MeditationDoing Time Doing Vipassana the award-winning documentary will be shown at a free screening in Dublin and Galway later this week.
The documentary is the story of how hope came to one of the most notorious prisons in the world Tihar Jail in New Delhi. It is the story of India's first woman inspector general of prisons Kiran Bedi, and how she dared to fight for genuine rehabilitation of the thousands under her care.
Most of all it is the story of the prison inmates themselves, and the profound changes they underwent through the practice of Vipassana meditation. This ancient technique is now travelling beyond Indian borders. It is already being implemented in other prisons in the US and Taiwan with significant results.
The Irish showings take place on Friday at 7pm in the Robert Emmett Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College and on Saturday at 5pm in the Larmor Theatre, NUI, Galway - with questions and answers session afterwards.
Vipassana , which means to see things as they really are, is one of India's most ancient techniques of meditation. It was taught in India more than 2,500 years ago and its practitioners regard it as a universal remedy for universal ills, ie "an art of living".
For more information on Vipassana Meditation visit the website www.ie.dhamma.org
To contact the Irish Vipassana Association email: info@ie.dhamma.org or write IVP c/o 91 Ballsbridge Woods, Dublin 4 or phone Voicemail: 01 6677844