Two types of Pleasures Two types of Pain

Two types of Pleasures
Two types of Pain

A householder:

“And what are the six kinds of household happiness? 

The happiness that arises when one regards as an acquisition the acquisition of forms cognizable by the eye — agreeable, pleasing,

"And what are the six kinds of household distress?

The distress that arises when one regards as a non-acquisition 

"And what are the six kinds of household equanimity? 

The equanimity that arises when a foolish, deluded person — a run-of-the-mill, untaught person who has not conquered his limitations or the results of action & who is blind to danger — sees a form with the eye. Such equanimity does not go beyond the form”

A noble disciple 

"And what are the six kinds of renunciation happiness? 

The happiness that arises when — experiencing the inconstancy of those very forms, their change, fading, & cessation — one sees with right discernment as it actually is that all forms, past or present, are inconstant, stressful, subject to change: 

That is called renunciation happiness. (Similarly with sounds, smells, tastes, tactile sensations, & ideas.)

"And what are the six kinds of renunciation distress?

The distress coming from the longing that arises in one who is filled with longing for the unexcelled liberations when — experiencing the inconstancy of those very forms, their change, fading, & cessation — he sees with right discernment as it actually is that all forms, past or present, are inconstant, stressful, subject to change and he is filled with this longing: 'O when will I enter & remain in the sphere that the noble ones now enter & remain in?'

This is called renunciation distress. (Similarly with sounds, smells, tastes, tactile sensations, & ideas.)

"And what are the six kinds of renunciation equanimity? 

The equanimity that arises when — experiencing the inconstancy of those very forms, their change, fading, & cessation — one sees with right discernment as it actually is that all forms, past or present, are inconstant, stressful, subject to change: 

This equanimity goes beyond form, which is why it is called renunciation equanimity. (Similarly with sounds, smells, tastes, tactile sensations, & ideas.)"

https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.137.than.html

20th October, 2022