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Misconceptions about Enlightenment #2: It gives you happiness as we know it
October 13, 2017
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Akilesh Ayyar
Misconceptions about Enlightenment #2: It gives you happiness as we know it
Akilesh Ayyar
October 13, 2017
Video

Misconceptions about Enlightenment #2: It gives you happiness as we know it

Akilesh Ayyar
October 13, 2017
Video

When we hear that enlightenment means permanent happiness, we immediately think that this means a permanent version of what we ordinarily think of as happiness. Enlightenment is happiness, but it is not ordinary, day-to-day happiness...

Tagged: nonduality, happiness, Misconceptions about Enlightenment, enlightenment

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