section_path: Society and culture/Religion/Hinduism
section_name: Hinduism
paragraph_text: Hinduism
  
  In Advaita Vedanta, the ultimate goal of life is happiness, in the sense that duality between Atman and Brahman is transcended and one realizes oneself to be the Self in all.
  
  Patanjali, author of the Yoga Sutras, wrote quite exhaustively on the psychological and ontological roots of bliss.