By Prison Volunteers
Volunteers reflect on what they have learned from sharing the Dharma with people in prison.
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Sravasti Abbey Monastics Keeping a vast, expansive mind
How changing our perspective and "looking up" can reveal boundless possibilities.
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Venerable Thubten Lamsel Worthwhile people
In the Beginning Buddhism class in Spokane, Abbey monastics are reading and sharing from Venerable…
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Venerable Thubten Gyatso 
My time in prison
A Sravasti Abbey volunteer confronts his preconceptions on what prison life is like.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Dharma in prison: Learning more than teaching
An interview with Dr. Fleet Maull from the Prison Mindfulness Institute about sharing the Buddha's…
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Tanya Lasuk - Sep 23, 2018
Tanya Lasuk The Teddy Bear Project
A surprise gift from an incarcerated person for one of the Abbey's volunteers.
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Venerable Thubten Nyima Visit to Airway Heights Correctional Center
A nun visits a correctional facility for the first time in order to participate in…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Prison pagoda of loving kindness
Members of a prison Dharma group make their vision of a stupa a reality.
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Venerable Thubten Samten Connecting with incarcerated women in Indonesia
Reflections on a visit together with Venerable Thubten Chodron to a women's prison in Indonesia.
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Venerable Thubten Jigme A prison visit on “Buddha Day”
Venerable Thubten Jigme describes her experience celebrating "Buddha Day" with those at Coyote Ridge Correctional…
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The Dharma is flourishing
Incarcerated people share emotional stories of how the Dharma has brought them personal transformation.
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Victoria Thorpe
- Dec 29, 2012
The amazing effects of compassion
Compassion is more powerful than anger when working for social justice.
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