social engagement
Teachings on how to respond to contemporary social issues with a compassionate motivation and wisdom.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Working with Buddhists behind bars
Overcoming fear and the judgmental mind to reach sentient beings in prison.
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The Dalai Lama on prison life
His Holiness talks about how to generate compassion for incarcerated people and the need for…
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Zopa Herron A prison visit following the killing of an incarcera...
Incarcerated people's faith in dharma and their dedication to practice.
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Report on “Nuns in the West I”
Dialogue of spiritual themes with Catholic sisters and Buddhist nuns.
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Responding to war with peace
How to work with disturbing emotions that arise in response to a contemporary war.
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Prison Dharma
Reflections on visiting incarcerated people to share the Dharma in prisons throughout the United States
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Steven Vannoy - Mar 2, 2002
Steven Vannoy Teaching meditation in the prison system
Steven Vannoy taught Buddhism and meditation to incarcerated people. He got a psychology degree to…
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Yap Wai Ming
- Nov 30, 2001
Peace and justice after September 11
Dealing with fear and moving forward with compassion after the September 11, 2001 attacks on…
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Norman New
- Nov 18, 2001
Behind the scenes with Venerable Thubten Chodron
A broad discussion about becoming a nun, founding an abbey in North America, and the…
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Prison revisited
Returning to a federal prison in Ohio to offer bodhisattva vows to a person who…
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Reconnecting with Buddhism in Asia
Interacting with laypeople and monastics while traveling in Singapore and India in 2000.
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Offering precepts in prison
Connecting with an incarcerated person leads to offering precepts in an Ohio prison.
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