ShamBhAlaPrisonCommunity.org
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The Shambhala Prison Community (SPC) is founded to serve spiritual and educational needs arising within Federal, state, county and municipal prison systems and jails, and their associated communities, both in the United States and internationally.
The SPC derives from the buddhist spiritual tradition, in particular the Karma Kagyu and Nyingma branches of Tibetan buddhadharma, and the Shambhala teachings, as expounded by the Ven. Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Exiled from Tibet in 1959, living in the United States from 1970 until his death in 1987, Trungpa Rinpoche is generally credited with having brought buddhadharma from the East to the West. He was the founder of many unique teaching vehicles-religious, secular and artistic — all of which are included within the Shambhala educational path propagated by the SPC. The SPC represents these upayas or teaching vehicles to the prison community.
This educational tradition should not be confused with dogmatism. Not fixed views, but flexibility, depth and realization of mind, are virtues characteristic of the Shambhala buddhist vision.
