An overcrowded, violent maximum-security prison, the end of the line in Alabama's prison system, is dramatically changed by the influence of an ancient intensive meditation program. Behind high security towers and a double row of barbed wire and electrical fence live 1,500 prisoners, many of whom will never again know life in the outside world. 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 program of silent meditation lasting 10 days and requiring 100 hours of meditation. 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 Correctional Facility as they enter into this arduous and intensive program. The film has the power to dismantle stereotypes about men behind prison bars.
Watch movie: http://www.hulu.com/watch/255596/the-dhamma-brothers
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
What is making them spiritual?
Not just senior citizens, many youngsters, who are otherwise dismissed as reckless in their lifestyle and behaviour, are taking to meditation and spiritual healing to beat the stress in their daily lives. Of late, a healthy number of teens have been registering for vipassana courses not just in their own city, but in far off retreats as well. While some see it as a “different” kind of holiday, there are others who claim to having actually benefited from such exercises.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Meditation vacation
The guru looked troubled. A spry 75-year-old, who could have passed for 60, he usually wore an expression as pure as his ivory robe. Peering into my cell, he watched as I wept harder than I could remember, for a reason my mind could not fathom. Then he beamed. “You are very lucky,” he said. “This is a very big sankara leaving your body – perhaps it was an illness that even a doctor could not cure.”
Perplexing as his words sounded, their meaning would become clear later. All I could grasp then was that the Indian meditation master believed that my mysterious meltdown had taken me a step closer to enlightenment.
Read More: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/a5e3476e-2a36-11e1-8f04-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1jC7Pxdba
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