Figure Ananda (Sanskrit: happiness) is a bigger concept closest to cosmic consciousness All other English words like bliss, love, joy, etc originate from ananda Subtheme conclusion Happiness means ananda (Sanskrit: happiness) From the sadhus’ perspective, real happiness is ananda, human beings’ true nature, and also consciousness, as described in Subtheme 6.1 Ananda (Sanskrit: happiness) is a bigger concept from which originates all other experiences like bliss, love, contentment, peacefulness, joy, ecstasy, and euphoria However, though, when the sadhus spoke from the Western perspective, they used the word ‘bliss’ to express ananda Therefore, the word bliss, on occasion, will be used interchangeably with ananda even when a few sadhus directly emphasized that bliss is distinct from ananda because the experience of 117