ISKCON PRISON MINISTRY

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His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami - Srila Prabhupada (Founder Acharya of ISKCON)
Under the direction of H H Candramauli Swami

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Who is not eligible for the mercy of
Lord Gauranga

       Which soul does not have the
        potential to do good

             Who cannot be redeemed…

  

 

 

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Welcome to the ISKCON Prison Ministry
Mission Statement

Forward: The mission of IPM is to spread Lord Caitanya's mercy to the fallen souls of Kali-yuga who find themselves within a prison of the prison house of the material world.

Beliefs: IPM believes that the only cure for society's ills, both for individual person and as a whole, is the process of bhakti-yoga. By reading Srila Prabhupada's books, following the four regulations, abstinence from meat-eating, gambling, intoxication, and illicit sex, and by chanting the maha mantra, Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, even a criminal can become a perfect citizen. "The means which I have adopted is spiritual and it works quicker than any material means. If you give me chance to speak to all the members in jail, it is quite possible for me to turn them into ideal characters." Srila Prabhupada, Letter to Sri Puri, 1962
 

 

 

 

 

  
    Goal: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada established the ISKCON movement to spread the process of bhakti yoga to the entire world. IPM desires to make this transcendental process available to the inmates of the world to give them the chance to achieve the supreme goal of life, love of Godhead.

Our Work: IPM preaches the philosophy of Bhagavad-gita to inmates to help them develop spiritual knowledge. Volunteers accomplish this by:

    • writing inmates and establishing spiritual relationships,
    • distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books to inmates and prison libraries,
    • providing inmates with Back to Godhead magazines, japa beads, and other devotional items,
    • assisting inmate in securing vegetarian diets, and
    • providing devotee association by visiting inmates in the prisons.

Principles:

    • IPM volunteers should display and encourage the qualities of compassion, humility, tolerance, steadfastness, sincerity, and courteousness.
    • Volunteers should give prompt replies that never compromise the philosophy of Krsna Consciousness while avoiding unnecessary tension/arguments arising from other faiths or philosophies.
    • The relationships that volunteers and inmates build are strictly on a spiritual basis. IPM's only responsibility is to promote Krsna consciousness.

The transcendental knowledge that volunteers pass along comes with responsibility. We will not abandon sincere inmates and we will assist them in continuing their practice upon their release.

 

  
   

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare