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23. సంతు􏰀ట్ి (Santhusti)
It is a condition of a happy person. The positive aspect of this is the sadhaka finds a state of balance and this should lead to a state of contentment. This is the initial stage of accepting everything as a gift of the Divine.
Santushti means being Happy. Any happy person, contented person. It is a level more than tripti. Any practicant of the path is happy. Happiness too is there and there is nothing wrong about it. The only trouble about it is, he compares. You must just get into a state of just. An implicit state of acceptance where he feels whatever he gets is just.
While a person is happy, he also feels he is infallible. We see some people who are of the opinion that they are doing their sadhana extremely well, that nothing will shake them and they are perfect. They are not persons who are not practicing. They follow Ten Commandments also. The person, who has santhusti, follows the commandments but then he thinks he is infallible.
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