The four kinds of genuine pleasure for layman

A person who wants to live happily by a peaceful layman with family
should know this doctrine,the four kinds of genuine pleasure of The Buddha;

Once the Buddha explained to the millionaire,Anathapindika,
his chief benefactor,that the four kinds of genuine satisfaction
and material pleasure that could be enjoyed by a layman for
leading a happy and peaceful family life were as following:--

(1) A sufficient income ( Atthi Sukha )

If a layman has save some money, accumulated some wealth
and property in a righteous way, without indulging any of the forbidden
trades or professions he will be able to enjoy a genuine satisfaction
in thinking of his own future security in life.

(2) Enjoyment of Wealth ( Bhoga Sukha )

This happiness can be enjoyed by a layman, when he spend his money
in profitable ways in looking after his parents, wife and children and doing
meritorious deeds. The one who miserly hoards money will not be able to enjoy
this worldly happiness.

(3) Freedom from debts ( Anana Sukha )

This happiness can also be enjoyed by a layman who is not indebted
to anybody. If one is indebted to other owing to borrowing of money or other
articles, he will have no peace, happiness or consolation in his mind until he
himself gets rid of the debt.

(4) Harmless Life ( Anavajja Sukha )

This happiness can be enjoyed by a householder who leads a harmless
life without doing any harm,danger, damage or causing misery to any of his
fellow beings. If he has done any wrong or harm to anybody, he can't enjoy
any sort of satisfaction when he thinks of his own unwholesome deeds.
One day even at his death bed he, himself, will recollect and repent his wrongful
actions in his mind. By this we can understand how much the Buddha was
concerned about the material welfare of his lay disciples.

( အဂၤုတၱရပါဠိေတာ္ ၊ ပတၱကမၼဝဂ္၊ အာနဏ်သုတ္ -အဂၤလိပ္ဘာသာျပန္မွ)