A Prayer of a Buddhist Nun This is the Prayer of Ngawang Sangdrol, a Buddhist nun who believes that Tibet should be independent from China. When she was 13 she took part in a peaceful demonstration, then held for 9 months. At the age of 15, in June 1992, she was once more arrested by Chinese authorities for trying to stage a peaceful demonstration with fellow nuns: Sentenced to 3 years imprisonment in the notorious Drapchi prison. Extended another 6 years in October 1993: She had sung a recorded song in prison together with 13 other nuns. In 1996 Ngawang Sangdrol’s sentence was again prolonged for another 8 years as she shouted “free Tibet” while standing in the rain in the prison’s yard. A third extension of the sentence was announced in Oct-ober 1998. Including this last extension of 4 years her total sentence amounts to 21 years. Ngawang Sangdrol was finally freed before her third sentence was completed. “Alas this sad song in my mind I send to those who help prisoners. These feelings in this dark season (line indistinct) I’ll never forget the horrible tortures. May this present misery in prison never be inflicted on any sentient being”. (CAPTION) “This photo below of a Buddhist nun assigned to the nunnery at Wat Tham Seua Monastery (Tiger Cave) near Krabi in southern Thailand, is being shown because of her thoughtful and restful mode. Photo: Rick White ©2004 (CAPTION) Here aged 26, Ngawang Sangdrol was first arrested in 1990 as a young 13-year-old Buddhist nun and became known as one of Tibet’s longest serving female political prisoners. Amazingly, Ngawang Sangdrol hardly shows any hatred or use of bad words to describe China or the authoritarian Chinese rule in occupied Tibet. Photo: Anonymous