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Inmate complaints and inhumane guards 18 Replies

Started by Kathy Derene in Prison Staff. Last reply by Charles Gillard Nov 18.

Emptiness & Karma? 16 Replies

Started by Prison Dharma Network in Prisoners. Last reply by Charles Gillard Nov 18.

mental illness in prisons 3 Replies

Started by Paul McIvor in General. Last reply by Janna Nov 13.

Collecting Books

Started by Tracy Grant in General Nov 13.

Mentors: Are You Going Too Fast? 6 Replies

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

Why Do So Many Buddhists Work With Prisoners?

Started by Prison Dharma Network in Dharma Oct 24.

Prisoners and A Course in Miracles

Started by Joseph Wolfe in Correspondence & Mentoring Oct 14.

meditation to prison guards

Started by michal from israel in Prison Staff Oct 10.

Lojong/tonglen 5 Replies

Started by Randy Chakerian in Dharma. Last reply by michal from israel Oct 10.

What Book(s) Changed Your Life? 19 Replies

Started by Prison Dharma Network in Dharma. Last reply by Charlaine Oct 8.

How Would You Respond? 38 Replies

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

Need Help Beginning 1 Reply

Started by Carolyn Stachowski in Volunteers. Last reply by Prison Dharma Network Sep 28.

Introductions! 16 Replies

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

OK Prison Needs books 4 Replies

Started by Mark Maxey in General. Last reply by scott magrath Sep 25.

Advocacy in Prison Administration 3 Replies

Started by Christian Gregory in Prison Staff. Last reply by Christian Gregory Sep 24.

Vajranyana Practice in Prisons 10 Replies

Started by Julia Grace in Prisoners. Last reply by Julia Grace Sep 2.

Healing Ceremony in Prison?

Started by Bonnie Shoultz in Introduce Yourself! Jul 18.

Re-Entry information 4 Replies

Started by Stephen Flynn in Post-Release. Last reply by chris Jul 10.

asking for advice 6 Replies

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

Books 5 Replies

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

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Myokei Shonin commented on Prison Dharma Network's blog post 'Florida 11th MBSR Cycle Complete'

How wonderful! So delighted to hear about your progress. This is such great encouragement for me to continue on in our journey in the Texas system. Gassho, Rev. Myokei

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Incarceration Nation

Incarceration Nation is a prison mapping and image bank that (un)earths the presence of prisons in our communities using Google Earth videos and user generated content. Our goal is to provide bloggers, researchers, activists, and interested citiz...

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Charles Gillard commented on Prison Dharma Network's video 'Are Prisons Obsolete?'

No, everyone these days are trying to get in...

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Charles Gillard commented on Prison Dharma Network's video 'Ceaseless Practice'

I'm trying to cease ceaseless practice myself...

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Incarceration Nation

Incarceration Nation is a prison mapping and image bank that (un)earths the presence of prisons in our communities using Google Earth videos and user generated content. Our goal is to… Continue

Posted by Prison Dharma Network on November 18, 2009 at 4:30pm

PDN Founder Fleet Maull Appointed as Acharya

13 Nov 2009 - Sakyong Appoints New Acharya
from Shambhala News Service
We are very pleased to announce that the Sakyong Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche formally appointed Fleet Maull an acharya during his address to the Shambhala Congress in Halifax. Mr Maull received a standing ovation. He received th… Continue

Posted by Prison Dharma Network on November 13, 2009 at 7:00pm

Donate!

I am collecting Dharma books for prisoners...I did this a couple years ago and was able to donate about 25 books. This time I am hoping to collect 100 books. I have posted this request on facebook and at my yoga studio and through my sangha. I hope anybody who sees this might email me (tracy@karunaphoto.com) and lets me know that they have books to donate!
Thank you so much,
Tracy

Posted by Tracy Grant on November 13, 2009 at 2:54pm

Cultivating Her Faith

Cultivating her faith By ZEN T.C. ZHENG Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
Nov. 12, 2009, 4:48PM

Read entire article here

As if a Mediterranean breeze wafted through Wallace Pack Unit's steel-reinforced walls a… Continue

Posted by Prison Dharma Network on November 13, 2009 at 12:49pm

Florida 11th MBSR Cycle Complete

from KC Walpole:
Greetings:

Hope all is well. This month marks the end of the 11th MBSR cycle for Lowell CI. We averaged about 80 or so for each day of the retreat. Our count was down in part because about 20 or so of the female youthful offenders were kept in their dorms because of the H1N1 vir… Continue

Posted by Prison Dharma Network on November 10, 2009 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

needing to serve

This coming weekend, Satellite’s first teacher training begins. Kourtney and I are busy with the prep work. It’s overwhelming and exciting. The exciting part is that we'll be helping our students to teach yoga modalities to people other than those who go to a studio and pay for yoga training. Oftentimes, one of the first things that I need to teach is the “need”: making people aware of the need for stillness of mind; of the need for self-empowerment
over stress; of the need for proactive health… Continue

Posted by Nancy Candea on November 10, 2009 at 7:57am

Buddhism is fastest-growing religion in English jails over past decade

from the Telegraph UK online
By Martin Beckford, Religious Affairs Correspondent
Published: 6:38PM BST 05 Aug 2009

Although adherents to… Continue

Posted by Prison Dharma Network on November 9, 2009 at 11:32am

South Africa calling!

Greetings from Robertson South Africa! It has been a long time since I last managed to sit to sit down and connect with you. My sincerest apologies. Please know that my lack of communication is by no means as a result of lack of interest in Path of Freedom and Prison Dharma Network Community activities.

October/November is the time of year when Correctional Services/prisons in South Africa are in a state of flux and a fair deal of chaos as they organize family days in preparation for the end of… Continue

Posted by Heila Downey on November 9, 2009 at 7:11am

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

The Prison Dharma Network Online Auction 2009 is open for bidding November 2-15th!
Click here to browse our catalogue.

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

"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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