Did you ever find yourself in a situation where circumstances and an inner stirring moved you to action in a way beyond your every day response?

 

I would be interested in hearing your story because that is in my opinion one way the dharma moves us beyond our conditioned responses.

John 

Here is an example from the internet today of an unusual response by an inmate to a violent situation.

 

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not sure whether the following post should be here or in "Blogs", so will post in both for now)

 

Was released 4 years ago and have not returned to prison or old way of life that led to it.  And I must thank Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha for this fact, and yes, PDN is included in these Three Gems. I have been blessed and received so much, spiritually, from the kindness of others, really, and now I have decided to do what I can to give and help others too.  So I am doing all I know…

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People of Faith Against the Death Penalty and Amnesty International are circulating a petition to the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles, urging them to commute the death sentence against Troy Davis. He is…

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Blog entry by Fleet Maull, PDN founder who led the April  Bearing Witness Rwanda Retreat

Today was quite different than the preceding three days of visiting genocide memorial sites.  This morning we visited a TIG prison farm and camp in the Bugesera district about an hour outside of Kigali.   Faced with prosecuting and imprisoning hundreds of thousands of accused genocide…

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Gangaji shares a simple message. This is an invitation to simply be still, to shift your allegiance from the ativities of your mind to the eternal presence of your Being. Inspired by the teachings of the Hindu sage Sri Ramana Maharshi and her teacher, Sri H.W.L. Poonja (Papaji), Gangaji travels the world speaking to seekers from all walks of life. A teacher and author, she shares her direct experience of the essential message she received from Papaji and offers it to all who want to discover…

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By Chris Dowling





As an advocate for households of the incarcerated and returnees, I work for free. At times I dig into my pocket to pay for services I propose. Why do I do this? So when my feet hit the floor in the morning, I don’t think so much about my one loved one in prison and another loved one home from… Continue

Hi everyone, brand new here, glad to have you all out there as a resource. Here's an essay I wrote a year ago, that was picked up on Shambala Sun's "Mindful" ezine, "Room Without a View: Meditation for the Guys Inside." (I live for feedback!)

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Prison abolition is a movement of human rights. All human rights movements seek freedom; a freedom from oppression and subjugation. And since Buddhism isn't nihilism it acts in accord, and manifests like medicine. A Buddhist movement for the abolition of prisons, should engage with the whole system to break down the entire prison industrial complex (courts, police, and prison profiteers). No courts, no police, no prison profiteers, and lastly: no prisons.



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Over half of ex-cons who are released from prison will commit another crime and return within three years. Road to Return, narrated by Tim Robbins, is the story of a black ex-bank robber and a white college professor who unite to create the…

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