“The Heart Sutra was my moment of conversion, when I was 17 years old.”
Amala’s Annals:
In 1968 I was 14 years old, attending a Quaker High School in Washington, D.C., USA. I was very aware of the Civil Rights movement and the unrest all around me due to race issues. I was also aware of the growing peace movement(s) and started to be active in anti-Vietnam marches in Washington.
In 1978 I had graduated from university two years before with...
