Source: The Capital Times
http://www.madison.com/tct/features/index.php?ntid=124945&ntpid=0
TOWN OF DUNN -- In a part of her heart and mind, Ani Lhundub Jampa is still a dancer, although she has not sung or turned a pirouette for years.
Her life is one of unusual balance, sometimes caught between faith and realism, respect for tradition and the trappings of progress. For eight years, Jampa has been a Tibetan Buddhist nun and her community's bridge between old and new worlds.
"I didn't expect serving the teacher and the community to take this form," says the 36-year-old Milwaukee area native, her voice both energetic and gentle. It is about "putting on a hard hat and learning construction" as well as being administrative assistant for Geshe Lhundub Sopa, the 84-year-old abbot at Deer Park Buddhist Center.
This 12-acre Buddhist community, at 4548 Schneider Drive, near Oregon, has begun the $6.1 million construction of a temple whose craftsmanship will blend Eastern and Western excellence.