(continued from the last
issue)
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Happiness |
Bliss |
6. Relative to and dependent on place, time,
and object |
Yes |
No |
7. In which state is it acquired? |
A. Waking
B. Dream |
A. Deep sleep, the nirbij superconscious
state (samadhi)
B. The natural state of communion with God (sahajavastha)
C. Liberation when still embodied (Sadeha Mukti) |
8. Awareness of the body |
Present |
Absent |
9. Duality / non-duality |
Duality is present between the
pleasurable object and the one experiencing it. |
Non-duality with Supreme God (Brahman) |
10. Duration |
Less |
A. Depends on the duration of
the nirbij superconscious state
B. Continuously (in the natural state of communion with God)
C. Even in the next birth
D. Eternally (Liberation) |
Continued in the next issue.
[Reference taken from the Sanatan
organization’s publication, Vol.
1B: Spirituality, compiled by His
Holiness Dr. Jayant Athavale and Her Holiness Dr.
Mrs. Kunda Athavale.]
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