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Ani Choying Drolma was born in Kathmandu, Nepal to Tibetan refugee parents in 1971. From the age of five, she did not have a day went by without beating to her mother and herself by her father. Seeing lots of sufferings and pains in life, in order to get rid of the tragic destiny of a women in male dominated society which she saw vividly in her own family, the 13 years old Ani Choying Drolma decided to leave home alone to join a Tibetan Buddhist monastery named Nagi Gompa on Shivapuri Mountain on the northern slope of the Kathmandu valley which was lead by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche.
Up to date, she has launched 16 albums, and performed for hundreds of events around world. Ani Choying Drolma is not only a world renown singer but also a humanitarian. She is appointed as the first UNICEF National ambassador Nepal. She described her singing ability as her magic wand that manifests numerous successful projects, including education, health, children’s right and women empowerment projects.
(Biographical note from Ani Choying Drolma’s official Website. Some of her books can be found at – http://choying.com/anichoying/books/ )
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Video Courtesy: Buddhist Studies at Stanford University
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