Ep.3 Dharma in Prison - Learning More Than Teaching with Venerable Thubten Chodron

In this episode, Venerable Thubten Chodron speaks with Fleet Maull about her work with Sravasti Abbey and her experiences providing resources and support for incarcerated individuals.

• The transformative nature of compassion when working with incarcerated individuals
• The importance of diversity in the Buddhist teaching groups offered to prisoners.
• Offering incarcerated individuals tools/skills before release to ease the transition

VEN. THUBTEN CHODRON Ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun in 1977, Venerable Thubten Chodron is an author, teacher, and the founder and abbess of Sravasti Abbey. Sravasti Abbey is one of the first Tibetan Buddhist training monasteries for Westerners in the U.S. She holds gender equality, social engagement, and care for the environment among her core values. Venerable Chodron teaches worldwide and is known for her practical and humorous explanations of how to apply Buddhist teachings in daily life. She is also involved in prison outreach and interfaith dialogue. She has published many books on Buddhist philosophy and meditation. She is currently assisting His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the writing and publication of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion, a multi-volume series of teachings on the Buddhist path. Visit thubtenchodron.org for a media library of her teachings, and sravasti.org to learn more about the Abbey.

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