Nepali nun finds freedom from misogyny through music

Nepali nun finds freedom from misogyny through music
Ani Choying Drolma says her songs and Buddhist chants transcend language. Courtesy of Ani Choying Drolma
Nepali nun finds freedom from misogyny through music
Ani Choying Drolma says her songs and Buddhist chants transcend language. Courtesy of Ani Choying Drolma

Nepali nun finds freedom from misogyny through music

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Today we meet Ani Choying Drolma, a Nepali Buddhist nun, internationally renowned singer and social activist. Ani is the founder of the Nuns Welfare Foundation of Nepal, an organization that supports the education and well-being of Buddhist nuns, as well as the Ani Foundation, a U.S. branch for her work. In her autobiography Singing for Freedom, she shares her story of running away from an abusive, male-dominated home to find sanctuary at a Buddhist monastery.

Ani joins us to discuss how becoming a nun has shaped her life’s work. She also performs a few of her songs in our Jim and Kay Mabie Performance Studio.