Collective Conscience & Compassion: Karma Lekshe Tsomo | GP Interview #3
This is the third in a series of written interviews with thinkers, artists, activists and other luminaries around the world, people whose life’s work resonates with our founding principles.
Our friend Karma Lekshe Tsomo has taught at the University of San Diego since 2000, where she is a specialist in Buddhist studies.
Lekshe-la (“la” is an honorific) offers classes in Buddhist Thought and Culture, World Religions, Comparative Religious Ethics, Religious and Political Identities in the Global Community, and Negotiating Religious Diversity in India.
Her research interests include women in Buddhism, death and dying, Buddhist feminist ethics, Buddhism and bioethics, religion and politics, Buddhist social ethics, and Buddhist transnationalism. She integrates scholarship and social activism through the Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women and Jamyang Foundation, an innovative education project for women in developing countries, with 15 schools in the Indian Himalayas, Bangladesh, and Laos.
GP: What matters most to you in this world right now and why is it so important?
KLT: To my mind, compassion is the most important thing in the world right now. That may sound idealistic, but it makes total sense…
