The 4 aspects of happiness of the Buddha’s Happiness

Abstract

          The research on happiness from the research result of various research institute can conclude that happiness is composed of 4 aspects: physical happiness, Occupational happiness, relationship happiness and spiritual happiness.

          The objective of this research is to analyze the four aspects of the Buddha's happiness. The research uses documentary research and interpretation analysis. The research scope focuses on the Buddha as a human being or a priest which does not mention his happiness in the supreme inner Dharma or as a supreme being.

          The research was found that the Lord Buddha was a person who was happiest in all four aspects by himself through the greatest purity, compassion and wisdom. He also send the way to create happiness in four aspects to others. His four aspects of happiness can be summarized as a whole: 1) Physical happiness : He had token caring for the body to eating food exercise Rest and medicine according to Buddhist methods which is confirmed by current research. It made him strong and able to travel far, even near nirvana. 2) Occupational happiness : The value of a career is not measured by wages, but rather on the benefit of people. The Buddha has a career that is the most beneficial to both himself and others, which is a teacher or doctor who teaches the subject of liberation of life and help others to be free from suffering both in the present life and in the life cycle. 3) Relationship happiness: The Buddha is able to deal with all relationships in the six directions, including his enemies with his kindness and appreciation of every life that can be developed and changed under law of karma which equality of all life. 4) Spiritual happiness : the ultimate happiness that makes oneself and other consciously aware of thoughts in order to suppress mental illnesses and continue to use mindfulness to practice to become a higher level of concentration to attain dharma in order to get rid of mental illnesses which is all defilements. Finally, everyone can be as happy as the Buddha with practicing the cause as he did.