# Are we still trying to find happiness in this manner?

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**Created:** [January 3, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.bwmonastery.org.sg/t/are-we-still-trying-to-find-happiness-in-this-manner/404 "2018-01-03T21:32:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![adrian](https://forum.bwmonastery.org.sg/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@adrian](https://forum.bwmonastery.org.sg/u/adrian)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.bwmonastery.org.sg/t/are-we-still-trying-to-find-happiness-in-this-manner/404/1 "2018-01-03T21:32:50Z")

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enlightening short film (4min 32s)

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**Author:** ![adrian](https://forum.bwmonastery.org.sg/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@adrian](https://forum.bwmonastery.org.sg/u/adrian)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.bwmonastery.org.sg/t/are-we-still-trying-to-find-happiness-in-this-manner/404/2 "2018-01-04T21:30:53Z")

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another video (2min 29sec) showing the state of our world currently:

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**Author:** ![adrian](https://forum.bwmonastery.org.sg/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@adrian](https://forum.bwmonastery.org.sg/u/adrian)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.bwmonastery.org.sg/t/are-we-still-trying-to-find-happiness-in-this-manner/404/3 "2018-01-05T23:28:15Z")

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this video (4min) was shown in my Lamrim class before. I still find it disconcerting due to the elements of truth it contains.

Another video (4min 33sec) on consumerism. Pretty relevant in light of the hype about the latest phone or gadget.

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**Author:** ![julieng](https://forum.bwmonastery.org.sg/user_avatar/forum.bwmonastery.org.sg/julieng/32/70_2.png) [@julieng](https://forum.bwmonastery.org.sg/u/julieng)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 5:46am UTC](https://forum.bwmonastery.org.sg/t/are-we-still-trying-to-find-happiness-in-this-manner/404/4 "2018-01-11T05:46:09Z")

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Hahaha… these cartoons are amusing, like laughing at ourselves. Really, there are many ways to find happiness, but should really slow down and think - what is the happiness that I want? When I reach that happiness, is it really what I need or will i end up chasing for more?

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**Author:** ![adrian](https://forum.bwmonastery.org.sg/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@adrian](https://forum.bwmonastery.org.sg/u/adrian)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.bwmonastery.org.sg/t/are-we-still-trying-to-find-happiness-in-this-manner/404/5 "2019-03-25T00:07:35Z")

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Sharing this article:

> **[Lessons I learnt from living in the world's happiest place](https://www.asiaone.com/health/lessons-i-learnt-living-worlds-happiest-place)**
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> Happiness is not a laughing matter, at least not in Bhutan. Happiness is serious business for them over there. So serious, that they've even established a Gross National Happiness (GNH) Commission, which ensures that everything the country does...

this paragraph encapsulates the article for me:

> As a Buddhist nation, it is clear that in Bhutan, the cultivation of compassion for all beings is the goal for a life well lived and for society to flourish. And when that happens, it translates to happiness.