Goals
- To bring Krishna consciousness to prisons around the world, to provide opportunities for inmates to practice Krishna consciousness, and to guide inmates in their spiritual life.
- In 1962 Srila Prabhupada wrote as one of the goals in the prospectus for his League of Devotees (the precursor to ISKCON): 'To take charge of moral upliftment by spiritual process even for the criminals and prisoners of state, and to accept all kinds of help and facilities from the police and government concerned'.
Details
- ISKCON Prison Ministries continues the work of ISKCON devotees who have been helping inmates for many years. Devotees worldwide are writing to inmates and visiting prisons. IPM is trying to expand and co-ordinate this work in North America and beyond.
- The Ministries' preachers counsel and inspire inmates trying to become Krishna conscious. IPM has been successful in getting Srila Prabhupada's books to inmates who want them. The Ministries' programs in prisons feature chanting, sharing prasadam, and studying and distributing Srila Prabhupada's books. Some inmates quickly become vegetarian and understand that Lord Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As inmates refer other inmates to Krsna consciousness, the work expands.
Plans
- To place Srila Prabhupada's books in prison libraries worldwide; to start The Freedom Journal, a newspaper for inmates; to provide inmates a correspondence course on Krishna consciousness; and to find devotees in each state in the US to place books in prison libraries in their state.
Contact
- Bhakti-lata devi dasi
Director of IPM / Volunteer Coordinator
P.O. Box 2676
Alachua, FL 32616, Phone: 386-418-3828
IskconPrisonMinistry@gmail.com or
bhakti888@gmail.com
- Chandrasekar das
Book Distribution / Volunteer Coordinator
532 Murari Lane Mulberry, TN 37359
chandra16108@yahoo.com
- Bhakta David Ehler
Book Distribution / Volunteer Coordinator
10736 Jefferson Blvd. #153, Culver City, CA, 90230
Phone: 310-202-9054
davidehler@hotmail.com
- Hari Priya Vishaka devi dasi
Book Distribution / Volunteer Coordinator
P.O. Box 42424
Tucson, Arizona 85733, Phone: 520-664-8793
bhaktinheather@yahoo.com
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IPM Newsletter November - December '06
The ISKCON Prison Ministries Web Site
iskconprisonministries.com is
up and running, and you find all IPM Newsletters (pdf-format) here -
including the latest one, November – December
2006. (The web site is still "under construction" and I'm
sure Bhakta Jerry Prabhu will appreciate any coments and suggestions you may
have.)
In this online-edition you find, among others:
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An exceptional article about a group of devotees in the high-security
prison Mount Olive in West Virginia, USA, by long-time devotee and
inmate Tirtha Prabhu, and
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"... I am often amazed at the vast quantities of
hope and joy that the message of the Vedas has brought into my life from
so many different angles when it seems as though we are living in a world
of turmoil where hope and joy should be the exceptions rather than the rule."
by Carl Sheppard
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ISKCON Prison Ministries Freedom Newsletters
Selected articles & artwork from recent IPM Newsletters. Click here to read these newsletters as online-books.
Srila Prabhupada:
"If we keep ourselves purely on the standard of Lord Caitanya's order, then the chanting of the Holy Names will descend as powerfully as during the time of Jagai and Madhai."
Essays from Devotees behind Bars
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