Sanatan Weekly Online
Issue No. 280 · June 19, 2005
Editor: Mr. Pruthviraj Purushottam Hajare

Articles

Need For Spirituality

Common Misconceptions

Principles of Spirituality

Did You Know?

Clarification of Doubts

Messages to Seekers

Children's Corner

Spiritual Experiences

Implied Meaning

Concepts of the Science of Spirituality




Did You Know?
Happiness, Unhappiness and Bliss experienced by seekers when doing spiritual practice depending upon the four classes (modes by which one can serve God)

A seeker doing spiritual practice of the class

Proportion of happiness and unhappiness

Happiness %
+
Unhappiness %
=

Bliss %

The state beyond happiness and unhappiness

Total %

Brahmin

Approaching the level at which one is beyond both happiness and unhappiness

Sattvik
(Sattva predominant) happiness 20+10=30

20

50

100

Kshatriya

Happiness more than unhappiness

Rajasik
(raja predominant) 40+20=60

0

40

100

Vaishya

Both happiness and unhappiness are equal

Rajasik happiness 35+35=70

0

35

100

Shudra

Unhappiness more than happiness

Tamasik
(tama predominant) 30+50=80

0

20

100


 

 


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