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NAGARJUN, Nepal – As the first rays of sun pierced through the clouds covering snowcapped Himalayan peaks, Buddhist nun Jigme Rabsal Lhamo drew a sword from behind her back and thrust it toward her opponent, toppling her to the ground.
Mornings inside the nunnery are filled with the thuds of heavy footsteps and the clanking of swords as the nuns train under Lhamo’s tutelage. Amid a soft rustle of their loose uniforms, they cartwheel, punch and kick one another. In recent decades, those restrictions have become the heart of a raging battle waged by thousands of nuns across many sects of Himalayan Buddhism.
Every year for the past 20, except for a hiatus during the pandemic, the nuns have cycled about 1,250 miles, or roughly 2010 km, from Kathmandu to Ladakh, high in the Himalayas, to promote green transportation. Since then, about 800 nuns have been trained in martial arts basics, with around 90 going through intense lessons to become trainers.
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