Happiness

2 discourses
Also known as: ease, gladness, joy, pleasant abiding, positive state of mind
Pāli: sukha, somanassa

In As It Was Said (Itivuttaka)

A bhikkhu endowed with two qualities of being moved on occasions that inspire a sense of urgency and by wisely striving when aroused with urgency, dwells in the here and now with abundant ease and joy, and his mind is directed towards the wearing away of the mental defilements.

The Buddha describes the sentient beings who lack in wisdom as truly deprived, dwelling in suffering, annoyance, hardship, and distress.

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