{"id":"dhp197-208","title":"15. Happiness","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"dhp197-208","title":"15. Happiness","units":[{"id":"dhp197:0","sourceIds":["dhp197:0.1","dhp197:0.2","dhp197:0.3","dhp197:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khuddakanikāya\nDhammapada\nSukhavagga\nÑātikalahavūpasamanavatthu","en":"Minor Collection\nSayings of the Dhamma 197–208\n15. 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