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reality. If we have to be called as Abhyasis (students) we should follow those principles assiduously.
While on the subject of happiness, permit me sir, to quote from our book “The five Kosas....” Page 76.
“It has been held that bliss is the core of all beings and life is meant for happiness...... The principle of life is the pleasure principle as psycho analysts held, only instead of pleasure; we prefer the nobler and more cohesive word - Bliss/happiness. No one does anything for any purpose other than to derive happiness...... Satisfaction of the various desires arising out of the tendencies in these Kosas was a source of happiness and therefore there has always been a desire to fulfill the desires. Happiness is the goal whether it is eating or mating, or friendship or envy, or jealousy, greed, or avarice or charity and nobility, or service or sacrifice, or knowledge or technical expertise. Behind all these, the only motive is happiness. Happiness is the canvas on which all aspects of life are printed or painted. The craving for different types of sources of happiness has a general and individual content.”
So, as stated above, satisfaction of the various desires is a source of happiness, and there has been always a desire to fulfill the desires. In our prayer, we say that our wishes (or desires) are the impediments for our progress. Our Master in His letter dated 11th Aug 1955 to Revered Dr.K.C.Varadachari, wrote(Event Horizon pg 22) “Our desires are to a great extent the cause of miseries. So, we pray to God to bestow upon us the state of desirelessness, or freedom from wishes. It is almost certain that unless it is achieved we can never acquire a balanced state of mind. Desirelessness
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