We want happiness. We are doing all sorts of things for the sake of happiness. The progress we have made is because of this desire. We pursue dharm for the sake of happiness. We desire wealth for the sake of happiness. This desire is the driving force of all that we do. The concept of happiness is there right from the beginning of human existence. People differ greatly about the meaning of happiness. However, one can agree on one of the meanings at this point so that we may go ahead with this discourse.

Happiness is nothing but the pleasure of the senses. The pleasure of the senses is called Kama. This Kama is in the centre of all the activities of all that are animate. Without this the life-cycle of this universe will cease to be.

We want our happiness to continue forever. We want absolute happiness. Some among us believe to achieve it through pursuing Dharm that gives us bliss. Some think that it can be achieved through Arth. They think that Dharm and Arth can preserve the happiness. They think that they can at lease make the happiness stay longer through Dharm and Arth. However, they are at fault. Happiness is a transitory thing because the pleasure of the senses is transitory. No amount of effort can preserve any particular pleasure of the senses that happen to occur in our life at a particular time. This time itself changes and the intensity of the pleasure calms down from its peack. It cannot remain at its peak for long.

The feeling that the happiness or the pleasure of the senses give us, however, leave us with an indelible mark in our mind. It makes us restless, and we again begin a journey to achieve that level of happiness again. The whole life soon becomes a never ending series of such journeys.