May 2009 Blog Posts (5)

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Prison Dharma Network: 20 Years of Service!

From Thrangu Rinpoche:

"I am delighted to hear that the Prison Dharma Network is celebrating its twentieth anniversary. The work that the Network has done on behalf of prisoners is wonderful. The Dharma is a way to help free sentient beings from suffering, and so bringing it to those who are experiencing the suffering of imprisonment is especially beneficial. In the short term it helps them quiet their minds, reduce the disturbances of the… Continue

Added by Kate Crisp (PDN Director) on May 30, 2009 at 8:28am — No Comments

PDN's Path of Freedom Apprenticeship Training

REVISED: Path of Freedom Apprenticeship Program

Now available as an online course and curriculum for PDN's Dharma Mentors



This apprenticeship program is designed to train and certify faciltators to deliver the Prison Dharma Network (PDN) Path of FreedomTM Program in inside prison programs as well as through the PDN Dharma Mentor program. The Path of Freedom (POF) program is a mindfulness-based, cognitive-behavioral and integral approach to… Continue

Added by Kate Crisp (PDN Director) on May 25, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Dharma of Star Wars

This book is very popular with our juvenile program participants as well as our Books Behind Bars program...check it out!

Matthew Bortolin, Author



Is Yoda a Zen Master? What might Jedi training be like? Is the story of Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader part of a spiritual epic?



The answers-as well as excitement, adventure, and a lot of fun-are… Continue

Added by Kate Crisp (PDN Director) on May 21, 2009 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Take Action!

Call for the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all prisoners of conscience in Myanmar

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, has been detained for 13 of the last 19 years, mostly under house arrest. On May 14, 2009, Aung San Suu Kyi and two of her assistants were taken from her home to Insein Prison following an incident in which an American man allegedly swam across a lake to her house and stayed there for two… Continue

Added by Kate Crisp (PDN Director) on May 21, 2009 at 9:11am — No Comments

Florida 9th MBSR Cycle

From KC Walpole in Florida:

Greetings:



Last Friday was the end of the 9th five day retreat and MBSR cycle. Don’t know how much more we can grow. There are times when every mat and cushion is taken and there are about a hundred of them. budget cuts have changed the meals from bag lunches to hot trays. It appears that a bag lunch costs twice as much as a hot tray meal. The prison does not know they will be able to support delivering… Continue

Added by Kate Crisp (PDN Director) on May 20, 2009 at 4:02pm — No Comments

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