{"id":128,"date":"2017-09-26T17:02:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T00:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsincerity.wpengine.com\/?p=128"},"modified":"2023-05-19T11:09:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T11:09:16","slug":"kung-fu-nuns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/kung-fu-nuns\/","title":{"rendered":"Kung Fu Nuns, Nepalese Biker Gang Cycling for Social Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These 500 women call themselves Kung Fu nuns, because they\u2019re strong as heck and there\u2019s no telling them what they can\u2019t do.<\/p>\n<p>These Buddhists cycled more than 2,400 miles from Nepal to Northern India. To put it in perspective \u2013 that\u2019s like biking the California coast three times!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People think that because we are nuns, we are supposed to stay in the temples and pray all the time. But praying is not enough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Their goal is to bring more attention to the huge human trafficking problem in South Asia. They set up meetings with big government peeps along their trail. And, while they were at it, brought food and medical care to the poor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BHd2bp6A4eN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">About 500 of us began our #CycleYatra from #Kathmandu to #Ladakh two days ago. And we will be moving into heavy monsoon hit areas in #Uttarakhand #HimachalPradesh and #Jammu, I guess it will take more than 2 months for us to reach #Hemis for #Naropa2016 but we are determined to make it through #green and #healthy way. See you in Ladakh in September! #Drukpa #GyalwangDrukpa #KungFuNuns #4thCycleYatra #Himalayas<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by Gyalwang Drukpa (@gyalwangdrukpa) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-07-05T04:29:37+00:00\">Jul 4, 2016 at 9:29pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" defer=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This decision to be stewards of the land and its people aligns perfectly with their Buddhist beliefs. \u201cHis Holiness teaches us that we have to go out and act on the words that we pray. After all, actions speak louder than words,\u201d says one nun.<\/p>\n<p>Also, they just wanted to make the point that \u201cwomen have power and strength like men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Point proven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These 500 women call themselves Kung Fu nuns, because they\u2019re strong as heck and there\u2019s no telling them what they can\u2019t do. These Buddhists cycled more than 2,400 miles from Nepal to Northern India. 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