<p><a href="https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/76/talk/2617/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">This page</a> ...</p>

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  <p>2007-11-16 <strong>The Threefold Bliss</strong> 55:28  </p>
  
  <p>The talk explores worldly or human happiness, celestial or heavenly happiness and transcendent happiness or Nibbana</p>
</blockquote>

<p>... says that it means:</p>

<blockquote>
  <ol>
  <li>worldly or human happiness</li>
  <li>celestial or heavenly happiness</li>
  <li>transcendent happiness or Nibbana</li>
  </ol>
</blockquote>

<p>I haven't found a more canonical source for the quote i.e. I don't know where that chant comes from.</p>

<p>The page <a href="http://wimutti.org/en/chants/reflections-sharing-blessings/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Reflections on sharing blessings</a> includes the Pali if that's helpful:</p>

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  <p><strong>Puññāni pakatāni me</strong><br>
  May they soon attain</p>
  
  <p><strong>Sukhañca tividhaṃ dentu</strong><br>
  The threefold bliss</p>
  
  <p><strong>Khippaṃ pāpetha vomataṃ</strong><br>
  And realize the Deathless.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The word translated as "bliss" is <em>sukha</em>, defined <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukha" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here (Wikipedia)</a> and <a href="https://suttacentral.net/define/sukha" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here (PTS dictionary)</a>.</p>

<p>The PTS dictionary definition includes:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><em>Two</em> kinds, viz <em>kāyika</em> &amp; <em>cetasika</em>; at Pts.i.188; several other pairs at AN.i.80; <em>three</em> (praise, wealth, heaven) Iti.67; another <em>three</em> (manussa˚, dibba˚, nibbāna˚) Dhp-a.iii.51; <em>four</em> (possessing, making good use of possessions, having no debts, living a blameless life) AN.ii.69</p>
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<p>Those three ("manussa˚, dibba˚, nibbāna˚") correspond to the three identified above (i.e. "of man, of gods, and nibbana") -- though I don't understand the reference, i.e. what "Dhp-a.iii.51" means.</p>

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ChrisW
<p>What is meant by the “threefold bliss” in the verses of sharing and aspiration:</p>

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  <p>Through the goodness that arises from my practice,<br>
  May my spiritual teachers and guides of great virtue,<br>
  My mother, my father and my relatives,<br>
  The Sun and the Moon,<br>
  and all virtuous leaders of the world –<br>
  May the highest gods and evil forces;<br>
  Celestial beings,<br>
  guardian spirits of the Earth and the Lord of Death;<br>
  May those who are friendly, indifferent or hostile;<br>
  May all beings receive the blessings of my life.<br>
  <strong>May they soon attain the threefold bliss and realise the Deathless.</strong><br>
  Through the goodness that arises from my practice,<br>
  And through this act of sharing,<br>
  May all desires and attachments quickly cease<br>
  And all harmful states of mind.<br>
  Until I realise Nibbana,<br>
  In every kind of birth,<br>
  may I have an upright mind<br>
  With mindfulness and wisdom,<br>
  austerity and vigour.<br>
  May the forces of delusion not take hold nor weaken my resolve.<br>
  The Buddha is my excellent refuge,<br>
  Unsurpassed is the protection of the Dhamma,<br>
  The Solitary Buddha is my noble Lord,<br>
  The Sangha is my supreme support.<br>
  Through the supreme power of all these,<br>
  May darkness and delusion be dispelled.  </p>
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<p>via <a href="http://www.buddhamind.info/leftside/monastic/imina.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.buddhamind.info/leftside/monastic/imina.htm</a></p>

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What is meant by ‘threefold bliss’ in the “verses of sharing and aspiration”
# What is meant by ‘threefold bliss’ in the “verses of sharing and aspiration”

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-11-11)

What is meant by the “threefold bliss” in the verses of sharing and aspiration:

> Through the goodness that arises from my practice,  
> May my spiritual teachers and guides of great virtue,  
> My mother, my father and my relatives,  
> The Sun and the Moon,  
> and all virtuous leaders of the world –  
> May the highest gods and evil forces;  
> Celestial beings,  
> guardian spirits of the Earth and the Lord of Death;  
> May those who are friendly, indifferent or hostile;  
> May all beings receive the blessings of my life.  
> **May they soon attain the threefold bliss and realise the Deathless.**  
> Through the goodness that arises from my practice,  
> And through this act of sharing,  
> May all desires and attachments quickly cease  
> And all harmful states of mind.  
> Until I realise Nibbana,  
> In every kind of birth,  
> may I have an upright mind  
> With mindfulness and wisdom,  
> austerity and vigour.  
> May the forces of delusion not take hold nor weaken my resolve.  
> The Buddha is my excellent refuge,  
> Unsurpassed is the protection of the Dhamma,  
> The Solitary Buddha is my noble Lord,  
> The Sangha is my supreme support.  
> Through the supreme power of all these,  
> May darkness and delusion be dispelled.

via <http://www.buddhamind.info/leftside/monastic/imina.htm>

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-11-12. Score: 2

[This page](https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/76/talk/2617/) ...

> 2007-11-16 **The Threefold Bliss** 55:28
>
> The talk explores worldly or human happiness, celestial or heavenly happiness and transcendent happiness or Nibbana

... says that it means:

> 1. worldly or human happiness
> 2. celestial or heavenly happiness
> 3. transcendent happiness or Nibbana

I haven't found a more canonical source for the quote i.e. I don't know where that chant comes from.

The page [Reflections on sharing blessings](http://wimutti.org/en/chants/reflections-sharing-blessings/) includes the Pali if that's helpful:

> **Puññāni pakatāni me**  
> May they soon attain
>
> **Sukhañca tividhaṃ dentu**  
> The threefold bliss
>
> **Khippaṃ pāpetha vomataṃ**  
> And realize the Deathless.

The word translated as "bliss" is *sukha*, defined [here (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukha) and [here (PTS dictionary)](https://suttacentral.net/define/sukha).

The PTS dictionary definition includes:

> *Two* kinds, viz *kāyika* & *cetasika*; at Pts.i.188; several other pairs at AN.i.80; *three* (praise, wealth, heaven) Iti.67; another *three* (manussa˚, dibba˚, nibbāna˚) Dhp-a.iii.51; *four* (possessing, making good use of possessions, having no debts, living a blameless life) AN.ii.69

Those three ("manussa˚, dibba˚, nibbāna˚") correspond to the three identified above (i.e. "of man, of gods, and nibbana") -- though I don't understand the reference, i.e. what "Dhp-a.iii.51" means.


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