The blessed Buddha once said:
Contentment
is the Highest Treasure!
Dhammapada 204
Solitude is happiness for one who is
content,
Who
clearly sees and understands this Dhamma.
Udana 10
What is the proximate cause of contentment?
Mutual joy with others success is the
proximate cause of contentment...
Therefore: If one is always gladdened by other's success, one
will always be content!
Therefore: If one is never
gladdened by other's success, one will always be discontent!
Therefore is
contentment caused by an altruistic
mental state & not by external richness...
Example: Rich people possessing all the things they ever desired, can still
be very discontent!
And vice versa: Poor people not having much, can still be very content and
very much smiling!
Great Contentment even with almost nothing!
