— After four years without doing violence, cultivating the wisdom and compassion of transformation, I started to realize that this life of suffering was a blessing. It has allowed a lot of 'bad' karma to run its course, giving me the opportunity to receive the Dharma and to practice Buddhism, and has made me a stronger person. —
— Develop the mind, transform the situation into happiness, then it becomes a beautiful island, pure land, heaven. —
Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Collaboration
Liberation Prison Project supports the work of other Buddhist Prison Projectsby offering free books and practice materials and helping to facilitate prison visits.
Buddhist Prison Projects that Liberation Prison Project is currently working with are:
International Buddhist Bodhisattvas Sangha
Folsom Prison Buddhist Pathways
True Dharma Works
Padma Ling Dharma Center
OUR PROGRAMS
- Writing to prisoners
- Providing free books and materials
- Teaching in prisons
- Offering correspondence courses
- Offering subscriptions to Mandala Magazine
- Offering subscriptions to Liberation Newsletter
- Supporting prison chaplains and libraries
- Receiving phone calls
- Offering the Buddhist Vows
- Collaborating with and supporting other Buddhist prison projects
- Providing legal and parole advice and post-prison support
- Publishing and offering Liberation, our Tibetan calendar