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Dharma for a Happy Life -- Kadampa Center Prison Project!

10:45 am Sunday, August 9, 2015

 A prisoner once wrote to Lama Zopa Rinpoche, pleading for help dealing with the suffering of confinement. Rinpoche replied that most of us are in a worse prison than the inmate's, because our prisons are created by our minds.

Did you know that....

Our own Kadampa Center has a vibrant Prison Project that, for more than 20 years, has brought our students together with prisoners in a mutually beneficial study of Dharma.

On Sunday, August 9, we'll bring the Kadampa Center Prison Project to life in our gompa with an interactive hour of exploring the incredibly moving experiences of our prison volunteers.

    ♦ What is a class like in Prison? Join us for a live demonstration  -- and you can participate if you want!
    ♦ What do pen pals write back and forth about? Actual pen pals will read some amazing correspondence to give us a taste of what prisoners and pen pals discuss in their letters.
    ♦ What types of people do the volunteers interact with? You'll hear the testimonies from past and present participants, and hear from volunteers about their experiences.
    ♦ What happens when someone who is incarcerated gets out? We'll have a chance to walk for a few minutes in the shoes of a released prisoner. Through a guided visualization, we'll get a taste of how people are able to pick up their lives -- or not -- after prison, and experience how the odds are overwhelmingly stacked against most returning citizens.

Our volunteers go great distances and dedicate many hours to this project. What makes it worthwhile to spend so much time on this? Come at 10:45 a.m. on Sunday Aug. 9 to find out!

Location at Kadampa Center: 
Gompa