Another senior sadhu of the South Indian origin from the South East region of the United States, Swami Muktananda, explained that the source of happiness is within, and it is human being’s nature, when he said: … so, where I get ananda (Sanskrit: happiness) from? I get ananda from myself, and [I am] not dependent on something that makes me have the feeling of bliss … but somewhere in that, I have forgotten that—that is my nature (personal communication, Jan 6, 2018) Swami Muktananda again expressed the same idea—happiness is human being’s essential nature—when he uttered these words: Okay now, live in such a way that you express it that you can manifest that in your life And that is what brings you the happiness, because that you’re expressing that you’re connected to the Divine in your, to your essential nature— which is happiness itself (personal communication, Jan 16, 2018) Likewise, Swamini Pranavananda, a female monk from the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, also meant happiness lives within when she said these words while narrating her life story: And that’s what I learned through yoga is what Gurudev (Sanskrit: another way to refer to Guru) taught me is that there is nothing outside of you that can make you happy Not a profession, not a spouse, not God himself, if anything comes to give you happiness, then that means that it could come and take it away And, happiness will not come from outside It only comes from within (personal communication, Jan 27, 2018) Theme Conclusion From the sadhus’ statements, this study found that happiness is human being’s most fundamental nature Therefore, the source of happiness is within each person The sadhus also said that because people already have happiness inside, they should try to discover it, not attain it through worldly desires and material possessions Because many 110