At the conclusion of the holistic Jangsa education program in almost every venue, students, dzongkhag and community leaders, monks and locals constituting more than 90% of attendees committed to be vegetarians – both during the ‘duzang’s and remarkably – about half of the participants for a lifetime of vegetarianism.
The overwhelming response led Lama Kunzang Dorje Rinpoche to remark that “Innate Compassion is almost second nature to the Bhutanese psychology. Such a sacred ethos is embedded in their subsconsciouness. Therefore, despite everything that is happening in the kingdom, there is still hope for Bhutan.”
