Bliss Infinite and Eternal

Sat-Chit-Anand is a complex Sanskrit word, comprising three words: Sat, Chit and Anand. Sat means the Ultimate Truth, Chit denotes consciousness and Anand is bliss. It is the nature of Brahman. It is the understanding of Ultimate Truth which results in Eternal Bliss.

Vedas describe it as three inseparable characteristics of the universe, Being-awareness-bliss, in which the universe swims and of which it is made. The Vedas say that the system of world is governed by seven principles of consciousness. These principles form the different levels of earths and heavens. These are generally envisaged as sets of three. The Supreme world is the Triple Divine Sat-Chit-Anand.

Sathya Sai Baba further elaborates, “Everything in the universe is Divine; it is; it shines; it is loveable, it is existence, luminescence and joy; it is Sat, Chit and Anand. For it is the same as the Universal, Eternal, Absolute, which is also Sat-Chit-Anand.”

“Sat, Chit, Anand are the attributes of the Self and you are the Self, not the body. You know in the very depths of your being that ‘you are and will be’, that is the characteristic of Sat (Existence, Being). You are also eager to’know’, ‘to expand by knowledge’, ‘to reach out’. That is the characteristic of Chit (Awareness). You seek ‘joy’; all beings do so. That is the characteristic of Anand (Divine Bliss).”

In Gita, Krishna teaches Arjuna the method of attaining the supreme state of Sat-Chit-Anand. He says: “Thus always putting himself in yoga by control of his mind, the Yogi attains to the supreme peace abiding in Me, which culminates in Nirvana.” (Chapter VI, Verse 15) He further explains the state of bliss as: “That in which the soul knows its own true and exceeding bliss, which is perceived by the intelligence and is beyond the senses, wherein established, it can no longer fall away from the spiritual truth of its being.” (Chapter VI, Verse 21) “Supreme Bliss verily comes to this Yogin, whose mind is quite tranquil, whose...