Ani Tenzing Lhamo

“I think of Buddhism as Catholicism with many, many, many Jesus Christs, but it is not that there is a God who has sent his son. It’s that the essence of goodness exists in a formless way just like the sun by its nature manifests heat and light.”

“In Buddhism the emphasis is forward; yes, you may have done negative things in your past but it is in your power both to lessen the effect of the negative karma you have created, as well as your entire future being determined by your actions. So there is not an external authority that holds you in judgment. It is you creating what you experience. This is very interesting, especially as a therapist.”

“The way I understand it, there are many universes, many realities and many world systems. The Kalachakra is a method for choosing a certain time when an alignment of those occur through this ritualised expression of the wish that there be peace and harmony among all beings.”

American Buddhist nun, 60 years old, lives in California. Found in the philosophy of rebirth and karma a system of consequence and justice, which she was looking for all her life. She worked for years as a psychotherapist.