Religious Background
How are people influenced to create social change by their religious beliefs?
- Lived in a cave for 12 years and was in deep mediation for 7 of those years
- was not born a Buddhist she was actually born a christian, but questioned their values
- She moved to India in her twenty's in search of religious enlightenment
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
- Born in Woolmers Park, London
- one of 90 living Buddhist monks
- She is currently 72 years old
- Indirectly an advocate of women's rights
- Her goal was to found a Nunnery that gave young nuns a place to express their spiritual and intellectual potential
- She also was an activist for women's rights without that even being her main mission