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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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justified in' holding that the liberated soul cannot enjoy the sensuous happiness. There seems to be some confusion between the meaning of the two words 'sukha' and 'ananda'. Sukha - pleasure may be essentially an agreeable experience enjoyed by means of the sense organs, while ananda of the Vedānta may possess a kind of different connotation which may be better understood as the 'supersensuous happiness', which is characterised mainly by peace, tranquillity and illumination. On the contrary, sukha or pleasure may be mainly characterised by stimulation, excitation, physical disturbance and evanescence. Sukha or pleasure depends for being evoked upon external objects of stimulation, and it lasts only for a few moments and after it reaches its point of satiation, it no more interests the enjoyer. After the point of satiation is reached it no more remains inviting; on the contrary, beyond its proper proportion it begins to become disagreeable, as it is limited by the physical capacities of the individual. It is not so with bliss or a nanda. It does not depend upon any external object for its generation and it has no restrictions. One is never tired of enjoying the peace and bliss. It can be eternal as the point of its satiation is never reached. It is beyond all physical limitations. We do not know whether the soul enjoys the bliss or ānanda of the supersensuous nature, although it is true that the liberated soul cannot enjoy the sensuous pleasures as there is no physical body and its sense organs. Moreover, such pleasures even like the enjoyment of
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