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In today's society, gratitude is a well-established tradition that has been left by the ancestors who lived before us. Gratitude always carries a deep human value as it is the heart of human values that we must follow to make a harmonious human society. Gratitude is considered a feeling of appreciation a person receives from others, which could have been material or immaterial. Regardless of religious faith, gratitude is regarded as a significant human attribute. People acknowledge the goodness in their lives with gratitude, which can also be cultivated by continuously practicing it. Moreover, as per the Buddha's teachings, gratitude is considered the spiritual practice to attain the ultimate goal of human life and a manifestation of loyalty and is referred to as a sense of affection or a feeling that an act of kindness should be positively responded to by others. In this paper, the researcher aims to emphasize the Buddhist perspective of gratitude as a noble virtue in contemporary society to encourage intellectual and personal exploration of this new fertility field of study.