Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Bhutan’s Dark Secret to Happiness
This article gives you a kind of clue for
happiness that you’ve never imagined.
The Kingdom of Bhutan is a mountainous
country at the eastern end of the Himalayas sandwiched by China and India.
Although it is called a kingdom, it transformed from absolute monarchy to
constitutional monarchy recently. The country is known as its “Gross National
Happiness” index. It states its commitment to building an economy that would
serve Bhutan's culture based on Buddhist spiritual values, different from the
western material development that was represented by gross national product
(GNP).
What is it? One example is their thoughts
on death, which most people try not to think about. However, it is an inevitable
part of any life form. Since people in Bhutan also believe in reincarnation,
death leads to another life in a different form and time. Think the unthinkable.
Enjoy reading and learning about a very different
idea of happiness.
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