Zhuangzi on bliss
Zhuangzi149 quotes“To have attained to the human form is a source of joy. What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.”
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What we should be after death, we have to attain in life, i.e. holiness and bliss. Here on earth the Kingdom of God begins.
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Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami Bliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves.
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RamakrishnaRamakrishna Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss.
Guru NanakGuru Nanak I am in constant bliss, day and night, egotism has been dispelled from within me.
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Meher BabaMeher Baba The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance.
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