Prison work
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Prison Dharma 
Apr 7, 2004 A talk given to the Harvard Prison Education Project in 2004.
Working with incarcerated people
- Practice of love and compassion based on equanimity
- Difficulty of prison life
- Lack of programs to rehabilitate people in prison
Prison education project 2004 (download)
Regret and forgiveness
- Four opponent powers
- Visualization
- Having compassion for ourselves
- Respecting ourselves and others
Prison education project 2004 (download)
Incarcerated people and staff
- Prison staff
- Crimes and emotions
- Prison hierarchy
- Prison economy
Prison education project 2004 (download)
Questions and answers
- Prejudice against Buddhist groups in prison
- Difficulty facing Buddhist practitioners in prison
- Taking responsibility for actions
- Prison life
Prison education project 2004 (download)
Venerable Thubten Chodron
Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.
