Numbering Code	G-AAA01 81808 LJ31	Year/Term	2022 ・ Second semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year	From 1st to 5th year students	Target Student
Language	Japanese	Day/Period	Wed.2
Instructor name	KUMAGAI SEIJI (Kokoro Research Center Associate Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	The Kingdom of Bhutan is a unique country which has conducted happiness-centered policy. The Fourth King of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck (1955-) declared the concept of Gross National Happiness (GNH) in 1970s, thereafter the concept became the national policy of this kingdom and has been appreciated globally. In Japan, many local governments adopted the policy such as Arakawa City (Tokyo) which created its governance policy Gross Arakawa Happiness (GAH). Bhutanese thought of happiness is based on Buddhist philosophy. Bhutan was founded by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal (1594-1651) who moved from Central Tibet to current place of Bhutan. Shabdrung was the 17th abbot of Tibetan Buddhist Drukpa Kagyu school, so the school became the national Buddhist school, and the country was called the “Country of Drukpa Kagyu school” (Druk Yul). Buddhism is said to have spread from Tibet to the current place of Bhutan in the 7th or 8th century, and formed Bhutanese culture. It is thus necessary to understand Bhutanese Buddhism to understand Bhutan. This class outlines history, society, culture and religion in Bhutan and Tibetan Cultural areas.
Course Goals	This class aims to outline history, society, culture and religion in Bhutan and Tibetan Cultural areas to understand these areas multilaterally.
Schedule and Contents	Lecture 1 Introduction (Overview of Tibet and Bhutan) Lecture 2-14 Overview of Tibet and Bhutan Introduction of history, culture, politics and society in Bhutan and Tibetan cultural areas. Lessons of languages (classic Tibetan, modern Tibetan, and Dzongkha). Literature reading in classic Tibetan (history books and religious ritual texts) Lecture 15 Conclusion
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Evaluated according to the degree of contribution to the class
Course Requirements	None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Required to read handouts in advance