It has been said (although I don’t know enough about it) that meditation programs in prisons seriously reduce the violence of an institution. More than that, they can catalyse sea changes in the culture of an institution. Like I said, that opinion is anecdotal and I would assume the calming of any facility is due to many factors one of which may be the teachings of Buddha.
The movie has it’s own website – The Dhamma Brothers
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I found this trailer on the blog of The Center for Documentary Studies. It was screened as part of Duke’s Ethics Film Series: “Control and Resistance.”
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April 22, 2010 at 2:59 am
rr
There’s a wonderful documentary called “Doing Time, Doing Vipassana” (available in five sections on youtube, part one here) which tells the story of the introduction and effects of introducing meditation into Tihar Prisons in India (more here).
May 7, 2010 at 5:16 pm
Andre Hurlburt
After viewing the powerful story of the Dhamma Brothers, I reached out to Grady Bankhead – one of the original Dhamma Brothers at Donaldson Correctional Facility in Alabama.
In order to give Grady a more personal”voice” in the free world, I designed a web site to tell his story.
It is a story of unbelivable hardship and triumphs. He walks his talk and has found real peace and purpose at Donaldson with Vipassana Meditation.
Please visit his web site at: http://vipassana-dhammabrother.com
Namaste,
Andre
December 7, 2010 at 12:18 am
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