It seems that wherever you go today, you will come across chaos. Even the most orderly societies live the lives in the fast line, everything is fluid and dynamic, that chaos reign supreme in that order. For our group, the tip to a prison in Bolivia was one such trip into a chaos. The fact that our visit was approved made the entrance easier, but we were still quite taken aback by what we saw. We openly questioned if our mission to teach the art and practice of meditation had any chance to succeed.
Key Takeaways:
- The sister in charge of the religious refuge believed that contemplation was an essential part of her tradition.
- Most of the women came in thinking meditation was a form of relaxation therapy.
- Some women were sleepy or distracted as we taught them the rhythm of the meditation.
“In the early afternoon of 20 September 2017, seven volunteers from the Sakya Rinchen Ling Centre went for the first time to the women’s penitentiary in Obrajes Prison in La Paz, Bolivia, to provide training for a meditation course. It has been four years since that day.”
Read more: https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/within-chaos-there-is-a-refuge-for-meditation/
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