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Happiness in Ayurveda (आयुर्वेदे सुखानन्दश्च) (view source)
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Ayurveda acharyas appear to have searched deeper to understand the roots of or the causes of happiness. The word Harsha is used synonymously with the word Ananda. It means delightfulness/ecstacy or happiness. Acharya Charaka says that the best thing that generates harsha is tatvavabodha i.e. Discovery/understanding/realization is the best one for feeling exalted/ecstatic.<blockquote>तत्त्वावबोधोहर्षणानां | (Char. Samh. 30.15)<ref name=":0">Charaka Samhita ([https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/ecaraka/?mod=read&h=nandanAnAm Sutrasthanam Adhyaya 30 Sutra 15])</ref></blockquote>Moreover, one more word 'Nanadan' used synonymously with the word ananda which means happiness is also described at the same place. The very cause of happiness is mentioned as 'Indriyajaya' (Control over organs). This means that a person's control over his sensory, motor organs along with his mind is the one thing that can cause happiness. Such happiness is long lasting, and also brings along the sense of satisfaction with it. <blockquote>इन्द्रियजयो नन्दनानां| (Char. Samh. 30.15)<ref name=":0" /></blockquote><blockquote>समग्रं दुःखमायत्तमविज्ञाने द्वयाश्रयम्| सुखं समग्रं विज्ञाने विमले च प्रतिष्ठितम्||८४|| ((Char. Samh. 30.84)</blockquote>All the sufferings - diseases of both body and mind - are caused by ignorance. All happiness /health is due to the clear knowledge. Just as the Sun cannot help a blind man to see things even with all its light, similarly Ayurveda, which generously guides us through the path of dharma, artha, kama, and moksha, cannot guide someone devoid of its understanding or is a skeptic.
Ayurveda acharyas appear to have searched deeper to understand the roots of or the causes of happiness. The word Harsha is used synonymously with the word Ananda. It means delightfulness/ecstacy or happiness. Acharya Charaka says that the best thing that generates harsha is tatvavabodha i.e. Discovery/understanding/realization is the best one for feeling exalted/ecstatic.<blockquote>तत्त्वावबोधोहर्षणानां | (Char. Samh. 30.15)<ref name=":0">Charaka Samhita ([https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/ecaraka/?mod=read&h=nandanAnAm Sutrasthanam Adhyaya 30 Sutra 15])</ref></blockquote>Moreover, one more word 'Nanadan' used synonymously with the word ananda which means happiness is also described at the same place. The very cause of happiness is mentioned as 'Indriyajaya' (Control over organs). This means that a person's control over his sensory, motor organs along with his mind is the one thing that can cause happiness. Such happiness is long lasting, and also brings along the sense of satisfaction with it. <blockquote>इन्द्रियजयो नन्दनानां| (Char. Samh. 30.15)<ref name=":0" /></blockquote><blockquote>समग्रं दुःखमायत्तमविज्ञाने द्वयाश्रयम्| सुखं समग्रं विज्ञाने विमले च प्रतिष्ठितम्||८४|| ((Char. Samh. 30.84)</blockquote>All the sufferings - diseases of both body and mind - are caused by ignorance. All happiness /health is due to the clear knowledge. Just as the Sun cannot help a blind man to see things even with all its light, similarly Ayurveda, which generously guides us through the path of dharma, artha, kama, and moksha, cannot guide someone devoid of its understanding or is a skeptic.
== Happiness as an atmaja bhava ==
== Developmental basis of Happiness ==
Being happy is the state which is a result of multiple factors. Developmentally, there are 6 factors that are responsible for different characteristic features of the man namely, Matruja, Pitruja, Atmaja, Satmyaja, Satvaja and rasaja bhavas. Among these 6 factors, the tendancy to be happy in general and happiness as the quality of one's life is said to be related to the Atmaja and Satmyaja factors. The same has been discussed in depth below,
=== Happiness as an atmaja bhava ===
आत्मजानि नानायोनिषूत्पित्तिर्मनश्चेतनेन्द्रियाणि प्राणापानौ धारणमाकृतिस्वरवर्णविशेषाः कामक्रोधलोभभयहर्षधर्मशीलतास्मृतिबुद्धीच्छाद्वेषप्रयत्नाहङ्कारसुख़दुःख़ायुरात्मज्ञानानि च||१६|| (Asht. Hrud. Sharirasthanama Adhyaya 5 Sutra 16)
आत्मजानि नानायोनिषूत्पित्तिर्मनश्चेतनेन्द्रियाणि प्राणापानौ धारणमाकृतिस्वरवर्णविशेषाः कामक्रोधलोभभयहर्षधर्मशीलतास्मृतिबुद्धीच्छाद्वेषप्रयत्नाहङ्कारसुख़दुःख़ायुरात्मज्ञानानि च||१६|| (Asht. Hrud. Sharirasthanama Adhyaya 5 Sutra 16)
The effect of what is done during the previous life is known as ''daiva''. The effect of what is done during the present life is known as ''purushakara''. If the ''daiva'' is unrighteous sufferings are shared in the present life; if however, they are righteous then the individual enjoys a happy and healthy life.[31] On the contrary sinful or unrighteous ''purushartha'' is due to the sufferings of the present and future life. Indian mythology further explains and believes that righteous ''Purushartha'' also acts as an remedy for the unrighteous ''daiva''. This is likely the law of probability, for example, if there is an autosomal dominant trait running in the family and only one partner is affected, 50% of the offsprings are expected be affected. The remaining 50% may escape unaffected. Even if it had been considered a mythological concept, it is a guiding path toward the righteous path for a happy and healthy present and future life if any.<ref>Dhiman K, Kumar A, Dhiman KS. Shad Garbhakara Bhavas vis-a-vis congenital and genetic disorders. Ayu. 2010 Apr;31(2):175-84. doi: 10.4103/0974-8520.72384. PMID: 22131707; PMCID: PMC3215361.</ref>
The effect of what is done during the previous life is known as ''daiva''. The effect of what is done during the present life is known as ''purushakara''. If the ''daiva'' is unrighteous sufferings are shared in the present life; if however, they are righteous then the individual enjoys a happy and healthy life.[31] On the contrary sinful or unrighteous ''purushartha'' is due to the sufferings of the present and future life. Indian mythology further explains and believes that righteous ''Purushartha'' also acts as an remedy for the unrighteous ''daiva''. This is likely the law of probability, for example, if there is an autosomal dominant trait running in the family and only one partner is affected, 50% of the offsprings are expected be affected. The remaining 50% may escape unaffected. Even if it had been considered a mythological concept, it is a guiding path toward the righteous path for a happy and healthy present and future life if any.<ref>Dhiman K, Kumar A, Dhiman KS. Shad Garbhakara Bhavas vis-a-vis congenital and genetic disorders. Ayu. 2010 Apr;31(2):175-84. doi: 10.4103/0974-8520.72384. PMID: 22131707; PMCID: PMC3215361.</ref>
== Happiness as a satmyaja bhava ==
=== Happiness as a satmyaja bhava ===
It can be enumerated that the ''Satmyaja'' (wholesome) procreative factor is responsible for conception, normal inheritance, and growth and development of the fetus leading to the birth of healthy, happy, active, and productive citizen of generations to come.
It can be enumerated that the ''Satmyaja'' (wholesome) procreative factor is responsible for conception, normal inheritance, and growth and development of the fetus leading to the birth of healthy, happy, active, and productive citizen of generations to come.
राजसानि दुरुपचारताऽनार्यं शौर्य्यं मात्सर्यममितभाषित्वमहङ्कारो लोलुपत्वं दम्भो मानः क्रोधो हर्षः कामश्च||२०|| (Asht. Hrud. Sharirasthanama Adhyaya 5 Sutra 22)
राजसानि दुरुपचारताऽनार्यं शौर्य्यं मात्सर्यममितभाषित्वमहङ्कारो लोलुपत्वं दम्भो मानः क्रोधो हर्षः कामश्च||२०|| (Asht. Hrud. Sharirasthanama Adhyaya 5 Sutra 22)
== Happiness and emotions ==
== Body components related to Happiness ==
Health and happiness are interrelated. There are certain body elements, the healthy state of which is probably essential to experience the generalised feeling of happiness which can be understood by the use of terms prasanna and sukha in the references.
=== Rakta dhatu ===
While describing the normal functions of healthy state rakta dhatu (equivalent to blood)
प्रसन्नवर्णेन्द्रियमिन्द्रियार्थानिच्छन्तमव्याहतपक्तृवेगम्|
सुखान्वितं तु(पु)ष्टिबलोपपन्नं विशुद्धरक्तं पुरुषं वदन्ति||२४|| Char. Samh. Sutra 24.24.
=== Rasa dhatu ===
The best quality of Rasa dhatu in a person leads to the happy state of life in general. Thus, happiness has been mentioned as the product of Rasa sarata.
सा सारता सुखसौभाग्यैश्वर्योपभोगबुद्धिविद्यारोग्यप्रहर्षणान्यायुष्यत्वं चाचष्टे||१०३|| Char. Samh. Viman, 8.103
== Various implied meanings of the term sukha and prasanna in Ayurveda ==
प्रसन्नमनसस्तथा |...
प्रसन्नमनसस्तथा |...
=== In Infertility ===
=== In Infertility ===
==== Happiness and male infertility ====
सुप्रसन्नं मनस्तत्र हर्षणे हेतुरुच्यते | Sush. Nida. 10.21
If the person is unhappy, angry and depressed, the natural pathways that help to bring about the degree of erection required to release the male seeds containing semen can not occur and as a result impotency and infertility might be experienced.
सुप्रसन्नमीर्ष्याद्यनभिभूतम्| Dalhana commentary on Sush. Nida. 10.21
==== Treatment ====
यत्किञ्चिन्मधुरं स्निग्धं बृंहणं बलवर्धनम्|
यत्किञ्चिन्मधुरं स्निग्धं बृंहणं बलवर्धनम्|
i.e. if a person is poisoned then pathologically his mind and senses will experience depression or sadness in general .
i.e. if a person is poisoned then pathologically his mind and senses will experience depression or sadness in general .
== Eshanas or desires and happiness ==
== Eshanas or desires and happiness ==
A person having sound mind, intellect, physical strength, energy and psychological strength, one who is desirous of attaining benefits in this world and the other world (after death), should try to fulfill three desires. These desires are- desire for (long and healthy) life, desire for wealth (livelihood), and desire for a blissful life in the other world (after death).
A person having sound mind, intellect, physical strength, energy and psychological strength, one who is desirous of attaining benefits in this world and the other world (after death), should try to fulfill three desires. These desires are- desire for (long and healthy) life, desire for wealth (livelihood), and desire for a blissful life in the other world (after death).
== Environmental factors for Happiness ==
== Need of societal or global Happiness ==
नैकः सुखी, न दुःखशीलाचारोपचारः (Char. Samh. su 8.26)
नैकः सुखी, न दुःखशीलाचारोपचारः (Char. Samh. su 8.26)
== Happiness as a criterion for selecting a pupil ==
== Happiness as a criterion for selecting a pupil ==
प्रसन्नचित्तवाक्चेष्टं क्लेशसहं च भिषक् शिष्यमुपनयेत् | Su. SU 2.3
प्रसन्नचित्तवाक्चेष्टं क्लेशसहं च भिषक् शिष्यमुपनयेत् | Su. SU 2.3
== Happiness and Dharma ==
Degradation of qualities of human life step by step from Krutayuga to Kaliyuga has been described chronologically. In that the superior qualitties of human body and mind were said to be present in the krutayuga that sequentially reduced due to adharma and how can be found described in Charaka Samhita. In this topic, how adharma led to greed, materialistic desires, anger, hatred , fear and then to stress, anxiety, distress (ultimately leading to loss of happiness ) has been systematically explained. This has specifically been occurring since Tretayuga as per Acharya Charaka.
भ्रश्यति तु कृतयुगे केषाञ्चिदत्यादानात् साम्पन्निकानां सत्त्वानां शरीरगौरवमासीत्, शरीरगौरवाच्छ्रमः, श्रमादालस्यम्, आलस्यात् सञ्चयः, सञ्चयात् परिग्रहः, परिग्रहाल्लोभः प्रादुरासीत् कृते|
ततस्त्रेतायां लोभादभिद्रोहः, अभिद्रोहानृतवचनम्, अनृतवचनात् कामक्रोधमानद्वेषपारुष्याभिघातभयतापशोकचिन्तोद्वेगादयः प्रवृत्ताः|
ततस्त्रेतायां धर्मपादोऽन्तर्धानमगमत्| (char. Samh. Vimanasthanam Adhyaya 3.24)
== References ==
== References ==
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