kusala

The Pali word kamma (Sanskrit karma) literally means "action" (i.e., volition: cetana), which can be either skilled (kusala) or unskilled (akusala).

Archive 2009-07-19 William Harryman 2009

The Pali word kamma (Sanskrit karma) literally means "action" (i.e., volition: cetana), which can be either skilled (kusala) or unskilled (akusala).

Buddhism and Sex by M. O'C. Walshe William Harryman 2009

Later, he would say that a person seek­ing enlightenment must be “energetic, resolute and persever­ing” in pursuing those “helpful,” “wholesome” or “skillful” (kusala) states that would promote spiritual health.

Buddha Armstrong, Karen, 1944- 2001

“When you know in yourselves that these things are ‘helpful’ (kusala) and those ‘un­helpful’ (akusala), then you should practice this ethic and stick to it, whatever anybody else tells you.”

Buddha Armstrong, Karen, 1944- 2001

The secret was to reproduce the seclusion that had led to his trance, and foster such wholesome (kusala) states of mind as the disinterested compassion that had made him grieve for the insects and the shoots of young grass.

Buddha Armstrong, Karen, 1944- 2001

Following Lassen, he renders kusala and akusala as "prosperous" and "unprosperous;" for medhabi K.T. T.lang has rendered "talented" which has not the sanction of good usage.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

The notion of skillful means contains a critical edge - kausalya suggests kusala, wholesome, but in practice criteria for discerning between skillful and unskillful are hard to establish.

Joseph S. O'Leary homepage 2008

Gotama’s use of the words kusala and akusala are significant.

Buddha Armstrong, Karen, 1944- 2001