The concerts will be on September 12 in Ho Chi Minh City and September 19 in Hanoi.

Ani Choying Drolma talked to VietNamNet about music, Buddhist practice, and compassion.

She was asked how she knows if music is truly healing or just entertaining.

Ani Choying Drolma said her music is not for fun, but for the inner world.

She started singing in a Buddhist nunnery where she learned to chant.

Ani Choying Drolma said her music has not changed, even when she performs on stage.

She believes sound can calm the mind if it comes from a clear and pure place.

Chanting is a spiritual practice.

Ani Choying Drolma said she chants even when she is sad, as it helps her.

She learned to focus her body, speech, and mind through chanting.

When she chants, she lets the sounds reach the listeners. She must be at peace for this to happen.

Beyond the monastery

Ani Choying Drolma is known worldwide for her chanting and charity work.

She has made albums, toured, and raised money for good causes.

Some people question if a nun should be so public.

Ani Choying Drolma still hears those opinions.

She said her tradition encourages moving beyond fixed ideas. She is a nun and an artist.

In her tradition, music is a way to practice spiritually. She is proud to share this.

Planting seeds within

Ani Choying Drolma said true practice starts with honesty, not just silent meditation.

Buddhist practitioners focus on lived experience.

She tries to be truthful in all her roles and believes music can make life better.

Ani Choying Drolma reflected on the theme of her concerts, The Inner Seed.

She said we all have good seeds inside us, like compassion and strength.

Ani Choying Drolma was born in 1971 in Kathmandu, Nepal, and had a tough childhood.

At 13, she went to a monastery and became a disciple of a meditation master.

Under his guidance, she learned to turn anger into compassion and became a nun.

Tinh Le