Why this word is great
SUKHA — [Noun] A state of happiness or ease, particularly the deep, enduring kind that arises from harmony rather than fleeting gratification. From Sanskrit सुख (sukha), from सु (su, "good") + ख (kha, "axle-hole, space"), originally implying "good axle-hole" metaphorically suggesting smooth movement or ease. Unlike "pleasure" (which flares and fades like a match) or "bliss" (which suggests rapture untethered from the mundane), sukha is the steady glow of a well-tended hearth. It is the warmth of sunlight on bare feet, the sound of rain on a tin roof when you have nowhere to be, or the unspoken comfort of a shared silence with someone who knows you—not the absence of suffering, but the presence of enough ease to make suffering bearable.