Timeline for Is Nibbana joyful or not joyful?
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| Oct 8, 2019 at 17:49 | comment | added | Angus | I'm inclined to believe that Nibbana is not joyful. | |
| Sep 3, 2019 at 5:08 | answer | added | MischievousSage | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 26, 2019 at 12:39 | answer | added | Sun WuKong | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 21, 2019 at 16:16 | comment | added | Angus | *I think I might have edited it more than "slightly" are you alright with that? | |
| Aug 21, 2019 at 11:54 | comment | added | ChrisW♦ | It's alright with me, yes. | |
| Aug 21, 2019 at 3:35 | answer | added | Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena | timeline score: 5 | |
| Aug 20, 2019 at 19:27 | comment | added | ChrisW♦ | Yes do edit it to suit. | |
| Aug 20, 2019 at 19:12 | comment | added | Angus | @ChrisW May I use what you wrote as an example or a slightly edited version of it in a question? | |
| Aug 20, 2019 at 15:21 | comment | added | ChrisW♦ |
A follow-on question could be formal like, As a follow-on to [this question](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/34694/254), what's the connection or difference between joy (piti), and the bliss (sukha) or peace (santi) of nibbana? Do you seek joy? Do you seek sukha, peace, or nibbana? If nibbana and joy are different then why is (or what's meant by saying that) joy one of the [path factors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Factors_of_Awakening))? Or something like that. But comments e.g. here are inconvenient compared to specific question-and-answer: too small, and few people read them.
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| Aug 20, 2019 at 15:10 | comment | added | Angus | So it seems wrong for me to say that "any kind of joy" is not what I am seeking. If the joy is a factor required to attain Nibbana then I am seeking it. Is there a specific "follow-on question" function or would it mean just asking another question related to this one? | |
| Aug 20, 2019 at 15:06 | history | edited | Angus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 20, 2019 at 15:06 | comment | added | ChrisW♦ | Perhaps you could ask that as a follow-on question if you're not already sure you understand -- e.g. because "joy" is one of the path factors. | |
| Aug 20, 2019 at 15:05 | comment | added | Angus | In the English language it seems that "joy" has been considered a synonym for "bliss". If Nibbana is not joyful then I know that any kind of joy is not what I am seeking. I've been wanting to know what I am looking for i.e. what Nibbana is like. | |
| Aug 20, 2019 at 7:55 | comment | added | ChrisW♦ | @SamanaJohann That's equivalent to saying "peace (santi) is the greatest bliss (sukkha)" (or, possibly, "is greater than bliss"). But Angus doesn't think that "bliss" is a good translation, because in English there's no clear difference in meaning between "bliss" and e.g. "joy" -- and I think that's what this question was about. | |
| Aug 20, 2019 at 5:54 | comment | added | user11235 | Why not content with peace? That's and importand question. Nati santi param sukham "Not 'bliss' higher then (at) peace/release" | |
| Aug 20, 2019 at 1:02 | comment | added | ruben2020♦ | It's bliss rather than joy. | |
| Aug 19, 2019 at 23:49 | vote | accept | Angus | ||
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| Aug 19, 2019 at 22:55 | vote | accept | Angus | ||
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| Aug 19, 2019 at 22:19 | answer | added | ChrisW♦ | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 19, 2019 at 22:13 | answer | added | Omar Boshra | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 19, 2019 at 21:51 | comment | added | santa100 | Whatever it is, the feeling is certainly beyond all those that we've experienced so far, sorta like a flying bird trying to describe the impression of the nice gentle breeze in the high blue sky to a fish living down underneath the deep sea. | |
| Aug 19, 2019 at 21:39 | history | asked | Angus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |