One person who has thought a lot about what it means to encounter the power of a wave is Karma Lekshe Tsomo. She is a Buddhist nun who grew up surfing in Malibu, California, and is a professor emerita of theology and religious studies at the University of San Diego. Host Marco Werman meets up with her at a surfing beach in San Diego to discuss the higher sense of purpose that can come from being in the natural world.
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