an.6.78 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Joy and Happiness

“Mendicants, when a mendicant has six things they’re full of joy and happiness in the present life, and they have laid the groundwork for ending the defilements.
What six?
It’s when a mendicant enjoys the teaching, meditation, giving up, seclusion, kindness, and non-proliferation.
When a mendicant has these six things they’re full of joy and happiness in the present life, and they have laid the groundwork for ending the defilements.”