Development of Happiness Indicators for Thai People Based on Buddhism

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The main teaching of Buddhism is to lead people to attain happiness. The happiness is focused on mental happiness and salvation. Some philosophers and thinkers define physical and mental happiness as a basic response or sensual pleasure and more subtle level in eternal happiness. In Buddhism, happiness indicators are classified into many levels. Morality is the indicator for householders to live a life peacefully and happily. Supramundane states are indicators for the homeless ones. In this level, the practitioners may spend their whole life or the life to come for self-development.