continuously travel from one place to another and not stay at one place for a long time Therefore, after the formal interview, it was potentially tricky to contact sadhus if I had to follow up with them This research aimed to explore, understand, and describe the phenomenon of happiness from the perspective of the sadhus If a research study intends to examine and describe a phenomenon of interest, a qualitative method is a better choice than using a quantitative approach (Sauro, 2015) This investigation was an inductive research study that did not intend to test any hypotheses, another reason it undertook a qualitative approach, in line with Maxwell’s (2013) assertion that inductive studies are primarily qualitative To know about happiness from the viewpoint of the sadhus, this research needed to elicit lengthy stories and descriptions of experiences from the sadhus Seidman (2013) noted that stories are a way of knowing, and stories is a meaning-making process From sadhus’ stories and reflections, this study gained an understanding of the meaning and sources of their happiness As the choice of a research method must arise from the goals of the study (Rubin & Rubin, 2012), the present study adopted a qualitative research method involving in-depth interviews with the participants Happiness is a complex and vague topic, and no single definition of happiness exists If a construct is not clear, a qualitative method is helpful to explore the idea (Sauro, 2015) The nebulousness of happiness also became clear from the literature review because different people conceptualize happiness differently However, compared to quantitative studies, in qualitative research, the “subjects” can think and talk (Bertaux, 62