Letters from the Dhamma Brothers
Subtitle: meditation behind bars
By: Jenny Phillips.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Pariyatti Press; Onalaska, WA
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Onalaska, Wash
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781928706311
Subjects: Prisoners -- Religious life -- Alabama -- Bessemer; Prisoners -- Alabama -- Bessemer -- Correspondence; Religious work with prisoners -- Buddhism; Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- Alabama -- Bessemer; Vipaśyanā (Buddhism)
Genres: Correspondence
Description: Discusses the impact of a Vipassana meditation program on the inmates of the W.E. Donaldson Correctional Facility outside Birminghan, Alabama via correspondence, interviews, and visits with the 20 inmates who first took the course together and called themselves "the Dhamma Brothers.".
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-219).