Creating your own Land of Happiness

Kim Thai
9 min readMar 5, 2019

“The temple may be ancient but the meaning is always modern.” — an ancient Bhutanese saying

Buddha Dordenma, dedicated to Bring peace and prosperity to the world. Photo by Kim Thai, 2019.

I first heard about Bhutan a few years ago when its King (yes, King) announced a new system of measurement for the country — Gross National Happiness (GNH).

“(GNH) is based on the conviction that material wealth alone does not bring happiness or ensure the wellbeing of its people, and…

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Kim Thai

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