There are two programs currently available through AZC for dharma outreach to those who are incarcerated:
The Prison Pen Pal Program is open to anyone who would like to spend an hour a month writing to someone behind bars.
The Prison Teaching Program is for those with a well-established practice who would like to go behind bars, meet with prisoners and guide their practice in meditation, Buddhism, Buddhist psychology, yoga, or other dharma-related practices.
Reb Anderson, February 18, 2012, The Bodhisattvas Mundane and Super-Mundane Meditation Practice
Interested in either starting or deepening your Zen practice in a residential setting with others? Our Guest Practice program is a short term opportunity that includes meditation, study, work practice and discussions about Zen Buddhism.
The editorial staff of Just This, the blog journal of the Austin Zen Center, announces its latest issue: Sitting: Part 2, In our latest issue Just This offers a second conversation on Sitting. Sometimes sitting is not as straightforward as we'd hoped. There might be problems, circumstances, a need for a different approach. And what is sitting anyway? Come see what we're saying to each other about it. Read and see the work of many fine contributors from AZC and beyond.
