Prisoners (17)

Discussions Replies Latest Activity

Refuge Ceremony

We have a member of our sangha at South Woods State Prison in NJ that has been requesting a refuge ceremony. We are in a oposition to offer…

Started by Robert Sowers

0 Jan 19

Ordination of Inmates

Greetings, All:  I am working with a number of long-term inmates and practitioners in a California prison and one of them is interested in…

Started by Gary Koan Janka

2 Feb 23, 2011
Reply by Gary Koan Janka

Need yoga books!

We're getting tons of requests for prisoners looking for yoga books, but we're low on our supply.  If you have some extra yoga books lying…

Started by Carter (PDN Admin)

3 Feb 22, 2011
Reply by Carter (PDN Admin)

meditation to suicidal prisoners

i will be happy to know if anyone has an experience with suicidal prisoners practicing meditation or know anything about it that can help m…

Started by michal from israel

2 Feb 4, 2010
Reply by Carter (PDN Admin)

Emptiness & Karma?

Have any of you had experience with presenting a topic like 'emptiness' in a prison dharma class...and, if so, how did you present it? What…

Started by Kate Crisp (PDN Director)

16 Nov 18, 2009
Reply by Wilde Thang

Vajranyana Practice in Prisons

Does anyone have any experience or knowledge of prisoners successfully practicing Vajrayana in prisons? We provide correspondence courses a…

Started by Julia Grace

10 Sep 2, 2009
Reply by Julia Grace

Buddhists are not the only religion that has trouble ministering to prisoners

from http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2009/02/ministry-sues-for-access-to-in.php OKLAHOMA CITY (RNS) The Oklahoma Department of Corrections…

Started by Mark Maxey

3 Mar 14, 2009
Reply by Cindy Taren

Forgotten Firefighters

In the aftermath of the California Firestorm of 2007, everybody is singing the praises of the brave firefighters who fought so hard to get…

Started by Doug Gorman

7 Jan 31, 2009
Reply by Kate Crisp (PDN Director)

Juvenile Lock-down Facilities

Hello! I am interested in youth issues, in particular the experiences of youth in lock-down facilities. My husband, now a special education…

Started by Lisa McCann

3 Nov 2, 2008
Reply by Louisa Bradford

Youth Group Scenerio: How Would You Respond?

Imagine you are teaching a meditation or mindfulness class in a prison with a group of young men from varying backgrounds. They are present…

Started by Kate Crisp (PDN Director)

7 Nov 2, 2008
Reply by Louisa Bradford

RSS

Donate!

Events