Sukha
'Sweetness', Pleasurable Sensation
References:
[SN 36:] Kindred Sayings on Feeling
ATI: Contemplation of Feeling,The Discourse-Grouping on the Feelings,
Nyanaponika Thera
PTS: The Book of the Kindred Sayings, V: Kindred Sayings on the Way: ix: Feeling, Woodward, trans., pp19
Satipatthana Resources
Rhys Davids Introduction to their translation of the Satipatthana Sutta, and the translation itself
Puremind, M. Punnaji, Awakening Meditation, 1-13, 1-15, 3-12, 4-3, 4-6, 6-8, 7-6,7, 7-11, 8-52, 8-60, 8-61, 8-86
[MN 10]
WP: The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi, 10: The Foundations of Mindfulness, pp 145
[DN 22]
WP: The Long Discourses of the Buddha, Maurice Walshe, 22: The Greater Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness, pp335
PTS:, Middle Length Sayings I, #10: Discourse on the Applications of Mindfulness, Horner, pp70
PTS: The Book of the Gradual Sayings, V: The Book of the Tens, The Great Chapter, The Great Questions, Woodward, trans., pp36ff
| Pali | MO | Hare | Horner | Punnaji | Bodhi | Nanamoli | Rhys Davids | (Mrs)Rhys Davids | Thanissaro | Walshe | Woodward | Soma Thera | Nyanaponika Thera |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sukha vedanā | 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 by T. W. Rhys Davids and William Stede
[EDITED ENTRY]
Sukha: (adj.-n.) agreeable, pleasant, blest Vin I.3...; paṭipadā, pleasant path, easy progress A II.149 sq....; kaṇṇa-s. pleasant to the ear D I.4; happy, pleased D II.233. - nt. sukhaṃ wellbeing, happiness, ease; ideal, success Vin I.294; D I.73 sq.; M I.37; S I.5; A III.355 (deva-manussānaṃ)...(lokiya- worldly happiness). - kāyika sukkha bodily welfare...; sāmisaṅ s. material happiness A I.81; III.412.... On relation to pīti (joy) see Vism 145 (saṅkhāra-kkhandha-sangahitā pīti, vedanā-kkhandha-sangahitaṃ sukhaṃ).... - Defined further at Vism 145 and 461 (iṭṭha-phoṭṭhabb-a-nubhavana-lakkhaṇaṃ; i. e. of the kind of experiencing pleasant contacts). - Two kinds, viz. kāyika and cetasika at Ps I.188; several other pairs at A I.80; three (praise, wealth, heaven)...; another three (manussa-, dibba-, nibbāna-)...; four (possessing, making good use of possessions, having no debts, living a blameless life) A II.69. - gātha-bandhana-sukh'atthaṃ 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. sukhaṃ comfortably, in happiness; yathā s. according to liking...; sukhaṃ 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...
