The three kinds of happiness

The three kinds of happiness, by Haripada dasa
This information is in the Nectar of Devotion, chapter 1:
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has analyzed the different sources of happiness. He has divided happiness into three categories, which are: 1) happiness derived from material enjoyment, 2) happiness derived from identifying with the Supreme Brahman and 3) happiness derived from Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
In Tantra-śāstra, Lord Śiva speaks to his wife, Satī, in this way: "My dear wife, a person who has surrendered to the lotus feet of Govinda and who has developed Kṛṣṇa's pure consciousness, can receive easily all the perfections desired by the impersonalists; and beyond this, he can enjoy the happiness attained by pure devotees. "
Happiness derived from pure devotional service is the highest because it is eternal. But the happiness derived from material perfection or from being understood as Brahman is inferior because it is temporary. There is no way to prevent one from falling from material happiness, and there is even every chance of falling from spiritual happiness derived from identifying with the impersonal Brahman.
And in the Bhagavad-Gita, 18, 37 to 39 it is said that what at first may be like a poison but that in the end is like a nectar, and that awakens one in self-realization, is said to be happiness in the plane of the mode of goodness. The happiness that comes from the contact of the senses with their objects, and that at first seems to be a nectar but in the end seems to be poison, is said to be of the nature of passion. And the happiness that ignores self-realization, which is a hoax from beginning to end, and that comes from sleep, laziness and illusion, it is said to be of the nature of ignorance.
Please sing the Maha-Mantra Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, and be happy.
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