Nov 11
Sunday
Walking the Tiger’s Path
In 2005 Sergeant Paul Kendel, an American Georgia National Guardsman stationed in Iraq, disillusioned with the American mission and with the aggression starting to overwhelm his military unit, began email contact with Margot Neuman, executive director of the Ratna Prison Initiative. The Dot eventually excerpted some of their emails, which later became teaching material for Pema Chodron and Shambhala President, Richard Reoch, in their “Practicing Peace in Times of War” programs and Pema’s book of the same name. Continue…
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Ratna Prison Initiative Develops Program for Veterans with PTSD
no responses - Posted 03.15.09
The Ratna Prison Initiative (RPI) is currently developing a secular meditation program for combat veterans, a significant percentage of whom are incarcerated. It is our intention to work with incarcerated vets and to use that as a bridge to the veteran population in general. We have just ...continue
no responses - Posted 03.15.09
The Ratna Prison Initiative (RPI) is currently developing a secular meditation program for combat veterans, a significant percentage of whom are incarcerated. It is our intention to work with incarcerated vets and to use that as a bridge to the veteran population in general. We have just ...continue
What is the Ratna Prison Initiative?
1 response - Posted 02.20.09
With 2.2 million people incarcerated in the US and a 60-70% recidivism rate, the fate of criminals impacts us all, though we may not realize it ourselves until we become more directly victimized. Before that happens, Ratna Prison Initiative tries to replace active ignorance of ...continue
1 response - Posted 02.20.09
With 2.2 million people incarcerated in the US and a 60-70% recidivism rate, the fate of criminals impacts us all, though we may not realize it ourselves until we become more directly victimized. Before that happens, Ratna Prison Initiative tries to replace active ignorance of ...continue