the virtue of spirituality, an essential virtue that positive psychology strives to improve in people The study results (Theme 11) and Finding #3 support a significant relationship between religiosity and happiness For the sadhus, yoga and meditation are a part of religiosity because sadhus meditate on God or some higher power This study has confirmed a positive relationship between religiosity and happiness and aligns with past research between religiosity and psychological well-being or happiness (Abdel-Khalek & Naceur, 2007; Francis et al., 2004, 2014; George et al., 2002; Isacco et al., 2016; Maheshwari & Singh, 2009; Mohan et al., 2004; Mookerjee & Beron, 2005; Pessi, 2011; Rossetti, 2011) For example, while investigating a link between religiosity and altruism (Pessi, 2011), the phenomenological analysis of the interview data revealed religiosity and altruism together were pivotal for people’s happiness Likewise, Theme 11 of this study also suggests a strong religious orientation accounted for high levels of sadhus’ happiness (Theme 7) Virtue of simplicity (Theme 12) Although the present study aligns with a vast body of literature that links happiness and virtues like wisdom, compassion, kindness, and spirituality, the present study has supplied evidence to positive psychology relating happiness with a less known virtue, namely simplicity (Theme 12) I will discuss the topic simplicity in the section about implications for further research Therefore, Finding #3’s suggestion that happiness is separate from people’s outer life circumstances, therefore it is possible to be happy without much success in the worldly affairs, has provided support to the second pillar of positive psychology that 204