Suññatavāra

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Dhammasaṅgaṇī · Vol. 34 · Section 289

[289] Which, on that occasion, is the joy faculty (somanassindriya)? That which, on that occasion, is mental ease, mental pleasure; the pleasant, pleasurable felt experience born of mind-contact (cetosamphassa); the pleasant, pleasurable feeling (vedanā) born of mind-contact — this, on that occasion, is the joy faculty.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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