Mission: PROJECT CLEAR LIGHT ~
Spiritual awakening is learning to see ourselves, and each other, as we truly are; innately good, whole, wise and compassionate. Spiritual practice is the willingness to recognize and see through all that obscures that innate goodness. Project Clear Light is a not-for-profit 5013c prison outreach organization that offers the healing and enlightening Buddha Dharma to incarcerated individuals and groups through a Contemplative Practice Program that includes the study of meditation, ethics, and emotional intelligence. PCL self publishes a number of booklets that are distributed at no cost to inmates, including two correspondence courses, one on the Lojong teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, and a new offering, Ethics for a Whole World, based on the Dalai Lama’s new book Beyond Religion. All of these programs are supported through tax-deductible donations.
Results: Project Clear Light has worked by correspondence with over 2,000 incarcerated individuals seeking more information on the teachings and practices of the Buddha Daharma. PCL teachers also sponsor retreat programs in various prison units in Texas.
Target demographics: Incarcerated individuals learn more about the Buddha Dharma.
Direct beneficiaries per year: Incarcerated men and women by correspondence and meditation events.
Geographic areas served: Prisons nation wide
Programs: Correspondence courses, in-prison classes and meditation retreats.
Good morning. Hello Mr.Venerable Terry Conrad. It's Michael in San Antonio. I have a letter I started back in the last days of January It need a a stamp. I was gonna write this because it fascinated me. I was watching a lecture on space time on the True History Channel a while back ....few days.. And the man was speaking of how not even sciences could understand the concept of light years and that no-one can because it is beyond the human capability to grasp. Then he cited a dissertation by the Buddah to his disciples about time and the man says 'The Buddahsay suppose O monks there was a fine stone without flaw or blemish.It is one mile high one mile wide and one mile long.Every hundred years a man comes and rubs it with a silk scarf.This rock will wear away hundreds of times before 9ne ? ?Ethos....Pathos...I forget the word but it was representing a great deal of time. I am still blown away by the thought if it. Peace.
Terry Conrad of Project Clear Light is a gifted and proficient spiritual teacher. He taught me a better way to live by showing me that everything that I experience can be an opportunity for realization rather than an obstacle. He is patient and dedicated in helping incarcerates as well as others to realize the truth about their own innate goodness. I would highly recommend his guidance and teaching to anyone.
Terry Conrad, Director of Project Clear Light, showed me the way to change my life. The Dharma teachings he gave pointed the way to understanding myself and others. Study, reflection, and meditation proved that "it's not about me, it's about others." Thank you Bodhisattva Terry. John Yeshe Dorjee W.
