Sayings of Swami Vivekananda on the nature of pleasure...

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Swami Vivekananda's Quotes On Pleasure - VivekaVani

The philosophy of religion is essentially focused on finding the intrinsic pleasure or bliss within oneself, which is of a permanent nature as compared to the ephemeral nature of sensory and intellectual pleasures as well as sense-objects which comes and goes and is of a fleeting nature.

The higher the culture and civilization, the greater will be the focus on spiritual and intellectual pleasures as opposed to the grosser sensory pleasures.

Thus enlightenment or Nirvana is not just the extinction of psychological suffering, but also the attainment of bliss and joy of a lasting nature and which is also our intrinsic nature.