Doing Time, Doing Vipassana
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Ayelet Menahemi
S.n. Goenka
Kiran Bedi
Eilona Ariel
Eilona Ariel
Kiran Bedi
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A chronicle of Kiran Bedi, the dedicated inspector general of prisons in India who, in the mid-1990's introduced the ancient technique of Vipassana meditation--quite literally the oldest form of Buddhist meditation--into the violently corrupt Tihar Prison, India's worst and most dangerously overcrowded prison at the time. Her work proved invaluable. The results at Tihar Prison were almost unimaginably miraculous. After the ten-day course in Vipassana, which requires total silence and the willingness to go deep inside oneself, violent criminals were transformed--emerging with tears of joy and opened hearts. Now Tihar has its own meditation center and penal institutions around the world are following its model. U.S. prisons are now beginning to realize the significant advances in rehabilitation brought about by this simple and purest form of spiritual introspection. From Seattle to Alabama to Northern California--the groundwork laid by Kiran Bedi in India is likely to have worldwide ramifications, which could ultimately lead to the type of social progress only previously dreamed of in America.
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Released in United States July 8, 2005
Released in United States Summer July 8, 2005
Shown with the 12-minute short documentary, "A Zen Tale," directed by Magdalena Sole.
dialogue Hindi, subtitled English
rtg MPAA NONE
Released in United States July 8, 2005 (Cinema Village; New York City)
Released in United States Summer July 8, 2005