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Kīmīyā-yi Sa'ādat (Persian: کیمیای سعادت English: The Alchemy of Happiness/Contentment) is a book written by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī, a Persian theologian, philosopher, and prolific Muslim author, often regarded as one of the greatest systematic thinkers and mystics of Islam, in Persian. [1]
The Culture of Contentment is an essay by economist John K. Galbraith, [1] analyzing the situation of the Western industrial world, which was first published in 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. [2] [3] Galbraith traces the growth of a stultifying contentment in the Western industrial world, represented by the G7 group of countries. He pays ...
The origins of contentment in Jewish culture reflect an even older thinking reflected in the Book of Proverbs which says: "A joyful heart makes a cheerful face; A sad heart makes a despondent mood. All the days of a poor person are wretched, but contentment is a feast without end."
Happiness is a complex and multifaceted emotion that encompasses a range of positive feelings, from contentment to intense joy. It is often associated with positive life experiences, such as achieving goals, spending time with loved ones, or engaging in enjoyable activities.
Contentment is the opposite state, free from cravings that create bondage and dependence, an understanding of the minimum he needs and alternate ways to meet those needs, thus liberated to do whatever he wants and what feels right, proper, meaningful to him. Proper and simultaneous pursuit of dharma, artha and kama is respected in Hindu texts.
do ut des: I give that you may give: Often said or written of sacrifices, in which one "gives" and expects a return from the gods. docendo discitur: It is learned by teaching / one learns by teaching: Attributed to Seneca the Younger. docendo disco, scribendo cogito: I learn by teaching, I think by writing: doli capax: capable of guilt
Contentment leads to freedom from care, fear and worry. It is a divine quality, a deep godly "priceless jewel", which is acquired by those souls who move on the path of Sach Khand . When desires vanish the state of contentment is reached, " Sat Santokh ".
The Art of Happiness (Riverhead, 1998, ISBN 1-57322-111-2) is a book by the 14th Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler, a psychiatrist who posed questions to the Dalai Lama. Cutler quotes the Dalai Lama at length, providing context and describing some details of the settings in which the interviews took place, as well as adding his own reflections on issues raised.