forgiveness, and compassion (Emmons, 1999; Harker & Keltner, 2001; McCullough et al., 1999; Peterson & Bossio, 1991; Seligman, 2004; Snyder et al., 2017; Sternberg, 2003) The present study’s results and Finding #3 has supplied evidence that virtues like wisdom, courage, kindness, altruistic pro-social behaviors, and religiosity can make people happy without seeking happiness in the external world, because sadhus are virtuous and very happy people (Themes 7, 9, 10, 11 and Subtheme 6.4) Next, I explain some virtues that sadhus have or develop in their lives that account for their happiness (Theme 7), from the perspective of sadhus who took part in this study, and I relate them with some studies conducted previously Wisdom and courage (Theme 9) Historically, wisdom has always been considered a pinnacle of human development (Baltes & Staudinger, 2000) The present study results (Theme 7, 9) and Finding #3 align with the literature that supports a positive relationship between wisdom and happiness (Bergsma & Ardelt, 2012) Whereas Bergsma and Ardelt found a moderate positive correlation between wisdom and happiness in their quantitative study on 7,037 participants, this research indicates that wisdom, specifically relating to the knowledge of self, Vedanta (Sanskrit: end of Vedas), is a significant factor that influences sadhus’ happiness (Theme 7, 9) Additionally, the sadhus also linked wisdom to their sense of fearlessness or courage (Subtheme 6.4), an interesting fact because wisdom and courage are often studied together (Lopez et al., 2014) During her interview, Swamini Amritananda related wisdom to courage (fearlessness) In her words, Fear … that kind of fear is a manifestation of wisdom You already have the wisdom When you are foolishly afraid, you are not in touch with your own 202