Download or read book Enjoy Life Liberated from the Inner Prison written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When terrible things happen in life and there’s little we can do to change them, the only option seems to be either anger or despair. This is the reality for prison inmates. They have no power over their circumstances. Many have long sentences, some have been wrongly accused and some even await execution. Their environment is often overcrowded, ugly, violent and full of noise, “like being in a rock concert all day,” as one man reported. There is nothing to look forward to and often no one to turn to. For the past twenty-five years, Liberation Prison Project has been a lifeline for prisoners, first in the United States and also in Australia, Italy, Mongolia, New Zealand and other countries, who turned to LPP, asking for Buddhist books and spiritual advice in an effort to find meaning in life when everything else has been lost. This book is a compilation of advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, the spiritual director of LPP, in response to letters from more than one hundred prisoners, mainly in the USA, edited into a coherent narrative. Rinpoche’s advice is that, actually, their prison “is nothing in comparison with their inner prison—the prison of anger, the prison of attachment, the prison of ignorance.” That prison, Rinpoche says, they can definitely change. And why should they? Because, simply put, happiness and suffering come from the mind, not the external world. The extent of the heartfelt compassion and love that Rinpoche offers the men who write to him is incredible. He empowers them to never give up on the development of their potential and their ability to help others. The advice in the book is not just for prisoners. It is for all of us.

Download or read book Prison Wisdom written by Katya Sabaroff Taylor and published by Earth Wisdom Harmonics LLC. This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katya Sabaroff Taylor has taught creative writing to prison inmates for nearly three decades. In addition, she has corresponded with inmate "pen pals" for many years. In Prison Wisdom, Katya presents selections from a rich body of inmate writing and also provides helpful advice for teaching creative writing-in prisons or elsewhere.

Download or read book Philosophy Imprisoned written by Sarah Tyson and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western philosophy’s relationship with prisons stretches from Plato’s own incarceration to the modern era of mass incarceration. Philosophy Imprisoned: The Love of Wisdom in the Age of Mass Incarceration draws together a broad range of philosophical thinkers, from both inside and outside prison walls, in the United States and beyond, who draw on a variety of critical perspectives (including phenomenology, deconstruction, and feminist theory) and historical and contemporary figures in philosophy (including Kant, Hegel, Foucault, and Angela Davis) to think about prisons in this new historical era. All of these contributors have experiences within prison walls: some are or have been incarcerated, some have taught or are teaching in prisons, and all have been students of both philosophy and the carceral system. The powerful testimonials and theoretical arguments are appropriate reading not only for philosophers and prison theorists generally, but also for prison reformers and abolitionists.

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Download or read book Your Mind is a Prision A Guide to Living written by Jason Rosander and published by MindStir Media. This book was released on 2021-08-06 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mind is our greatest tool but can turn into our worst enemy. When this happens, it can hold you back from achieving almost anything in your life, including mental freedom. While your mind attempts to prolong your life and keep you safe, it can also sabotage your life goals. This book is a collection of thoughts and observations on life and why our constant mental games keep us stuck. These pages will bring to light those mental games because once you know how the game is played, the rules don't matter. Jason is a Veteran, Former Federal Law Enforcement Officer, Personal Trainer, and Mountain Athlete. After his mother was murdered while he served in Afghanistan, and an injury that caused him to question many things about life, Jason became a student of the mind, and why we are so tormented by it. The path was long but has led him to here.

Download or read book Wisdom s Gate Revisited written by Joe Moore and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-06-28 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no available information at this time.

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Download or read book Wisdom s Children written by Arthur Versluis and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1999-09-30 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an in-depth introduction to the Christian theosophic tradition that began with Jacob Bo¬hme, bringing us into a startling new world of Christian experiential spirituality that is the Christian equivalent of Sufism and Kabbalism.