Dutiyapaṇṇāsaka

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Ekakanipāta · Dukanipāta · Tikanipāta · Vol. 20 · Section 309

[309] Bhikkhus, there are these two kinds of happiness. What two? The happiness of a householder (gihisukha) and the happiness of going forth (pabbajjāsukha). These, bhikkhus, are the two kinds of happiness. Of these two kinds of happiness, bhikkhus, this is the foremost: namely, the happiness of going forth.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

This passage also appears in 3 other places

Vol. 20 · Section 321 — Dutiyapaṇṇāsaka
Vol. 20 · Section 320 — Dutiyapaṇṇāsaka
Vol. 20 · Section 319 — Dutiyapaṇṇāsaka