Dharma in Action
The real meaning of Dharma practice is to transform our minds. The rubber meets the road when we get off the cushion and live our practice in daily life.
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Incarcerated people Prison and prayer
How practice sustained an incarcerated person during several weeks in solitary confinement.
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Why not me?
An incarcerated person reflects on self-centered thought and its antidote, cultivating compassion for all sentient…
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Prison poetry II
Poems written by people associated with the prison Dharma outreach program.
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Author's name withheld on request - Jun 18, 2011
Author's name withheld on request Working in a jail
A jail employee writes about how he works with incarcerated people and families with an…
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A path of understanding
Reflections on the true nature of existence. All we are and all we have is…
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The lone Buddhist
A person in prison describes an experience of compassion that he was able to invoke…
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Sharing positive energy
An incarcerated person describes an example of returning kindness and compassion when confronted by hostility.
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Musings at a red light
An incarcerated person's brief excursion outside the double fence of his prison brings up thoughts…
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Bringing compassion to prison
A meeting of community volunteers, including Venerable Chodron, discuss compassion-based approaches to help incarcerated people…
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Reverend Kalen McAllister A gift: an incarcerated person lets go of anger
How a person in prison stopped himself from creating great harm.
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