Iti 37Happiness
Pāli / Sanskrit:Somanassasutta
A sense of urgency and appropriate exertion bring ease here-and-now, and lead to the ending of the defilements.
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– So It Was Said 37
The Book of the Twos Chapter One Happiness
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Mendicants, when a mendicant has two qualities they’re full of joy and happiness in this very life, and they have laid the groundwork for ending the defilements. What two? Being inspired at inspiring places, and making a suitable effort when inspired. When a mendicant possesses these two qualities they’re full of joy and happiness in this very life, and they have laid the groundwork for ending the defilements.”
The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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