Bliss versus Happiness

Ignorant craving leads to egosense and is the root of all suffering.

Emotions and feelings are side effects of suffering -- while they appear to cause suffering, essentially feelings are the result of suffering. Even happiness dependent on attachment to external conditions.

Thus the mind itself, when freed of suffering, is devoid of emotions and unattached to feelings.

This is the ultimate of liberation.

Yet the resulting effect of liberation is not lack of feeling or blunting of emotions. Rather, it is the penultimate bliss, the pure joy, happiness without attachment.

Indeed, this is true happiness.