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There are several posts at the site on “nirāmisa sukha.” It is NOT a feeling (vedanā) in the sense of a sense pleasure; it does not belong in the vedanā cetasika. It is a “sense of relief” when one starts realizing the “burdens” associated with sense pleasures.

▪The closest analogy (if one can be given) is the feeling one gets when one is relieved of an headache that one had since birth.

I have made a single page chart that shows how the nirāmisa sukha starts as one starts when one first hears the true message of the Buddha and starts comprehending it, and becomes a Sotāpanna Anugami. Then it makes permanent stepwise jumps at the four stages of Nibbāna culminating in the Arahanthood.

The pdf file can be saved or printed for reference:

WebLink: PDF File: Nirāmisa Sukha – In a Chart

Discussion of the chart is at:

Learning Buddha Dhamma Leads to Nirāmisa Sukha