[Buddha-l] Re: Suffering Vs. Joy and Happiness in Buddhism

[Katherine Masis]

To add some more elements to the jumble of topics, I
found the following discussion on the Buddhist Society
of Western Australia on five types of piti or joy:

"1. Kuttaikapiti: small-scale joy, with a small amount
of goosebumps and perhaps, some tears.

2. Kanikapiti: Joy that lasts for a short period of
time like lightning.

3. Okakantikapiti: Periodic joy, with internal
tingling sensations - either all over the body or in
the chest and diaphragm. It has been compared with
waves rushing ashore.

4. Uppengkapiti: Exhilarating joy, a feeling of
lightness in the body as if flying.

5. Phranapiti: Cool Piti, feeling cool all over the
body and mind."

http://www.bswa.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=1345&forum=2&viewmode=flat&order=DESC&start=60

I bring this up because I vaguely remember having read
somewhere that joy was one of the (Six? Seven?)
Factors of Enlightenment in Buddhism.  Nevertheless,
joy hardly ever gets any press, at least in western
Buddhism.

Katherine Masis




       
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