience is obtained through the five

senses, mind and intellect, one can comprehend this

definition.<br><br>Bliss: Bliss is a favorable spiritual experience of the

embodied soul doing spiritual practice (Jîvâtmâ) or the

God realized soul (Shivâtmâ) when the functions of

the five senses, mind and intellect have

ceased.<br><br>Since most of us have not experienced Bliss and many

are not even aware that there is something to

experience beyond the five senses, mind and intellect, most

people find it difficult to understand the definition of

Bliss.<br><br>Why is it difficult to explain the meaning of Bliss

?<br><br>Just as one blind since birth will find it difficult

to accept the fact that the world is visible or a

child will not be able to understand the meaning of

sexuality no matter how hard one tries to explain it, so

also it is difficult to explain the meaning of

Bliss.<br><br>Bliss has to be experienced; it cannot be expressed

into words.<br><br>The meaning of happiness and Bliss

can be better explained with the use a gold bracelet

as an example.<br><br>The pleasant sensation that

one gets from a formless object, that is the gold

used to make a bracelet in this case, is termed as

Bliss while that pleasure obtained from the object

having a form that is the bracelet can be termed as

happiness.<br><br>N.B.: In reality one gets only happiness from gold,

this example is only given to illustrate the point of

happiness and Bliss.<br><br>Source: www.sanatan.org/weekly