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what kind of influence the peaceful face of the image produced on his heart and in what minner he achieved enlightenment and spiritual elevation.
When the subli.ne qualities of friendliness, felicity, compassion and neutrality fill a pure heart or mind, it gets rid of its weakness and changeability and becomes firm with Dharma. It also attains permanent and enduring felicity. प्रसादे सर्व दुःखानां
ETFUTAFITI प्रसन्नचेतसोह्याशु
frafadà il Prasade sarva duhkhanam
Hanirasyopajayathe i Prasanna chetasohyasu
Buddhih paryavathishtathe 11 (All sorrows disappear in a mind that is joyful. The man whose mind is joyful becomes the home of intellectual incisiveness and wisdom.)
From this stanza taken from the Bhagavad Gita, we learn that happiness of mind is essential for attaining intellectual powers. Moreover, we can attain both bodily and mental felicity by means of prasannatha or cheerfulness.
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