adjective & neuter · kusala 1 · kusala 2
merit
Kusala (adjective) [cf. Sanskrit kuśala] 1. (adjective) clever, skilful, expert; good, right, meritorious M I 226; Dhp 44; Ja I 222. Especially applied in moral sense (= puñña), whereas akusala is practically equivalent to pāpa. ekam pi ce pāṇaṃ aduṭṭha-citto mettāyati kusalo tena hoti It 21; sappañño paṇḍito kusalo naro Snp 591, cf. 523; Pv I 3 3 (= nipuṇa). With kamma = a meritorious action, in kammaṃ katvā kusalaṃ D III 157; Vv 30 7 ; Pv I 10 11 see compounds — ācāra-k° good in conduct Dhp 376; parappavāda° skilled in disputation Dīp IV 19; magga° (and opposite amagga°) one who is an expert as regards the Path (literal and figurative) S III 108; samāpatti°, etc. A V 156 f.; sālittaka-payoge k° skilled in the art of throwing pot- {224} sherds Pv-a 282. — In derivation k. is explained by Dhammapāla and Buddhaghosa by kucchita and salana, viz. kucchita-salanādi atthena kusalaṃ Vv-a 169; kucchite pāpadhamme salayanti calayanti kappenti viddhaṃsenti ti kusalā As 39; where four alternative derivations are given (cf. Mrs. Rh.D., BMPE page xc). 2. (neuter) a good thing, good deeds, virtue, merit, good consciousness (citta omitted; cf. As 162, 200, etc.): yassa pāpaṃ kataṃ kammaṃ kusalena pithīyati, so imaṃ lokaṃ pabhāseti "he makes this world shine, who covers an evil deed with a good one" M II 104 = Dhp 173 = Thag 872; sukhañ ca k. pucchi (fitness) Snp 981; Vv 30 1 (= ārogyaṃ); D I 24; Ja VI 367; Pv I 1 3 (= puñña); Pv-a 75; Miln 25. — In special sense as ten kusalāni equivalent to the dasasīlaṃ (cf. sīla) M I 47; A V 241, 274. All good qualities (dhammā) which constitute right and meritorious conduct are comprised in the phrase kusalo sabba-dhammānaṃ Snp 1039, explained in extenso Nidd II sub voce kusala. See also compound °dhamma. — kusalaṃ karoti to do what is good and righteous, i.e. kāyena, vācāya, manasā It 78; cf. Dhp 53; sabba-pāpassa akaraṇaṃ kusalassa upasampadā sa-citta-pariyodapanaṃ etaṃ Buddhānusāsanaṃ D II 49 = Dhp 183; cf. Nett 43, 81, 171, 186. kusalaṃ bhāveti to pursue righteousness (together with akusalaṃ pajahati to give up wrong habits) A I 58; IV 109 f.; It 9. — akusala adjective: improper, wrong, bad; neuter: demerit, evil deed D I 37, 163; bālo + akusalo Snp 879, 887; = pāpa Pv-a 60, cf. pāpapasuto akatakusalo Pv-a 6. kusalaṃ and akusalaṃ are discussed in detail (with reference to rūpāvacara° fivefold, to arūpāvacara° and lokuttara° fourfold, to kāmāvacara° eight and twelvefold) at Vism 452-454. — kusalākusala good and bad M I 489; S V 91; Miln 25; Nett 161, 192; Dhs 1124 f. — sukusala (dhammānaṃ) highly skilled D I 180 (cf. M. II 31). -anuesin striving after righteousness Snp 965; cf. kiṅkusalānuesin D II 151 and kiṅkusala-gavesin M I 163 f. ; -abhisanda overflow of merit (+ puñña°) A II 54 f.; III 51; 337; -kamma meritorious action, right conduct A I 104; 292 f.; Paṭis I 85; II 72 f.; Pv-a 9, 26; -cittā (plural) good thoughts Vibh 169-173, 184, 285 f., 294 f. ; -cetanā right volition Vibh 135; -dhammā (plural) (all) points of righteousness, good qualities of character S II 206; M I 98; A IV 11 f.; V 90 f.; 123 f.; Pp 68, 71; Vibh 105; Paṭis I 101, 132; II 15, 230; Vv-a 74, 127; -pakkha "the side of virtue," all that belongs to good character M III 77 (and a°) with adjective °pakkhika S V 91; -macchariya Dhs 1122 is to be corrected to kula° instead of kusala° (meanness as regards family) cf. Nidd II on veviccha; -mūla the basis or root of goodness or merit; there are three: alobha, adosa, amoha M I 47, 489 = A I 203 = Nett 183; D III 214; Dhs 32, 313, 981; Vibh 169 f., 210; Nett 126. Cf. °paccaya Vibh 169; °ropanā Nett 50; -vitakka good reasoning, of which there are three: nekkhamma°, avyāpāda°, avihiṃsā° D III 215; It 82; Nett 126; -vipāka being a fruit of good kamma Dhs 454; Vism 454 (twofold, viz. ahetuka and sahetuka); -vedanā good, pure feeling Vibh 3 f.; cf. °saññā and °saṅkhārā Vibh 6 f.; Nett 126 (three °saññā, same as under °vitakkā); -sīla good, proper conduct of life M II 25 f.; adjective °sīlin D I 115 (= Sv I 286).
kusala for kuSala , q.v.
(adjective) good; right, proper; meritorious; conducing to well-being; good, acting rightly; (neuter) what is good; what leads to well-being; right or proper action or behavior; virtue; (adjective) good at; competent, clever; skillful, skilled, expert; knowledgeable (about), conversant (with, genitive or locative); (neuter) welfare; well being
【中】 善，好行動，功績，德行。【形】 聰明的。~kamma,【中】 善業，正確的行爲。~cetanā,【陰】 善意，好的念頭，正確的意志。~dhamma,【陽】 善法。~vipāka,【陽】 善異熟，善報，好行動的結果。
(adj, adj) healthy; beneficial; useful; good; wholesome; karmically profitable
(adj, adj) skilled; clever; competent; expert; adept (in) clever
(masc, masc) master (of); expert (in); adept (in) familiar (with); person skilled (in)
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