RECLUSE IS THE DHAMMA OF SUFFICIENCY

Abstract

  The religious meaning of Santosa is contentment, satisfaction with whatever is one’s own and we deserve to get. Another well-known meaning is to stop desire. Santosa has three types: Yathalapha-santosa, Yathabala- santosa, and Yathasaruppa-santosa. Basic goals are to abandon bad deeds, develop oneself, depend on oneself and to seek happiness and the ultimate goal is cessation of suffering.

  Santosa is happiness and satisfaction in people’s minds. It is the opposite way to the greediness, and its supporting moral principles are effort and carefulness. The Santosa results in the great heart and prevents one’s mind from greediness. From the study Tipitaka and the other Theravada Books found that Santosa roots from a Pali word “Suntutthi” which means “the satisfaction in what one possesses”