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Contentment which known as santutthi in Pāli is the freedom from anxiety, wanting, or craving. It is an important virtue that was mentioned in many important Buddhist scriptures like Metta Sutta, Mangala Sutta etc. In the verse 204 of Dhammapada, contentment is mentioned as the greatest wealth.
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 an emotional and mental state. Contentment may also refer to: Contentment (Mount Crawford, Virginia), a historic home in Virginia, US; Contentment (Ansted, West Virginia), a historic home in West Virginia, US; Contentment, U.S. Virgin Islands, a settlement
Joy is the state of being that allows one to experience feelings of intense, long-lasting happiness and contentment of life. It is closely related to, and often evoked by, well-being, success, or good fortune. [1] Happiness, pleasure, and gratitude are closely related to joy but are not identical to it. [2]
Compassion is an evolved function from the harmony of a three grid internal system [jargon]: contentment-and-peace system, goals-and-drives system, and threat-and-safety system. Paul Gilbert defines these collectively as necessary regulated systems for compassion. [25] [page needed] [26]
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 ...
Job satisfaction, employee satisfaction or work satisfaction is a measure of workers' contentment with their job, whether they like the job or individual aspects or facets of jobs, such as nature of work or supervision. [1] Job satisfaction can be measured in cognitive (evaluative), affective (or emotional), and behavioral components. [2]
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]