Happiness

Bliss

1. What is it called?

An experience

A spiritual experience

2. Who experiences the spiritual experience?

The embodied soul (Jiva)

a. At a lower level the - embodied soul doing spiritual practice. (Jivatma)
b. At a higher level- the God realized soul. (Shivatma)
c. At the highest level -The supreme God (Shiv )

3. From what is the happiness/Bliss obtained?

From an external source. The mind and the intellect too are external with respect to the embodied soul.

Initially - From an object to which one is devoted, e.g. an statue of a saint , a deity or a Guru . Later - From one's Soul

4. The medium of obtaining the experience/ spiritual experience.

The 5 sense organs, the mind and intellect.

The embodied soul doing spiritual practice or the God realized soul.

5. From what is it obtained?

a. The great illusion (Maya)
b. Ignorance
c. Objects with the three components (Triguna)
d. Since there are innumerable forms of Brahman in the Great illusion, e.g. in food, words, sound, etc. the subjects are unending.
e. Gross

a. Bramhan , the Soul
b. Spiritual knowledge
c. Objects beyond the three components. ( Triguna )
d. The eternal Brahman is the only object
e. Subtle