Ananda Mimamsa – Taittiriya Upanishad

Ananda-mimamsa, Analysis of Ananda

By Swami Dayananda

“The pursuit of happiness” has such value and legitimacy that is widely considered an inalienable human right. But where does this fit in—or does it—with the deepest human pursuit, the pursuit of truth? The Rishis equated the search for truth with a search for Ananda. This should give us pause, raising the question of what is Ananda, exactly, and what is the connection to truth? The Taittiriya Upanisad addresses the issue in an elaborate analysis, which Pujya Swamiji will lucidly unfold, resolving all doubts in the vision of reality.