The average Bhutanese knows much more about the world than the average American...(for Americans)It is more comfortable to watch fake news about celebrities than to know what's happening in China or southern Sudan. But events happening in China or Sudan affect us so much more because they are real.
Linda LeamingTag: reality inspiration world-view
There are all kinds of ignorance in the world. Education, learning to read and write, doesn't necessarily give us knowledge. We have to learn to use our minds to see what is really happening.
Linda LeamingTag: education learning ignorance
If I had to name the biggest difference between Bhutan and the rest of the world, I could do it in one word, civility.
Linda LeamingA man met the Buddha after the Buddha became enlightened. The man was awed by his remarkable radiance.
"What are you?" the man asked. "Are you some kind of celestial being? A god, perhaps?"
"No," said the Buddha.
"Well, then, are you a magician or wizard?"
"No," the Buddha answered again.
"Are you a man?"
"No."
"Well, then, what are you?"
"I am awake," the Buddha replied
Just as Alice, when she walked through the looking glass, found herself in a new and whimsical world, so we, when we crossed over the Pa Chu, found ourselves as though caught up on some magic time machine fitted fantastically with a reverse...
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