Dharma in prison: Learning more than teaching
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
By Prison Volunteers 
Oct 29, 2022 An interview with Dr. Fleet Maull for the Prison Mindfulness Summit 2022 organized by the Prison Mindfulness Institute.
- Involvement in prison Dharma outreach
- Experience teaching in prison settings
- Buddhist teachings that touch people in prison
- Faith-based and secular approaches to offering meditation practices in prison
- Bringing different Buddhist traditions together in prisons
- Receiving ordination in prison
- Supporting incarcerated people with their Buddhist practice after release
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.
