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Bezig met laden... Letters from the Dhamma Brothers: Meditation Behind Bars (editie 2021)door Jenny Phillips (Auteur), Robert Coles (Auteur)
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Through intimate letters, interviews, and stories, this narrative reveals the impact that a life-changing retreat had on a group of inmates at the highest level maximum-security state prison in Alabama. The 38 participants in the first-ever intensive, silent 10-day program inside the walls of a corrections facility--many serving life sentences without parole--detail the range of their experiences, the depth of their understanding of the Buddha's teachings gained by direct experience, and their setbacks and successes. During the Vipassana meditation program, they face the past and their miseries and emerge with a sense of peace and purpose. This compelling story shows the capacity for commitment, self-examination, renewal, and hope within a dismal penal system and a wider culture that demonizes prisoners. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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This book tells their stories: how their lives led to incarceration, how they felt about meditation before and after the program, and how they managed to continue practicing even after the program was banned because it wasn't Christian-based. Then, miraculously, how the men continued to practice individually, and eventually have the program reinstated. Mostly, the book shares the many letters they wrote to their Vipassana teachers, and the replies they received. These letters reveal deeply flawed and damaged humans capable of compassion and redemption.
The documentary of the same name is equally powerful. As a facilitator in the Prison Mindfulness Institute's Path of Freedom program, I can speak to how meditation can create opportunities for transformation for prisoners. The Dhamma Brothers film was one of the first stories I encountered when I began my training. Finally having an opportunity to read the book brings everything full circle for me. I'm grateful to Jenny Phillips for bringing the story of these men, herself, and her fellow Vipassana teachers to life for others to learn from and appreciate. ( )