Bhutanese Buddhists - Bhutanese Buddhist Monks, Tibetan Buddhists from Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Shabdrung (Paperback)

Chapters: Bhutanese Buddhist Monks, Tibetan Buddhists From Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Shabdrung, Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, Lopon Tsechu, Drukpa Kunley, Je Khenpo, Gyalse Tenzin Rabgye. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jigme Singye Wangchuck (born 11 November 1955) is the former King of Bhutan. He was the fourth Dragon King (Druk Gyalpo) of Bhutan from 1972 until his abdication in 2006. He is credited with many modern reforms in the country. He acceded to the throne at the age of seventeen, in 1972, after the sudden death of his father, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. When he was formally crowned on 2 June 1974, he was the youngest monarch in the world at eighteen years of age, and the coronation was notable for the presence of foreign dignitaries, thus signalling the end of the long isolation of the country. He was educated in Bhutan and the United Kingdom. The fourth king continued his father's policies of slow modernization and socioeconomic development for the country while still trying to preserve Bhutanese culture. In 1988 he instituted the policy of Driglam Namzha (Etiquette and Manners), which required all citizens to wear traditional clothing while in public and established the requirement of teaching Dzongkha (the national language) in schools. In 1998, he voluntarily reduced the scope of his absolute powers and began to formally rule with the advice of his government. He is the man behind Bhutan's constitution as well as the country's first democratic elections in 2008. His reign was marked by phenomenal development. Roads and bridges, schools and hospitals, basic services in agriculture and livestock now reach deep into the remote corners of the country. Bhutan also improved its communications, hydro-electric power development, ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=39230