2023, Vol. 9, Issue 6, Part B

The ultimate goal of life is happiness is grossly happiness. Now the question is how happiness is achieved. Regarding this, Indian philosophers admit that happiness is certainly the goal of domestic life, but it is not the final goal of human life. The ultimate goal of life is salvation or Mokshya. According to Indian philosophy, The happiness derived from earthly bodies is stationary. Man is able to taste permanent universal happiness only by following the path which has been followed by sages from time immemorial. Human life is burdened with three kinds of sorrow or distress – spiritual, elemental and decimal. It is not possible to escape from sorrow, though happiness in a favourable social framework is possible. Mukti lies in one’s communion with God. I will elaborate here Mukti which is the root of happiness.