Ananda is the very essence of the Brahman, it is the supreme nature of the omnipresent Reality.SRI AUROBINDO
The world lives in and by Ananda. From Ananda, says the Veda, we were born, by Ananda we live, to Ananda we return, and it adds that no man could even have the strength to draw in his breath and throw it out again if there were not this heaven of Bliss embracing our existence as ether embraces our bodies, nourishing us with its eternal substance and strength and supporting the life and the activity.SRI AUROBINDO
According to our own philosophy the whole world came out of ananda and returns into ananda, and the triple term in which ananda may be stated is Joy, Love, Beauty. To see divine beauty in the whole world, man, life, nature, to love that which we have seen and to have pure unalloyed bliss in that love and that beauty is the appointed road by which mankind as a race must climb to God.SRI AUROBINDO
Ananda
Calm, tranquil, equal, smiling and very sweet in its truly simple austerity.
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Small delicate single flower with soft slightly crinkled cream petals and a pure white centre.
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Ananda in the Physical
May it be welcome, even if it manifests itself rarely.
Hibiscus
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Small delicate single flower with soft slightly crinkled cream petals, a deep red centre and a pure white aura.
Ananda in the Centres
This will be one of the benefits resulting from physical conversion.
Canna Xgeneralis
Canna lily
Large showy cream white flower having pink specks with three soft round irregular petals borne in terminal clusters on sturdy stems; erect perennial rhizomatous herb with lush foliage.
Photo Courtesy : Forest & Kim Starr Ananda in the Physical Body
Purified of all desire and all repulsion, with perfect equality and surrender, the physical body is ready to enjoy the Divine Ananda.
Canna Xgeneralis
Canna lily
Large showy cream white flower having a red centre with three soft round irregular petals borne in terminal clusters on sturdy stems; erect perennial rhizomatous herb with lush foliage.
Purified of all desire and all repulsion, with perfect equality and surrender, the physical body is ready to enjoy the Divine Ananda.
Canna Xgeneralis
Canna lily
Large showy cream white flower having a red centre with three soft round irregular petals borne in terminal clusters on sturdy stems; erect perennial rhizomatous herb with lush foliage.
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Ananda of Endurance
To know how to bear and endure undoubtedly creates a strong and lasting joy.
Zinnia elegans
Common zinnia, Youth-and-old-age
Large, usually double compositae cream flowers with a red centre and with firm spatulate ray florets; borne singly on sturdy stems. A long- blooming garden annual.
Ananda of Endurance
To know how to bear and endure undoubtedly creates a strong and lasting joy.
Zinnia elegans
Common zinnia, Youth-and-old-age
Large, usually double compositae cream flowers with a red centre and with firm spatulate ray florets; borne singly on sturdy stems. A long- blooming garden annual.
Photo Courtesy: MaodyDivine Ananda
Abundant, succulent, nourishing, full of vigour.
Vitis vinifera
Common grape vine, Wine grape, European grape
Large compact clusters of small round succulent fruits in shades of yellow, green, purple and red. A woody deciduous vine with ornamental deeply lobed leaves.
Krishna’s Ananda
Manifold, abundant and so full of charm.
Plumbago auriculata
Cape leadwort
Small soft pale lavender blue salverform flower with a very thin long corolla tube and a limb divided into five widely separated lobes; borne in terminal clusters. An evergreen shrub with semi-scandent stems.
Photo Courtesy: Tim waters