The International Bodhisattva Sangha (IBS) Prison Program was founded in 1995 by Venerable Master Hueiguang. Before renouncing his life as a layman, Venerable Hueiguang was a student at the University of California in San Diego and was teaching classes on Buddhism at a local temple. His classes focused on how to apply the...
DHARMA IN PRISON
Life is different for everyone. We may be sharing the same planet but living in different worlds. What causes us to have all these different varieties of lives, looks, and even different feelings, perceptions and views towards all phenomena? I guess it’s all because of different...
Buddhist Libraries in Prisons
The List of Buddhist Libraries that IBS setup in California State Prisons.
- Chuckawalla State Prison 4 (2010)
- Calipatria State Prison 4 (2011)
- Centinela State Prison 2 (2011)
- Chino State Prison 3 (2012)
- Desert View State Prison 1 (2014)
- Lancaster State Prison 3 (2014)
- CCI Tehachapi State Prison 5 (2013)
- Sierra State Prison 2...
Prison Library Program
Since 2010 IBS has been setting up Buddhist Libraries in California State Prisons. It’s been 4 years with this project. There are 43 libraries we have setup so far. IBS would like to thanks all those organizations and individuals...