Meditation In Prison

I must admit to not having yet seen this movie in it’s entirety, but some years ago in Darhamasala I did see other documentary’s on vipassana taught in prisons, so i have a sense of how it will go. I just happened to stumble across this trailer and thought it worth sharing.

The Dhamma Brothers tells a dramatic tale of human potential and transformation as it closely follows and documents the stories of the prison inmates at Donaldson Correction Facility who enter into this intensive program.

 Behind high security towers and a double row of barbed wire and electrical fence dwells a host of convicts who will never see the light of day. But for some of these men, a spark is ignited when it becomes the first maximum-security prison in North America to hold an extended Vipassana retreat, an emotionally and physically demanding course of silent meditation lasting ten days.

The book of the film is available here 

Letters from the Dhamma Brothers: Meditation Behind Bars  

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