Incarcerated people
Many incarcerated people from all over the United States correspond with Venerable Thubten Chodron and monastics from Sravasti Abbey. They offer great insights into how they are applying the Dharma and striving to be of benefit to themselves and others in even the most difficult of situations.
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Kitchen Dharma
A person in prison explores opportunities to practice the Dharma in difficult living and working…
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Life in the hole
An incarcerated person describes the experience of administrative segregation, or "solitary."
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Owning up, but with hope
An incarcerated person talks about the changes he has made in his life since being…
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Street kids
An incarcerated person's harrowing account of his childhood growing up on the streets, and his…
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Working with People in Prison
Working with people in prison requires a mindset of humility and understanding: an incarcerated person…
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Buddha’s door
In meditation, a person in prison reflects on his experience of freedom and compassion for…
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A long-awaited vacation
How Dharma offered an important choice for an incarcerated person to transform.
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