UPANASHADIC CONCEPT OF HAPPINESS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF SMILING ALBERT CAMUS

                                         

UPANASHADIC CONCEPT OF HAPPINESS AND   PHOTOGRAPHS  OF SMILING ALBERT CAMUS 

                                              

Upanishads  teach the distinction between pleasure  and happiness. According to Katha Upanishad, pleasure (preya) is temporary and sensory; true happiness (shreya) is enduring and comes from knowing the Self . The Kena Upanishad connects happiness with Brahma-gyana  (self-realisation), teaching that true happiness lies not in pursuing the visible material  phenomenon,  but in knowing the inner, eternal reality that drives all, leading to  ultimate satisfaction . The journey along this path  enables the traveller to have a glimpse of inner peaceful soul and the ultimate reality. The Taittiriya Upanishad describes a ladder of bliss, starting from human happiness and ascending to the infinite bliss of Brahman (Brahmananda) through contemplation and realisation.The Chhandogya Upanishad says , "Yo vai bhuma tatsukhaṃ nalpe sukhamasti" (That which is infinite is happiness; there is no happiness in the finite). It clarified that happiness derived from material or finite things is temporary and ultimately leads to suffering.

This man, Camus  had  found the sunlight lying hidden within him even in the haziness of his existence   . He wrote this :-

"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."... 

And Camus had read Katha Upanishad in French that was gifted to him by his mentor and philosopher  Prof. Jean Grenier .This Upanishad with Camus's notes in French remains in his private  library  inside his Lourmarin  house in South France . Catherine Camus, his daughter lives in this house and manages the Camus Centre and her father's  legacy.

( Avtar Mota )

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