There are two programs currently available through AZC for dharma outreach to those who are incarcerated:
The Prison BuddhaPal Program is open to anyone who would like to spend an hour a month writing to someone behind bars.
The Prison Teaching Program is for those with a well-established practice who would like to go behind bars, meet with prisoners and guide their practice in meditation, Buddhism, Buddhist psychology, yoga, or other dharma-related practices.
Kosho McCall, June 1, 2013,
Are You Interested in the Tea or the Teapot?
Interested in either starting or deepening your Zen practice in a residential setting with others? Our Guest Practice program is a short term opportunity (one to four weeks) that includes meditation, study, work practice and discussions with other practitioners about Zen Buddhism.
Vulnerability in Practice
Practice makes us vulnerable. We are led to let the carapace of protection drop and to soften into a new way of being. What of our old protective habits of fear and retreat, anger and blame? This issue of JustThis speaks of the joys and sorrows of opening to our vulnerability.
http://justthis.austinzencenter.org
