Question: “What is happiness? Is it inherent in the Self or in the object, or in the contact between the subject and the object?"
Ramana Maharshi: "When there is contact with a desirable object or memory thereof, and when there is freedom from undesirable contacts, or memory thereof, we say there is
happiness. Such happiness is relative and is better called pleasure. But we want absolute and permanent happiness. This does not reside in objects but in the Absolute. It is peace free from pain and pleasure. It is a neutral state."
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