Factors correlated with Hapiness

There are various factors that have been correlated with happiness. But no validated method found to improve long-term happiness in a meaningful way for people.

Psychologist Martin Seligman provides the acronym PERMA to summarize Positive Psychology's corelational findings for humans seem happiest when they have;

1.      Pleasure (tasty foods, warm baths, etc.)

2.      Engagement (or flow, the absorption of an enjoyed yet challenging activity)

3.      Relationships (social ties have turned out to be extremely reliable indicator of happiness)

4.      Meaning (a perceived quest or belonging to something bigger)

5.      Accomplishments (having realized tangible goals).


Religious Perspectives

The religions in this world are also related with happiness. And the teaching have proved that happiness is important to celebrate a real good pleasure life full of joy peace and harmony.

Buddhism

Happiness forms a central theme of Buddhist teachings. For final freedom from suffering leads to the last pace of the valuable Noble Eightfold Path’s Nirvana which states for peace.  Noble Eightfold Path means the Arya Ashtangika Margaya in Sinhala words. And the main aim of this is to achieve nirvana in the final steps and to spend the life happily. Happiness can be achieved by overcoming the desire in each component. If people have more wealth, friends it’s not waiting all the time it may lose. But happiness can’t destroy forever for anybody. There is a statement which says that “Be happy from what you get”. This is very important because all of us many not get the same adequate of wealth, food, other requirements as others. But as Buddhists we should be happy from what we have. If the person has low necessities without the luxurious way he should try to be happy in the life. 

Catholicism

Happiness is the good fortune in the basic level definition. In Catholicism, the ultimate end of human existence consists in felicity, Latin equivalent to the "blessed happiness" as a Beatific Vision of God's essence in the next life. Human complexities, like reason can produce well-being or happiness.

Economic View

In the financial vision the rich community tends to be happier than poor nations. But this cause in reducing or diminishing the wealth of a person. This is shown clearly in Buddhism by Lord Buddha.

Happiness helps to replace the traditional measures. Mostly the choices of people are decreasing day by day as the happiness is hurt by another party. So that some have thought to go for nirvana without enjoying the life more. It’s actually true even though we can do it by meditating and understanding the deep of the Buddhism.