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Doing Time, Doing Vipassana

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Sun 14 October 2007 // 20:00

(Sun 14th / 8pm / free)

Doing Time, Doing Vipassana
Winner of the 1998 Golden Spire award at the San Francisco International Film Festival, this extraordinary documentary takes viewers into India’s largest prison—known as one of the toughest in the world—and shows the dramatic change brought about by the introduction of Vipassana meditation. Karuna Films, Ltd, 1997, 52 minutes

The Compass
This video from Karuna Films shows the benefits children have gained
through the practice of Anapana meditation.
Vipassana Research Publications, 1999, 12 minutes

Hill of Dhamma
This professionally produced film about a Vipassana meditation centre was shot in India in 1995. Originally commissioned to be shown on television in Myanmar (Burma), it was received with such enthusiasm by Westerners that it has now been released for distribution worldwide.
Karuna Films, Ltd, 1995, 17 minutes.

*an assistant teacher of Vipassana will be present to answer questions.
For more information about Vipassana meditation visit http://www.dhammma.org