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David Seljak, PhD<br>
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University of Waterloo<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Buddhism, Mindfulness, and Happiness:</span></strong><b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">A seminar with Dr. Saamdu Chetri</span></strong></b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Wednesday, April 6, 2022 | 2:00 p.m.</span></strong><br>
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Known around the world for his work on Bhutan’s <a href="https://sju.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32b8faf3b62cb8f35a23e2996&id=b0cc6b9385&e=abc5d455c4">
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<span style="color:#007C89">Dr. Saamdu Chetri</span></a>, a Buddhist monk and internationally renowned scholar of mindfulness and happiness, will conduct a seminar on mindfulness and happiness.<br>
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Instead of focusing on growing its Gross Domestic Product, Bhutan has emphasized <a href="https://sju.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32b8faf3b62cb8f35a23e2996&id=131cfe3263&e=abc5d455c4">
<span style="color:#007C89">Gross National Happiness</span></a>, understanding that not all economic activity promotes happiness. For example, gun and tobacco sales my increase GDP but negatively affect happiness. Instead it focuses on local, culturally-rich
initiatives that have had an enormous impact on development.<br>
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Originally form Bhutan (his official bio is <a href="https://sju.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32b8faf3b62cb8f35a23e2996&id=42008b00c6&e=abc5d455c4">
<span style="color:#007C89">here</span></a>, but his extraordinary life story is better told in this BBC
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<a href="https://sju.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32b8faf3b62cb8f35a23e2996&id=4aac19faaa&e=abc5d455c4">
<span style="color:#007C89">Rekhi Center of Excellence for Science of Happiness at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur</span></a>.<br>
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Dr. Chetri is visiting the University of Waterloo courtesy of the Faculty of Environment. We wish to thank the sponsors in the faculty for making Dr. Chetri available to us.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">St. Jerome’s University In the University of Waterloo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#00583D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Bringing SJU to you
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