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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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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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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If here, why not out there?
Buddhism is one of many paths to liberation. Each culture has its spiritual philosophy that…
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Power to hope, power to heal
An incarcerated person describes the beauty that results from compassionate actions.
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