Happiness: Only One

Sri Ramana Maharshi

It is said the whole Vedanta can be compressed into four words - deham, naham, koham, soham. Deham is naham; the body is not 'I'. If one enquires whence this 'I' springs and realizes it, then in the heart of such a one the Omnipresent God will shine as 'I' as sa aham or soham; i.e., he will know 'That I am', i.e., 'That is I'.

The bliss which is enjoyed unconsciously in sleep is enjoyed consciously in turiya. That is the difference. The ananda enjoyed during jagrat is upadhi ananda. But there are not diffferent anandhas. There is only one anandha, including the ananda enjoyed during the waking state, the ananda of all kinds of beings from the lowest animal to the highest Brahma, the ananda of the Self.

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From Thus Spake Ramana