Happiness that is neither temporal nor chemical has been classically called as joy. And it is not something to be obtained. It is not something to be obtained. It is nature. It is who you are. Provided you refuse to abide by what you are not. Happiness is not something you have to hunt for. Otherwise, happiness remains eternally elusive.
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Questioner: Namaskar ji, I am from Pune Maharashtra Prajwal Jadav. It is often said that lack of self-knowledge leads to suffering. Yet we see that some people are happy and some of them are deeply troubled. seeing this seemingly happy individuals, people content with worldly choice but and they distance themselves from Bhagavad Gita. Why does this happen?
Acharya Prashant: How do you know somebody is happy? How? We have fooled ourselves. No end. We don't know happiness. We only know symptoms of happiness. And symptoms are easy to copy. Nobody's happy. All they exhibit is symptoms of happiness. And we have in some kind of a very shady deal among ourselves decided mutually with universal consent that these will be the accepted symptoms of happiness. Let's list down five of them. One, smiling. And the hyperlative form of that is a guffaw. Oh! so, so happy. Extremely happy. Second, money, clothes, shining face, partner, fine and respect, prestige. Yeah.
Listener: Gratitude.
