Hard Struggle for
Happiness

In the revealed scriptures the Supreme Lord is
described as sac-cid-ananda-vigraha. Sat means eter-
nal, cit means fully cognizant, ananda means joyful,
and vigraha means that He is a person.Thus the Lord,
or the Supreme Godhead, who is one without a
second, is a fully cognizant and eternally joyful
personality with a full sense of His identity. No one
is equal to Him or greater than Him. This is a concise
description of the Supreme Lord.

The living entities (jivas) are minute samples of
the Supreme Lord, and being so they therefore find
in their activities the desire for eternal existence, for
complete knowledge, and for happiness. These de-
sires are evident in human society, and in the upper
planetary systems (Svargaloka, Janaloka, Tapoloka,
Maharloka, Brahmaloka, etc.) the living entities enjoy
a longer duration of life, an increased amount of
knowledge, and a generally more blissful existence.
But even in the highest planet in this material world,
where the duration of life and standard of enjoy-
ment are thousands and thousands of times greater
than those on earth, there is still old age, disease and
death. Consequently the level of enjoyment is insig-
nificant in comparison to the eternal bliss enjoyed
in the company of the Supreme Lord. Loving service
to the Supreme Lord in different relationships
