santosha
सन्तोष santoshaContentment; one of the niyamas.
Where this term appears
- Meditation and the Eight Limbs Yoga
Again five: shaucha , purity; santosha , contentment; tapas , austerity; svadhyaya , self-study; ishvara-pranidhana , surrender to the Lord.
- Yoga as a Darshana Philosophy
…ontentment, austerity, self-study, and devotion to the Lord ( shaucha-santosha-tapah-svadhyaya-ishvara-pranidhana , 2.32).
- The Yamas and Niyamas Yoga
Santosha , contentment, which he says yields a happiness that nothing external can surpass, the quiet of a mind that has stopped chasing.