Sukha is a Sanskrit and Pali word that is often translated happiness, ease,  pleasure or . From the time of the earliest early scriptures, sukha is set up as a contrast to preya "pleasure", where sukha is a deep and authentic positive, fulfilling state of being that is lasting and not merely transient and ultimately unsatisfying, requiring constant modification, like preya. In the Pali Canon, the term is used in the context of describing laic pursuits, meditative absorptions and intra-psychic phenomena.

Sukha is a Sanskrit and Pali word that is often translated happiness, ease,  pleasure or . From the time of the earliest early scriptures, sukha is set up as a contrast to preya "pleasure", where sukha is a deep and authentic positive, fulfilling state of being that is lasting and not merely transient and ultimately unsatisfying, requiring constant modification, like preya. In the Pali Canon, the term is used in the context of describing laic pursuits, meditative absorptions and intra-psychic phenomena.