Razor-wire dharma: a Buddhist life in prison

by Malone, Calvin

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Calvin Malone is nearing the end of a 20-year prison sentence. He's also a practicing Buddhist. Oddly enough, it was in prison that Malone learned about Buddhism, and it's the one thing that's kept him going. Some of the stories he tells in Razor-Wire Dharma are hilarious, some are harrowing, but all express Buddhist wisdom as vividly as any practitioner could hope to do. This is true Buddhism: Malone is living it, and in the unlikeliest of places. For him, the choice between staying true to hi…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Razor-wire dharma : a Buddhist life in prison / Calvin Malone ; foreword by Steven C. Rockefeller.

Summary

Calvin Malone is nearing the end of a 20-year prison sentence. He's also a practicing Buddhist. Oddly enough, it was in prison that Malone learned about Buddhism, and it's the one thing that's kept him going. Some of the stories he tells in Razor-Wire Dharma are hilarious, some are harrowing, but all express Buddhist wisdom as vividly as any practitioner could hope to do. This is true Buddhism: Malone is living it, and in the unlikeliest of places. For him, the choice between staying true to his principles of altruism, compassion, and nonharming -- or just choosing to cast a blind eye -- often.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2008.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Wisdom Publications
  • Place of Publication:Boston
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2008.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xvii, 228 p.)

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:ocn929266348
  • LC Classification:BQ4580.P75
  • Dewey Decimal:294.3092

Writers

Malone, Calvin

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