Syed Zain al-Mahmood “Buddhist nuns embrace the power of kung fu” http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/26/buddhist-nuns-kung-fu-confidence
ネパールの首都カトマンドゥ郊外の仏教寺院Druk Gawa Khilwa (DGK) で尼僧のエンパワーメントのために武術を導入しているという話。
"As a young boy growing up in India and Tibet I observed the pitiful condition in which nuns lived," says His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa*1, the spiritual head of the Drukpas*2."They were considered second-class while all the privileges went to monks. I wanted to change this."
Although nuns have usually carried out only household chores in Buddhist monasteries, the nuns of DGK, who come from places as far apart as Assam, Tibet and Kashmir, are taught to lead prayers and given basic business skills. Nuns run the guest house and coffee shop at the abbey and drive DGK's 4X4s to Kathmandu to get supplies.
But for many, the breakthrough was the introduction of kung fu three years ago, shortly after the Gyalwang Drukpa visited Vietnam and observed female martial arts practitioners there.
"Spiritual and physical wellbeing are equally important for our nuns," says the leader.
