This paper examines the use of kusala in the commentarial sources and finds that, although the commentators are aware of various senses of the word kusala, they tend to give primacy to meanings such as "good" or "meritorious". A detailed examination of the canonical Pali sources gives a rather different picture. Sometimes kusala is found in association with the idea of kamma or related notions, but very commonly too it belongs in a distinctly meditational context and points towards the states of the Buddhist path produced by wisdom.
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Abstract 137 Kusala 138 Kusala in the commentarial sources 139 Kusala in the canonical literature 143 Kusala in Sanskritic sources 149 Punna 153 Semantic development 156 Bibliography 156 Notes 158
