Resources

Books and Media for Guidance and Inspiration.

Video Testimonials

Trailer

GUIDING RAGE INTO POWER

Gil Fronsdal meets Kim

Sangha of Service - Insight World Aid

San Quentin Program

GUIDING RAGE INTO POWER

TEDx Amsterdam

talk by Jacques Verduin

Fetzer Global Gathering

Speech by Jacques Verduin

Huffington Post

Prisoners Unlearn Toxic Masculinity

Kris Billeter

Investing in Empathy

ID Moment

GUIDING RAGE INTO POWER

TEDX San Quentin

Jacques and Fateen share insights

Talks

Wisdom from the Inside: Insight from Practicing in Prison

Turning Violence & Suffering Into Learning & Healing with Jacques Verduin, Terrell Merritt, and George Luna

Insight Meditation Center Celebrates Insight-Out with their Karuna Award honoring Jacques Verduin and graduates of GRIP Program

Insight Out with Richard Poma and Robert Fry

Fire and Ashes: Hard Earned Wisdom from behind the Walls

InSight-Out: Guiding Rage into Power

San Quentin Mindfulness: On Suffering and Redemption​

On Being Worthy of Your Suffering

Die Before Death; Resurrect Now

Hard Knock Dharma: Guided Meditation

Hard Knock Dharma: Reflecting on starting the Insight Prison Project, Jacques is joined on stage by 3 former inmates from San Quentin Prison

IPP and Insight-Out

Dharma Practice In and Out of Prison: Personal Testimonies

Sitting in the Fire

Words of Wisdom

 

The Buddha’s Apprentices: More Voices of Young Buddhists
Sharon Salzberg

 
 

When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection
by Gabor Maté (Paperback)

 
 
 
 

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
Daniel Goleman

 
 
 

Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.
by Luis J. Rodriguez (Paperback)

 
 
 

Beginner’s Mind: 3 Classic Meditation Practices Especially for Beginners
Sharon Salzberg and Jack Kornfield

 
 
 

Deep and Simple: A Spiritual Path for Modern Times
by Bo Lozoff (Paperback)

 
 
 

The Essential Etheridge Knight (Pitt Poetry Series)
by Etheridge Knight (Paperback)

 
 

Healing Through the Dark Emotions: The Wisdom of Grief, Fear, and Despair
by Miriam Greenspan (Paperback)

 
 
 

Hearts and Hands: Creating Community in Violent Times
by Luis J. Rodriguez (Paperback) 

 
 
 

Man’s Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl (Paperback)

 
 
 

Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Anniversary Edition
by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana (Paperback)

 
 
 

Mindfulness Yoga: The Awakened Union of Breath, Body, and Mind
by Frank Jude Boccio (Paperback)

 
 
 

Preventing Violence (Prospects for Tomorrow)
by James Gilligan (Paperback)

 
 
 

Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation (Shambhala Classics)
by Joseph Goldstein (Paperback)

 

Sitting Inside: Buddhist Practice in America’s Prisons
by Kobai Scott Whitney (Paperback)

 
 
 

Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships
by Daniel Goleman (Paperback)

 
 
 

Speak Peace in a World of Conflict: What You Say Next Will Change Your World
by Marshall B. Rosenberg (Paperback)

 
 

Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
by Gregory Boyle (Paperback)

 
 
 

The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace
by Jack Kornfield (Paperback)

 
 
 

The Experience of Insight: A Simple and Direct Guide to Buddhist Meditation (Shambhala Dragon Editions)
by Joseph Goldstein (Paperback)

 

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness
by Venerable U Silananda (Paperback)

 

The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion : Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions
by Christopher K. Germer (Paperback)

 
 

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
by Gabor Mate, Peter A. Levine (Paperback)

 

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander, Cornel West (Paperback)