{"key":"Violence-Based_Joy","title":"Violence-Based Joy","type":"article","description":"Violence based joy involves abusing, attacking or torturing somebody and causing them suffering, where violence becomes the source of your joy.","lastModified":"2019-04-02T20:51:09.000Z","url":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Violence-Based_Joy","markdownUrl":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Violence-Based_Joy.md","apiUrl":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/api/pages/Violence-Based_Joy","displayTitle":"Violence-Based Joy","namespace":0,"language":"en","created":"2026-05-25T17:36:50.260Z","categories":[{"key":"Definitions","title":"Definitions","url":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Category:Definitions","markdownUrl":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Category:Definitions.md","apiUrl":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/api/categories/Definitions"}],"sections":[{"line":"Sattvic Ananda - The only currency out of the Matrix","level":2,"anchor":"Sattvic_Ananda_-_The_only_currency_out_of_the_Matrix"},{"line":"References","level":2,"anchor":"References"}],"infobox":null,"fields":null,"event":null,"leadImage":null,"format":"blocks","content":{"version":1,"converter":2,"toc":false,"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Violence based joy involves abusing, attacking or torturing somebody and "},{"type":"link","pageKey":"Causing","children":[{"type":"text","text":"causing"}]},{"type":"text","text":" them suffering, where violence becomes the source of your joy."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Swamiji says “Never allow that smug you carry when somebody is tortured. Do not allow the violence based joy, even for 5 minutes. It is a poison.”"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"In the Nithyananda "},{"type":"link","pageKey":"Sangha","children":[{"type":"text","text":"Sangha"}]},{"type":"text","text":", we experience joy through Sattvic Activities. Swamiji calls it “Sattvik Ananda.” It is the joy which comes to you by non-violent activities like "},{"type":"link","pageKey":"Puja","children":[{"type":"text","text":"puja"}]},{"type":"text","text":", "},{"type":"link","pageKey":"Kirtans","children":[{"type":"text","text":"kirtans"}]},{"type":"text","text":" and "},{"type":"link","pageKey":"Unclutching","children":[{"type":"text","text":"unclutching"}]},{"type":"text","text":" and puts you in Bhava Samadhi."}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Sattvic_Ananda_-_The_only_currency_out_of_the_Matrix","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Sattvic Ananda - The only currency out of the Matrix"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"“I tell you, Sattvik Ananda is the only currency you can earn which will be useful for you when you are going to be out of this matrix.”- Paramahamsa Nithyananda","marks":["italic"]}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"References","content":[{"type":"text","text":"References"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Grow 'Sattvik Ananda', the Non-violent Bliss from Sashtanga "},{"type":"link","pageKey":"Yoga","children":[{"type":"text","text":"Yoga"}]},{"type":"text","text":"- www.nithyananda.org/video/find-immortality-you-amritatvam#gsc.tab=0"}]}]},"images":{}}