Piti

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P¨ti

PTS: Majjhima Nikaya III: #118 (Middle Length Sayings III #118: Mindfulness When Breathing, Horner trans., pp127)

WP: The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, #118: Mindfulness of Breathing., Nanamoli/Bodhi, trans., pp946

PTS, Dialogues of the Buddha II: #22: Mahasatipatthana Sutta -- Setting-Up of Mindfulness, Rhys Davids, trans, pp336

PTS: The Book of the Gradual Sayings II: The Book of the Fours, II: Deportment iv: Restraint, Woodward, trans, pp16

Pali	MO	Hare	Horner	Punnaji	Bodhi	Nanamoli	Rhys Davids	(Mrs)Rhys Davids	Thanissaro	Walshe	Woodward
P¨ti	Enthusiasm, excitement		rapture	Rapture	rapture	rapture	joy	Rapture	Rapture	delight	zest

**Pali Text Society, Pali English Dictionary:**
P¨ti: (f.) [cp. Class. Sk. pr¨ti & Vedic pr¨ta pp. of p.r¨, see pineti & piya] emotion of joy, delight, zest, exuberance. On term see Dhs. trsl. 11 and Cpd. 243. Classed under sankh¤rakkhandha, not vedan¤. -- D I.37, 75; III.241, 265, 288; M I.37; S II.30; IV.236; A III.26, 285 sq.; IV.411, 450; V.1 sq., 135, 311 sq., 333 sq.; Sn 257, 687, 695, 969, 1143 (=Bhagavanta¸ ¤rabbha p. p¤mujja¸ modan¤ pamodan¤ citti-odagya¸ etc. Nd2 446); Nd1 3, 491; Pug 68; Dhs 9, 62, 86, 172, 584, 999; Nett 29; Vism 145 (& sukha in contrasted relation), 212, 287 (in detail); DA I.53 (characterised by ¤nanda); DhA I.32; Sdhp 247, 461. On relation to jh¤na see the latter. In series p¨ti passaddhi sam¤dhi upekkh¤ under sambojjhanga (with eleven means of cultivation: see Vism 132 & VbhA 282). -- Phrase p¨tiy¤ sar¨ra¸ pharati "to pervade or thrill the body with joy" (aor. phari), at J I.33; V.494; DhA II.118; IV.102; all passages refer to p¨ti as the fivefold p¨ti, pa¾cava¼¼¤ p¨ti, or joy of the 5 grades (see Dhs. trsl. 11, 12, and Cpd. 56), viz. khuddik¤ (slight sense of interest), kha¼ik¤ (momentary joy), okkantik¤ (oscillating interest, flood of joy), ubbeg¤ (ecstasy, thrilling emotion), and phara¼¤ p¨ti (interest amounting to rapture, suffusing joy). Thus given at DhsA 115 & Vism 143, referred to at DhsA 166. -- p¨ti as nir¤misa (pure) and s¤misa (material) at M III.85; S IV.235. --gaman¨ya pleasant or enjoyable to walk M I.117. --p¤mojja joy and gladness A III.181. 307 (pamujja); Dh 374; DhA IV.110; KhA 82. --phara¼at¤ state of being pervaded with joy, joyous rapture, ecstasy D III.277; Ps I.48; Vbh 334; Nett 89. --bhakkha feeding on joy (Ep. of the Abhassara Devas) D I.17; III.28, 84, 90; A V.60; Dh 200; A I.110; DhA III.258; Sdhp 255. --mana joyful-hearted, exhilarated, glad of heart or mind M I.37; III.86; S I.181; A III.21; V.3; Sn 766; Nd1 3; J III.411; Vbh 227. --rasa taste or emotion of joy VvA 86. --sambojjhanga the joy--constituent of enlightenment M III.86; D III.106, 226, 252, 282. Eleven results of such a state are enumd at DhsA 75, viz. the 6 anussatis, upam' a^nussati, lukhapuggalaparivajjanata, siniddha-pug.-sevanata, pasadaniyasuttanta-paccavekkha?ata, tadadhimuttata (cp. Vism 132 & VbhA 282). --sahagata followed or accompanied by joy, bringing joy Dhs 1578 (dhamma, various things or states); Vism 86 (samadhi). --sukha zest and happiness, intrinsic joy (cp. Cpd. 56, 243) S I.203; D III.131, 222; Dhs 160; Vism 158; ThA 160. According to DhsA 166 "rapture and bliss," cp. Expositor 222. --somanassa joy and satisfaction J V.371; Sn 512; PvA 6, 27, 132.
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