December 2008 Blog Posts (2)

Mindfulness and Release: A Prison Dharma Conference



Plum Mountain Refuge and Northwest Dharma Association recently co-sponsored Mindfulness and Release: A Conference for Prison Dharma Workers. The weekend gathering brought together prison chaplains and volunteers, corrections administrators, consultants, and non-profit administrators, as well as former inmates, all with the aim of strengthening their ability to provide effective tools for rehabilitation and self-transformation to people in prison… Continue

Added by Kate Crisp (PDN Director) on December 18, 2008 at 9:47am — No Comments

getting out and getting back in

HELLO MY NAME IS BRANDON A WEEK AGO I WAS "PIT" BUT IM IN SOCIETY WHERE PEOPLE DO USE YOUR FRIST NAME. IM 22 AND HAVE ALREADY TAKEN 2 TRIPS TO PRISON THE FIRST TIME I WAS YOUNG AND DUMB THE SECOND TIME JUST DUMB. I DONT HAVE ANOTHER TRIP LEFT IN ME IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AGAIN IM FACING 25 TO LIFE. WHILE LOCKED UP I FOUND DHARMA AND IT HELPED ME JUST ENOUGH TO FOCUS . I NEVER BEEN ONE FOR A "HIGHER POWER" SO LOOKING AT LIFE THROUGH MY EYES HELPS ME BE AT EASE. I MUST DO ALL THAT I CAN TO MAKE… Continue

Added by brandon carrillo on December 11, 2008 at 4:47am — 3 Comments

Blog Topics by Tags

Monthly Archives

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Donate!

Events