How does the Noble
live in Alert Elevated Joy?
The Blessed
Buddha
once said:
How,
Nandiya, does a
Noble
Disciple live in alert elevated joy?
Here,
Nandiya, any
Noble
Disciple is endowed with verified conviction in the
Buddha
thus:
Worthy, honourable & perfectly
self-Enlightened is the Buddha!
Not satisfied with that verified conviction in the
Buddha, he
makes a further
effort in solitude by day, and by seclusion at night!
When thus enthusiastic, he
is
elevated by alertness!
When thus elevated by alertness, then gladness is born!
When he is gladdened, then a rapturous joy arises!
When the mind is uplifted by joy, the
satisfied body
becomes all tranquil...
One thus tranquil in body experiences a pure quiet bliss of sweet happiness!
The mind of one,
who is thus happy, becomes condensed and concentrated...
When mind is concentrated, even subtle phenomena become plain and simple.
Since these subtle phenomena become
plain and simple, he becomes one,
who lives and dwells always rejoicing in
acutely alert and elevated joy...
More on this blessed Bliss of
Joy (Pīti):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Forest_Bliss.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Joy_Piti.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Feeding_Joy.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Rejoicing_Bliss_is_Mudita.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Joys_Beyond_This_World.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Blessing_all_Beings_by_Bliss.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Joys_of_the_Flesch_and_Beyond.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Infinitely_Joyous_Consciousness.htm
Source
(edited extract):
The
Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta
Nikāya. [V:398]
Section 55 on Stream-Entry:
Sotāpattisamyutta.
Thread 40: Nandiya.
