Dharma Sunday (4/5) - Meeting the Unloved: A Prison Chaplain's Perspective on Radical Acceptance (Online)

With Kyira Korrigan

April 5, 2026

Date and Time Details: April 5, 2026, 10:00 am-12:00 pm. You can use this time zone converter to determine the start time at your home.

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10:00 am – 12:00 pm ET


Prison Dharma: Buddhist perspectives and practices for developing inner peace independent from outer context.

In the Buddha’s first teaching, he named the forms of suffering that define the human condition, two of which are the pain of being separated from what we love and the stress of being forced to associate with what we loathe. This talk draws from years of experience working within the correctional system, with people from widely varying backgrounds all needing to cope with their powerlessness over their surroundings. We will explore several meditative and reflective techniques that are effective in meeting the presence of dukkha and our own unskillfulness with a steady heart, moving toward a practice of radical acceptance without reactivity.


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About the Teacher

Kyira Korrigan

Akutobhaya Kyira Korrigan (M.A., Buddhist Studies) is ordained as an Acharya in the Embracing Simplicity Contemplative Order, founded by Vens. Pannavati and Pannadipa (heartwoodrefuge.org). She has worked as a prison chaplain since 2014 and currently serves those incarcerated at Kent, the maximum-security men's prison in British Columbia, Canada. She also has an extensive background as […]

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