The document discusses grading happiness based on criteria like durability, number of people involved, and intensity. It defines different grades of happiness from A to E based on these criteria. Higher grades like A are the most durable, involve the most people, and have the highest intensity. Lower grades like E involve harming others or criminal acts. The document provides tips for becoming more objective in assessing happiness choices and reinforcement over time. It warns that the guidelines should not be followed obsessively but considered provisionally.

1. Grad ing Happine s s
For
Tota l
Str e s s
Management
Dr .
Shr i n iwa s
Kasha l i k a r

2. Grad ing happ in e s s i s a
conc ep t cruc i a l and
pivo t a l to tak e s imp l e
prac t i c a l s t e p s to make
prope r cho i c e s fo r
as s e r t i o n , re i n f o r c emen t
and thu s maximi z i n g your
suc c e s s and / o r happ in e s s
through out
your l i f e . The prac t i c a l
s t e p s to grade happ in e s s
are g i v e n be l ow .
St ep s
Do not take up ac t i v i t i e s
inadv e r t e n t l y [wi t h ou t

3. grad i n g ] wi th th e hope of
happ in e s s or suc c e s s ,
ju s t becau s e th ey are
orda i n e d or adv i s e d by
some one somewhere .
Pl ea s e rea l i z e tha t
happ in e s s i s a re l a t i v e
t e rm . What makes one
happy
may make ano th e r sad .
Hence t r y i n g to do th i n g s
acco rd i n g to some
pre s c r i p t i o n may not make
you happy and may prove
coun t e r p r odu c t i v e !

4. Hence the r e i s a need to
l e a r n some gene r a l
cr i t e r i a or paramet e r s to
grade happ in e s s .
The f i r s t cr i t e r i o n i s
durab i l i t y . That i s how
evane s c e n t or l a s t i n g i s
the happ in e s s [ f o r you
and othe r s invo l v e d ] ,
der i v e d f r om th e
ac t i v i t y .
The se c ond cr i t e r i o n i s
the number of peop l e

5. invo l v e d . That i s , how
many peop l e
you can shar e th e
happ in e s s wi th , der i v e d
f r om your ac t i v i t y .
The th i r d cr i t e r i o n i s
the in t e n s i t y of the
happ in e s s That i s how
fu l l y you ge t engro s s e d
in the ac t i v i t y . Us ing
the s e cr i t e r i a you can
g i v e grade s such as
A ,B , C , D , E , e t c .

6. A grade happ in e s s i s tha t
of Buddha or any
othe r l i k e him . Thi s
happ in e s s i s so much
durab l e tha t i t l a s t e d
fo r the l i f e t ime of
Buddha and hi s fo l l ow e r s .
Thi s happ in e s s
invo l v e d mil l i o n s of
peop l e fo r mi l l e n n i a of
year s . The happ in e s s i s
so in t e n s e tha t
Buddha was to t a l l y and
s i n g l e minded l y invo l v e d
in i t .

7. B grade happ in e s s i s tha t
of sc i e n t i s t s or
re f o rmer s , where the
happ in e s s i s durab l e , but
not en t i r e l y as
c i r c ums t a n c e s
cou l d des t r o y i t .
Mil l i o n s of peop l e , but
not the " have not”
ca t e g o r y would be shar i n g
the happ in e s s . The
in t e n s i t y cou l d be
immense but ind i v i d u a l
conc e r n ed may be
di s t u r b e d by oth e r
[mate r i a l ] fa c t o r s .

8. C grade happ in e s s cou l d
be tha t of par t i e s , ge t
tog e t h e r n e s s or oth e r
es c ap i s t ac t i v i t i e s
D grade happ in e s s cou l d
be born out of mater i a l
pos s e s s i o n s or oth e r
suc c e s s e s in
pe t t y pursu i t s
E grade cou l d be
happ in e s s in harming
othe r s to a grea t e r or

9. l e s s e r ex t e n t fo l l ow ed by
sen s e gu i l t or f e a r .
F , G, H and even l ower
grade s of happ in e s s [ born
out of he i n ou s cr ime s ]
cou l d be de f i n e d but are
l e f t to the reade r s '
di s c r e t i o n .
Tip s
You become expe r t in
making grada t i o n s of
happ in e s s , cho i c e s ,
as s e r t i o n s and
re i n f o r c emen t s as you

10. grow more and more
obj e c t i v e .
You become in c r e a s i n g l y
f e a r l e s s and s i n g l e
minded as you become
obj e c t i v e . Namasmaran
he l p s in th i s grada t i o n .
Warning s
These gu id e l i n e s are not
to be fo l l o w ed
obse s s i v e l y and bl i n d l y .
They are fo r
cons i d e r a t i o n and
prov i s i o n a l acc ep t a n c e
and ver i f i c a t i o n .

11. Sourc e s and Ci t a t i o n s
Str e s s : Under s t a nd i n g and
management :
Dr . Shr i n iwa s Kasha l i k a r
Super l i v i n g : Dr .
Shr i n iwa s Kasha l i k a r
Namasmaran : Dr . Shr i n iwa s
Kasha l i k a r