Change the Rules – Mar. 13, 2023
“We are changing the rules of the game. It is not enough to meditate on a cushion inside a monastery.” -Konchok Lhamo, in “Kung Fu Nuns of Nepal Smash Convention,” The New York Times, Feb. 27, 2023
Smashing Convention
Of course, I had to read the recent NYT article “Kung Fu Nuns of Nepal Smash Convention.” It described how a group of Buddhist nuns are challenging longstanding traditional concepts about what women can and can’t do by practicing Kung Fu, which gives them “inner confidence” and readies them to “take care of others during crises.” And they […]
