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Mentors: Are You Going Too Fast? 6 Replies

Started by Prison Dharma Network in Correspondence & Mentoring. Last reply by Ed Knight Nov 7.

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Why Do So Many Buddhists Work With Prisoners?

Started by Prison Dharma Network in Dharma Oct 24.

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meditation to prison guards

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Emptiness & Karma? 15 Replies

Started by Prison Dharma Network in Prisoners. Last reply by Gaylynne Robinson Oct 9.

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What Book(s) Changed Your Life? 19 Replies

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How Would You Respond? 38 Replies

Started by Prison Dharma Network in Correspondence & Mentoring. Last reply by Douglas Ray Sep 28.

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Need Help Beginning 1 Reply

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Inmate complaints and inhumane guards 17 Replies

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Introductions! 16 Replies

Started by Prison Dharma Network in Introduce Yourself!. Last reply by lyn ciampa Sep 26.

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OK Prison Needs books 4 Replies

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Advocacy in Prison Administration 3 Replies

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Vajranyana Practice in Prisons 10 Replies

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Bonnie Shoultz

Healing Ceremony in Prison?

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Re-Entry information 4 Replies

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asking for advice 6 Replies

Started by Betsey Huffman in Correspondence & Mentoring. Last reply by Prison Dharma Network Jun 1.

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Books 5 Replies

Started by Kamalashila in Correspondence & Mentoring. Last reply by Wongmo May 25.

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Prisoners and Teachers 3 Replies

Started by Kamalashila in Correspondence & Mentoring. Last reply by Prison Dharma Network May 19.

Mark Maxey

Healing the wounds of crime is hard 8 Replies

Started by Mark Maxey in Dharma. Last reply by Ike Lichtenstein Apr 20.

 

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PDN's 2009 Online Auction: Bid For A Worthy Cause!


The Prison Dharma Network Online Auction 2009 is open for bidding November 2-15th!
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Our goal this year is to raise $7,500 to support our work of transfo… Continue

Posted by Prison Dharma Network on November 2, 2009 at 7:00am

Ed Knight

"justice"

Putting people in prison with mental illnesses is a process in which little justice is involved. A person commits a petty crime and objects to being "mauled" by police. That is immediately a felony. "crazy" person against a "police person" not a chance. Mental institutions are costly. Prisons produce "wealth" for the owners through slave labor and drive labor costs down for the poor joes who work for minimum wage at the cost of their souls. The same i suspect is true of poor people in general an… Continue

Posted by Ed Knight on October 29, 2009 at 10:56pm

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Prison inmates go Zen to deal with life behind bars


from CNN.com Oct. 9, 2009

RIVERDALE, Georgia (CNN) -- In his darkest moment, Kenneth Brown lost it all. His wife and kids, the housebroken dog, the vacation home on Cape Cod all vanished wh… Continue

Posted by Prison Dharma Network on October 9, 2009 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

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Former soldier meditates with inmates



from the Independent Florida Alligator
K.C. Walpole, a former enlisted Marine and Army officer, teaches meditation to inmates in 25 Florida prisons. (Valerie Krygier / Alligator) By VANESSA DIMAGGIO,… Continue

Posted by Prison Dharma Network on October 9, 2009 at 9:00am

 
 

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