Sukha

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Sukha

Rhys Davids Introduction to their translation of the Satipatthana Sutta, and the translation itself

Wisdom Publicatiions, The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi, #10: The Foundations of Mindfulness, pp 145

Wisdom Publications, The Long Discourses of the Buddha, Maurice Walshe, #22: The Greater Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness, pp335

Pali Text Society, Middle Length Sayings I, #10: Discourse on the Applications of Mindfulness, Horner, pp70

PTS: Dialogs of the Buddha III, #33: The Recital, T.W. and C.A.F. Rhys Davids, trans., pp201

WP: The Long Discourses of the Buddha, #33: The Chanting Together, M. Walshe, trans., pp479

PTS: The Middle Length Sayings, I, #10: Applications of Mindfulness, Horner, trans., pp78

WP: The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, #10: The Foundations of Mindfulness, Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi, trans., pp152

PTS: The Book of the Gradual Sayings, V: The Book of the Tens, The Great Chapter, The Great Questions, Woodward, trans., pp36ff

PTS: The Book of the Kindred Sayings, V: Kindred Sayings on the Way: ix: Feeling, Woodward, trans., pp19

Pali	MO	Hare	Horner	Punnaji	Bodhi	Nanamoli	Rhys Davids	(Mrs)Rhys Davids	Thanissaro	Walshe	Woodward	Soma Thera	Nyanaponika Thera
Sukha vedan¤	pleasant	feeling of ease	pleasurable feeling	pleasant sensation	pleasant feeling	pleasant feeling	ease, pleasant feeling	pleasant feeling	good moods, ease, well-being	pleasant feeling	pleasant feeling	pleasant feeling	pleasant

**Pali Text Society, Pali English Dictionary (edited entry):**
Sukha: (adj.-n.) agreeable, pleasant, blest Vin I.3...; paÂipad¤, pleasant path, easy progress A II.149 sq....; ka¼¼a-s. pleasant to the ear D I.4; happy, pleased D II.233. - nt. sukhaµ wellbeing, happiness, ease; ideal, success Vin I.294; D I.73 sq.; M I.37; S I.5; A III.355 (deva-manuss¤naµ)...(lokiya- worldly happiness). - k¤yika sukkha bodily welfare...; s¤misa¸ s. material happiness A I.81; III.412.... On relation to p¨ti (joy) see Vism 145 (sankh¤ra-kkhandha-sangahit¤ p¨ti, vedan¤-kkhandha-sangahitaµ sukhaµ).... - Defined further at Vism 145 and 461 (iÂÂha-phoÂÂhabb-a-nubhavana-lakkha¼aµ; i. e. of the kind of experiencing pleasant contacts). - Two kinds, viz. k¤yika and cetasika at Ps I.188; several other pairs at A I.80; three (praise, wealth, heaven)...; another three (manussa-, dibba-, nibb¤na-)...; four (possessing, making good use of possessions, having no debts, living a blameless life) A II.69. - g¤tha-bandhana-sukh'atthaµ for the beauty of the verse J II.224. - Opp. asukha D III.222, 246...; or dukkha, with which often combd.... - Cases: instr. sukhena with comfort, happily, through happiness...; acc. sukhaµ comfortably, in happiness; yath¤ s. according to liking...; sukhaµ seti to rest in ease, to lie well S I.41; A I.136... Cp. sukhasayita. - s. edhati to thrive, prosper S I.217.... s. viharati to live happily, A I.96; III.3...