Ani Choyang, Buddhist nun, warns against 'unnecessary suffering' at library conversation

NEW ALBANY – Ani Choyang, a Buddhist nun, teacher and emerging research scientist raising money for women’s education opportunities in India, visited Southern Indiana on Friday to host a conversation at New Albany Central Library.Choyang escaped central Tibet as a teenager after encountering a Buddhist monk on a pilgrimage. She admired the gentle way he cared for other people, she said. She decided she would go to India to become a nun.kAmw6C A2C6?ED H6C6 282:?DE :E[ 2E 7:CDE[ D96 D2:5[ 3642FD6 2EE6>AE:?8 E@ =62G6 %:36E 4@F=5 AFE 2 E2C86E @? E96:C 72>:=J’D 324<] %96 r9:?6D6 r@>>F?:DE !2CEJ 92D DEC:4E =:>:E2E:@?D @? C6=:8:@FD AC24E:46D 2?5 7C665@> @7 6IAC6DD:@?]k^Am kAm$96 =67E 2?JH2J[ 2?5 H96? D96 5:5[ D96 E@@< 2 A9@E@ 2=3F> E@ C6>6>36C 96C 72>:=J[ 6G6? E9@F89 :E H2D 52?86C@FD]k^AmkAm“tG6? E96 8FJ H2D >6?E:@?:?8[ ‘s@?’E 42CCJ 2?JE9:?8 E92E 42?

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