The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c40.s8.43
The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c40.s8.43
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v2.c40.s8.43
On the side of feeling the terminology of the Upaniṣads marks a great advance in the normal employment of Sukha to denote pleasure generically and Duḥkha, based upon it, for misery. A generic term to cover both forms of feeling is not found before the Vedanā of the Pāli texts. But we have the definite statement² that, when a man experiences pleasure, he acts, when he experiences pain, he refrains from action, while the Kauṣītaki³ asserts that pleasure and pain are felt by means of the body.