{"product_id":"bhutan-taking-the-middle-path-to-happiness","title":"Bhutan: Taking The Middle Path To Happiness","description":"Review\n\nJust the looks of his (director Tom Vendetti's) subjects on screen are intoxicating, amidst the film s colorful, mesmerizing cinematography and music by Christopher Hedge, Paul Horn and Jigme Drukpa of the Royal Academy of Performing Arts.\n-Rick Chatenever, Making the Scene --Maui News, Scene Magazine (11\/1\/07)\n\nThe film Bhutan -- Taking the Middle Path to Happiness more than captivates, it elevates. The film reflects a unity of people and purpose that is golden. Your heart recognizes the comfort of shared and timeless humanity. This is a movie that lingers lovingly in your soul and your body.\n-Tony Kilbert, Manager --Performing Arts Center, Kauai Community College\n\nTom Vendetti, Robert Stone and John Wehrheim, the team behind the creation of Bhutan Taking the Middle Path to Happiness get it. They understand that one of the few tools left to do some of the Earth-shaking work that our times require is the work of independent filmmakers like themselves choosing to tell the stories that the world needs to see and hear. The Maui Film Festival is honored to be chosen as the presenting sponsor of their World Premiere.\n-Barry Rivers, Founder \u0026amp; Director --Maui Film Festival\n\nProduct Description\n\nImagine a country where happiness is the guiding principle of government. Imagine a people who see all life as sacred and the source of their happiness, a place with an abundance of clean and renewable energy, a nation committed to preserving its culture and whose progress is measured by obtaining Gross National Happiness for its people. Where is this Shangri-La? Bhutan. But can a place like Bhutan really exist? Can such ideals be realized? Can this small, geographically isolated country tucked away in the Himalayans truly protect its environment and culture as they open their doors to the West? The answer is rooted in the Bhutanese view of the world, anchored in Buddhism, with the simple message that happiness can only be found by taking the middle path the path that balances the needs of man with the powerful spirits of nature.\n--Bonus Feature - A short film in which His Holiness the Dalai Lama expresses his views on happiness. The interview took place in Dharamsala, India, where he resides in exile. The backdrop for the film is scenery from the documentary film Sacred Tibet The Path To Mount Kailash.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0019DKLHY\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B0019DKLHY.N\u003cbr\u003eCondition: New\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Jigme Drukpa|Lyonpo Yeshey Zimba|Lyonpo Jigme Yoezar Thinley|Music By: Paul Horn \u0026amp; Christopher Hedge|Thomas Vendetti|HH the Dalai Lama|Producers: John Wehrheim \u0026amp; Robert Stone\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Dvd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41901393084474,"sku":"DBV.B0019DKLHY.N","price":15.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B0019DKLHY-0.jpg?v=1794027481","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/bhutan-taking-the-middle-path-to-happiness","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}