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Three kinds of happiness and sorrow
A. Bhuta means an element. The creation which is made of these elements — whether creation is earthly or etherial — is called Adhibhautika — of the elements of Nature. The happiness that is caused by the combination of these elements, or by the disposition of mind settling on them, is called ‘Adhi- bhautika happiness’ - material happiness — whether it is subtle or gross. And the sorrow which is caused by the disposition being removed or unsettled from them is known as Adhi¬bhautika sorrow — material sorrow.
Sound, Touch, Form, Taste and Smell — these are subtle elements. Ether, Air, Fire, Water and Earth - these are gross elements. The creation which is made of these elements is all Adhibhautika or material.
B. Deva is a term for causal element or Karana Tattva, which is in between the gross and the subtle. There are many meanings of this word in Sanskrit, e.g. deity, kind, brother-in-law, fool, boy, man of occupa¬tion, spear and javelin, competition, title ofBrahman and Kayastha castes, organ, goddess, Durga, Queen, title of high born lady, worship, reverence etc. All these are etymological (wordy) meanings. The real meaning is play and shining (Div to play, to shine). Here the causal meaning or etymological meaning is given which means shining — that which plays and shines in all things. This is the condition of peace and rest which expresses the soul. The happiness that is experienced on settling of the soul in this causal condi¬tion, and the sorrow that is felt on its (soul’s) un¬settling — are described as Adhidaivika. Generally people call the sorrow caused by the sun, the moon, thunder, lightning etc. as adhidaivika which is wrong, it being really elemental or Adhibhautika.
C. The soul is that in which there is movement and thinking (Ath = movement, Man = thinking). These two states occur in mind and as such it alone becomes the soul. Its characteristics are happiness, sorrow, knowledge, ignorance, attachment, hatred, desire and effort. It is related to three kinds of move¬ment and thinking, and its movement and stability are at work in all the three states. The first is the gross body; the second the causal body or the soul; and the third its own internal condition (inverted reflection) namely, the heart region. In these alone are experienced either happiness or sorrow due to the settling or un¬settling of the current of disposition. This kind of happiness and sorrow is called Adhyatmik, i.e. “partaking of movement and