01 Thursday Dec 2011
Posted in Buddhist Documentaries, Videos
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buddhism, buddhist meditation, doing time doing vipassana, vipassana documentary, vipassana meditation prison
Doing Time, Doing Vipassana is a classic documentary made from within an overcrowded prison in India. To help rehabilitate the prison population instead of merely “housing” them, they started doing 10 day silent sit vipassana courses within the prison walls. Continue reading »
26 Thursday May 2011
Posted in Buddhist Documentaries, Videos
A while ago I saw a documentary called the Dhamma Brothers, where prisoners within a maximum security prison do a 10 day silent vipassana retreat. I’m personally fascinated with stories of prisoners stories practicing dharma. I think in prison, its a very violent and difficult place to cultivate love and compassion and at the same time, its an very helpful in a way because someone doesn’t have anywhere else to run and has to eventually work on their mind. Continue reading »
