64 (1)
“Bhikkhus, there are these two kinds of happiness. What two? The happiness of a layperson and the happiness of one who has gone forth [into homelessness].300 These are the two kinds of happiness. Of these two kinds of happiness, the happiness of one who has gone forth is foremost.”
65 (2)
“Bhikkhus, there are these two kinds of happiness. What two? Sensual happiness and the happiness of renunciation. These are the two kinds of happiness. Of these two kinds of happiness, the happiness of renunciation is foremost.”
66 (3)
“Bhikkhus, there are these two kinds of happiness. What two? The happiness bound up with acquisitions and the happiness without acquisitions. These are the two kinds of happiness. Of these two kinds of happiness, the happiness without acquisitions is foremost.”301
67 (4)
“Bhikkhus, there are these two kinds of happiness. What two? [81] The happiness with taints and the happiness without taints. These are the two kinds of happiness. Of these two kinds of happiness, the happiness without taints is foremost.”
“Bhikkhus, there are these two kinds of happiness. What two? Worldly happiness and spiritual happiness.302 These are the two kinds of happiness. Of these two kinds of happiness, spiritual happiness is foremost.”
69 (6)
“Bhikkhus, there are these two kinds of happiness. What two? Noble happiness and ignoble happiness. These are the two kinds of happiness. Of these two kinds of happiness, noble happiness is foremost.”
70 (7)
“Bhikkhus, there are these two kinds of happiness. What two? Bodily happiness and mental happiness. These are the two kinds of happiness. Of these two kinds of happiness, mental happiness is foremost.”
71 (8)
“Bhikkhus, there are these two kinds of happiness. What two? The happiness accompanied by rapture and the happiness without rapture. These are the two kinds of happiness. Of these two kinds of happiness, the happiness without rapture is foremost.”303
72 (9)
“Bhikkhus, there are these two kinds of happiness. What two? Pleasurable happiness and the happiness of equanimity. These are the two kinds of happiness. Of these two kinds of happiness, the happiness of equanimity is foremost.”304
73 (10)
“Bhikkhus, there are these two kinds of happiness. What two? The happiness of concentration and the happiness without concentration. These are the two kinds of happiness. Of these two kinds of happiness, the happiness of concentration is foremost.”
74 (11)
“Bhikkhus, there are these two kinds of happiness. What two? The happiness based on the presence of rapture and the happiness based on the absence of rapture. [82] These are the two kinds of happiness. Of these two kinds of happiness, the happiness based on the absence of rapture is foremost.”305
75 (12)
“Bhikkhus, there are these two kinds of happiness. What two? The happiness based on pleasure and the happiness based on equanimity. These are the two kinds of happiness. Of these two kinds of happiness, the happiness based on equanimity is foremost.”
76 (13)
“Bhikkhus, there are these two kinds of happiness. What two? The happiness based on form and the happiness based on the formless. These are the two kinds of happiness. Of these two kinds of happiness, the happiness based on the formless is foremost.”306
300 I read with Be pabbajitasukhaṃ, as against Ce and Ee pabbajjāsukhaṃ. The contrast between gihī and pabbajita seems more logical than that between gihī and pabbajjā.
301 Upadhisukha and nirupadhisukha. On upadhi, see p. 1621, note 219. Mp glosses the former as the happiness of the three planes (sense-sphere, form, and formless planes). It glosses the latter as world-transcending happiness (lokuttarasukha).
302 The contrast is between sāmisaṃ sukhaṃ, which Mp defines as defiled happiness that leads back to the round [of existence], and nirāmisaṃ sukhaṃ, undefiled happiness that leads to the end of the round.
303 Mp: “The happiness with rapture (sappītikaṃ sukhaṃ) is the happiness of the first and second jhānas. The happiness without rapture (nippītikaṃ sukhaṃ) is the happiness of the third and fourth jhānas.”
304 Mp. “Pleasurable happiness (sātasukha) is the happiness of the first three jhānas. The happiness of equanimity (upekkhāsukha) is the happiness of the fourth jhāna.”
305 Sappītikārammaṇaṃ sukhaṃ and nippītikārammaṇaṃ sukhaṃ. It is doubtful that, in the four Nikāyas, the word ārammaṇa ever means “object of consciousness” in the general sense it has in the Abhidhamma and the commentaries. Its original meaning is closer to “basis” or “support.” Occasionally, as in SN 34:5, III 266, the word designates a “meditation object.” Over time, the meaning of ārammaṇa must have broadened from “object of meditation” to “object of consciousness” in a general sense, but to my knowledge this development occurred after the period when the Nikāyas were compiled.
306 Mp: “The happiness based on form (rūpārammaṇaṃ sukhaṃ) is that based on the fourth jhāna of the form sphere, or any that arises based on form. That based on the formless (arūpārammaṇaṃ sukhaṃ) is that based on a formless jhāna, or any that arises based on the formless.”