"Hi Wongmo,
you said that you have been visiting prisoners in England. I live in Bristol, UK and wanted to get involved with the PDN so maybe you could point me to an organisation where I could get involved? Many thanks"
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Wongmo replied to Kamalashila's discussion Books"If the prisoner is a Tibetan Buddhist practicioner, he/she can apply to become part of Liberation Prison Project...we send out books. There are other dharma publishers who might send free books, I'm not sure. The prisons need the books to be…"
Wongmo replied to Betsey Huffman's discussion asking for advice"Your way of dealing with this situation seems perfect...no problem!
Wongmo (elder Buddhist nun and LPP teacher)"
Wongmo replied to Julia Grace's discussion Vajranyana Practice in Prisons"Traditionally one has to receive a Tantric initiation from a qualified tantric master in order to practice tantra. Of course this is pretty much impossible to happen inside a prison. But if such a master can visit an inmate and give the initiation,…"
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- I'm a Buddhist nun in the Tibetan tradition with the FPMT and have been visiting prisons and writing to inamtes for about 7 years, both here and in England and Mexico. I write to about 40 inmates.
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- At 3:37am on August 5, 2010,
Miroslav Cansky said… - Hi Wongmo,
you said that you have been visiting prisoners in England. I live in Bristol, UK and wanted to get involved with the PDN so maybe you could point me to an organisation where I could get involved? Many thanks
- At 7:47am on May 19, 2009,
Kate Crisp (PDN Director) said… - Hello!
if you are interested in becoming a dharma mentor, you can apply here:
http://www.prisondharmanetwork.org/dharma_mentor_project.html
thanks for your interest in this rewarding program!
Kate Crisp, PDN Director
- At 7:32pm on May 13, 2009,
Thubten Gendun said… - I am glad you joined Wongmo!
Love,
Mary
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PMI's FREE Post-Release Community Meditation & Yoga Class
April 1, 2013 at 4:30pm to July 1, 2013 at 5:45pm – Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence
Prison Mindfulness Institute's FREE Post Release / Community Meditation and Yoga class at the Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence: Every MONDAY, 4:30 - 5:45 with Richard Sylvester a…
Organized by Carter (PDN Admin) | Type: class, -, every, monday!
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Prison Yoga Teacher Training
June 29, 2013 at 11am to June 30, 2013 at 6pm – California Institute of Integral Studies
The Prison Yoga Project (PYP) in collaboration with the Insight Prison Project is offering a special training at San Francisco’s California Institute of Integral Studies (C.I.I.S.) for yoga teachers…
Organized by jennifer@insightprisonproject.org | Type: yoga, facilitator, training
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Yoga of Recovery Certificate Courses
August 4, 2013 to August 14, 2013 – Yoga Farm, Grass Valley, CA, USA
Yoga Alliance certification CEUs available Yoga of Recovery is the first comprehensive course to combine Ayurveda and Yoga with traditional recovery tools to offer a more holistic mind, body, spirit…
Organized by Durga Leela | Type: certificate, training, course
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Path of Freedom Webinar (Autumn)
September 9, 2013 at 7pm to September 26, 2013 at 9pm – Online
With Fleet Maull September 9 - 26 Six Sessions, (Mondays & Thursdays for three weeks) Hope you can join us! Hours for the training are: 7-9pm Eastern 5-7pm Mountain Time 4-6pm Pacific This progr…
Organized by Carter (PDN Admin) | Type: webinar
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