Summary Of Serinity Young's Women Changing Tibet, Activism Changing Women

Upon reading Serinity Young’s, “Women Changing Tibet, Activism Changing Women” in Women’s Buddhism and Buddhism’s Women, my vocabulary and understanding of Tibetan (and Indian) traditional religious terms indefinitely extended and increased. The most stimulating and thought provoking terms from this work were: bhiksuni, gelongma, and volition.

This text discovers, "…the role of monastics (especially nuns) in ongoing demonstrations in Tibet and the consequences they face for their activities.” Early in the text, the dynamics between the Chinese and Tibetan governments in relationship to religion and imperialism are explained. Later, atrocities committed against the Tibetan nuns for going against the wills of the Chinese government (protesting)