1 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:21,919 [Music] 2 00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:41,590 [Music] 3 00:00:44,620 --> 00:00:59,600 [Music] 4 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:00,620 w 5 00:01:00,620 --> 00:01:10,599 [Music] 6 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:17,479 India is a vast land intense and full of 7 00:01:17,479 --> 00:01:20,560 extremes spectacular Landscapes lie next 8 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:22,910 to overflowing multitudes of 9 00:01:22,910 --> 00:01:25,200 [Music] 10 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,240 humanity wretchedness and Decay blend 11 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:31,159 with astonishing wealth 12 00:01:31,159 --> 00:01:33,880 side by side one finds overwhelming 13 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:37,159 noise and deep Serenity cruelty and 14 00:01:37,159 --> 00:01:39,990 kindness dark ignorance and the highest 15 00:01:39,990 --> 00:01:43,320 [Music] 16 00:01:43,320 --> 00:01:46,320 wisdom India is a land of 17 00:01:46,320 --> 00:01:48,759 paradox where else can one witness the 18 00:01:48,759 --> 00:01:51,719 sight of a prisoner weeping like a child 19 00:01:51,719 --> 00:01:54,159 in the arms of his 20 00:01:54,159 --> 00:01:56,320 Jailer but this is not just another 21 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,240 Indian Paradox this is an entirely 22 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:02,920 different story wor 23 00:02:03,540 --> 00:02:10,960 [Music] 24 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:15,090 [Applause] 25 00:02:15,090 --> 00:02:18,379 [Music] 26 00:02:47,270 --> 00:02:49,200 [Music] 27 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,519 I came to tar in 28 00:02:51,519 --> 00:02:55,680 1988 I get C in the airport IND Gandhi 29 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:57,959 International Airport 30 00:02:57,959 --> 00:03:02,480 sorry uh with four K of 31 00:03:06,239 --> 00:03:10,120 heroin um put here on ndps 32 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,920 charge for um allegedly possession of 33 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:16,120 some 34 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:22,330 CHS triple murder 35 00:03:22,330 --> 00:03:28,830 [Music] 36 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:33,400 my life sentence 37 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,480 is when am I doing an Indian jail time 38 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,400 is what I'm doing in Indian 39 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:45,959 jail no actually I'm doing v p 40 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,680 now we are all 41 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,799 prisoners undergoing a life sentence 42 00:03:54,799 --> 00:03:57,519 imprisoned by our own 43 00:03:57,519 --> 00:04:00,439 minds we're all seeking parole 44 00:04:00,439 --> 00:04:05,439 being hostages of our anger fear 45 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,000 desire is there anyone who doesn't crave 46 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,159 at one point or another to take 47 00:04:11,159 --> 00:04:13,200 something that is not 48 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,400 his is there anyone who doesn't wish at 49 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:20,880 least once to hurt the one who hurts 50 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,919 him it is a thin line that separates us 51 00:04:23,919 --> 00:04:26,440 from these people who stare at us from 52 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:30,199 inside this cage 53 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:33,039 the same things that do not go beyond 54 00:04:33,039 --> 00:04:35,240 the threshold of our thoughts have 55 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,210 crossed in their case the threshold of 56 00:04:38,210 --> 00:04:39,720 [Music] 57 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,320 action but still we are 58 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,479 alike inside our heads we're all 59 00:04:45,479 --> 00:04:47,750 potential 60 00:04:47,750 --> 00:04:51,120 [Music] 61 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,680 criminals this is tiad jail one of the 62 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:58,320 largest prisons in the 63 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:02,320 world 10 ,000 people are imprisoned here 64 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:06,880 9,000 of them are still awaiting their 65 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,800 trials the wheel of Justice rolls slowly 66 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,680 and heavily in India like an overloaded 67 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:16,400 truck a pig pocket may find himself 68 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,199 waiting for 6 years in order to receive 69 00:05:19,199 --> 00:05:20,520 a one-year 70 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,440 sentence it could take um another 2 71 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,560 weeks it could take um 72 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:30,800 another 2 years 3 years 4 years 73 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:33,520 they take their 74 00:05:38,479 --> 00:05:42,319 time located in Suburban New Delhi tiar 75 00:05:42,319 --> 00:05:44,800 is India's best known high security 76 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,840 prison due to its large population it is 77 00:05:47,840 --> 00:05:51,160 divided into four separate 78 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,400 jails for decades tiha was Notorious for 79 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:57,680 its inhuman conditions it was branded a 80 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:01,199 veritable hell 81 00:06:15,780 --> 00:06:18,880 [Music] 82 00:06:19,199 --> 00:06:21,560 violence corruption and drug use are 83 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,319 common problems in almost any prison but 84 00:06:24,319 --> 00:06:26,479 in tar they were magnified due to 85 00:06:26,479 --> 00:06:29,160 congestion and harsh conditions it was a 86 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:31,520 horrible place there was a lot of 87 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:35,440 extortion a lot of beating a lot of gang 88 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,680 fights within the S inside the jails 89 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:40,599 there was a lot of problems many 90 00:06:40,599 --> 00:06:42,919 problems the combination of 1,000 91 00:06:42,919 --> 00:06:44,680 convicts along with thousands still 92 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:46,560 awaiting their trials had created a 93 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:48,800 hierarchy of power and an explosive 94 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:51,280 atmosphere there are massive more under 95 00:06:51,280 --> 00:06:54,240 trials and there are coms the few can 96 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:56,720 control the many take from the under 97 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:59,199 trials convicts used extortion and you 98 00:06:59,199 --> 00:07:02,919 you a few people up occasionally and um 99 00:07:02,919 --> 00:07:04,560 the many will come across with a few 100 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,039 rupees here a few rupes there you know 101 00:07:07,039 --> 00:07:09,080 the inmates they're not being themselves 102 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:11,919 I mean this a macho image I mean tough 103 00:07:11,919 --> 00:07:13,759 aggressive you know you get a few 104 00:07:13,759 --> 00:07:16,120 thousand Macho people together you know 105 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,759 and that's a lot of aggression you know 106 00:07:18,759 --> 00:07:20,960 and that's a lot of controlling because 107 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:22,240 this is prison that's a lot of 108 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:24,039 controlling to do so I've understood 109 00:07:24,039 --> 00:07:26,440 when I first came here myself that uh 110 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:29,000 sometimes the stick had to be used but 111 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,479 um you have a point where you don't go 112 00:07:32,479 --> 00:07:35,039 beyond the jail staff were trained under 113 00:07:35,039 --> 00:07:36,800 the old tradition of Oppression 114 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,919 isolation and Punishment they believed 115 00:07:39,919 --> 00:07:41,240 that if the prisoners were made to 116 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:43,199 suffer they would not commit crimes 117 00:07:43,199 --> 00:07:45,240 after their release for fear of being 118 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:48,039 sent back to this hell but they were 119 00:07:48,039 --> 00:07:51,120 wrong inar prisoners were specializing 120 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,520 further in 121 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:57,000 crime I'm here now about 13 122 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:00,199 months I was taking some 123 00:08:00,199 --> 00:08:04,319 heroin from catmandu to Toronto via the 124 00:08:04,319 --> 00:08:07,720 airport in New Delhi I researched in new 125 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,879 jelly and I was brought here David is 126 00:08:10,879 --> 00:08:13,360 one of the foreign inmates kept in thar 127 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,319 everybody is a legal expert in in tiha 128 00:08:16,319 --> 00:08:18,919 jail everybody knows all the ins and 129 00:08:18,919 --> 00:08:21,479 outs of the Indian system just so 130 00:08:21,479 --> 00:08:23,879 happens some of them be for six or S 131 00:08:23,879 --> 00:08:26,080 years maybe but they'll tell you how to 132 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:26,800 get 133 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,960 out h 134 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:32,240 with this record tiar was hardly the 135 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,080 place to expect a breakthrough in prison 136 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,429 reform and yet this is exactly what 137 00:08:37,429 --> 00:08:42,069 [Music] 138 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,600 happened in May 1993 a new Inspector 139 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,720 General of Prisons was 140 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:57,959 posted the new IG was Kiran Betty a 141 00:08:57,959 --> 00:09:00,040 little woman with a big reputation and 142 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,839 an even bigger 143 00:09:05,250 --> 00:09:08,309 [Music] 144 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:13,800 Vision as India's first woman police 145 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:16,079 officer Betty has always attracted 146 00:09:16,079 --> 00:09:18,800 controversy using unconventional methods 147 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:20,480 to achieve high 148 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:23,800 goals you can to me she's a magnificent 149 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:26,800 woman she's she's got Integrity she's 150 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:29,160 got very high morals and she certainly 151 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:31,160 has ambition she's been everything from 152 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:35,120 a tennis sty to a notorious um 153 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:37,720 policewoman who used to tow away 154 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:39,959 dignitaries cars from toway areas that's 155 00:09:39,959 --> 00:09:42,200 where they called the crane Betty I 156 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,279 clearly Bly remember the day when she 157 00:09:44,279 --> 00:09:46,680 she was to join we have a meeting for 158 00:09:46,680 --> 00:09:49,079 one uh one and a half hours and that 159 00:09:49,079 --> 00:09:51,160 meeting she only made us clear there's a 160 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:53,800 very thin thread between us as officers 161 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:55,240 and those 162 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:57,800 inside we have also made blunders in our 163 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,720 life but thank God we are not inside 164 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:03,200 Unfortunately they are right from the 165 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:04,959 start Betty told her staff that she 166 00:10:04,959 --> 00:10:06,880 intended to turn thar prison into a 167 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:10,200 place for personal development an ashram 168 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:12,440 I started to share with them my vision 169 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:15,000 of a prison I held my meetings first of 170 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:16,760 all told them that you're going to work 171 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:20,399 as a team work as a family asking them 172 00:10:20,399 --> 00:10:22,440 are they aware of what their whole job 173 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:24,839 priority is what are they meant for are 174 00:10:24,839 --> 00:10:27,160 they here as Watchmen or are they here 175 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:30,000 for a larger job 176 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,160 ever since she took office she did a lot 177 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:35,000 of a transformation she's a person who 178 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,120 who solves 179 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:39,519 problem if you cannot solve a problem 180 00:10:39,519 --> 00:10:40,760 that you are part of the problem 181 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:43,720 yourself we kept using a lot of love and 182 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:46,639 care actually giving them love and care 183 00:10:46,639 --> 00:10:48,959 allowed them books canteen facilities 184 00:10:48,959 --> 00:10:52,279 better Medical Care clothing radio 185 00:10:52,279 --> 00:10:55,120 outside visitors before we were regarded 186 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:57,800 here as um I don't know really what to 187 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:00,760 it's beyond description of the word 188 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:03,680 she showed us that we are human beings 189 00:11:03,680 --> 00:11:06,200 and therefore we deserve to be treated 190 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:08,760 as human 191 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,320 beings I've talked to them I've shared 192 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:13,880 with them I've read with them I've 193 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:15,639 laughed with them I've sung with them 194 00:11:15,639 --> 00:11:18,040 I've even danced with them is to make 195 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:20,600 them feel as normal as they should be 196 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:22,720 feeling why because after all when 197 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:24,760 they're going out they have to go into 198 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:25,880 normal 199 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:28,480 society so how can I keep them bottled 200 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:30,880 up here and expect them to be normal 201 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:34,079 when they going out I must release them 202 00:11:34,079 --> 00:11:36,839 as normal human beings on if possible 203 00:11:36,839 --> 00:11:38,240 even better human 204 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,680 beings this is a general feeling that 205 00:11:41,680 --> 00:11:43,480 those who have done some crime they 206 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:45,720 should be punished this is fine they 207 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:49,680 should be punished but after punishment 208 00:11:49,680 --> 00:11:52,079 what they will not live in jail all 209 00:11:52,079 --> 00:11:53,959 through their life they will come out in 210 00:11:53,959 --> 00:11:56,000 the society and if they are not reformed 211 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,839 they will commit more crimes 212 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:04,120 the atmosphere in thha had improved but 213 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:06,399 Betty knew that all material Solutions 214 00:12:06,399 --> 00:12:09,079 are always partial Solutions she was 215 00:12:09,079 --> 00:12:12,399 seeking a deeper change human mind needs 216 00:12:12,399 --> 00:12:16,880 its own food human mind needs positivity 217 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:20,760 human mind needs some higher thinking so 218 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:22,480 this was all I knew because that's what 219 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:25,120 my mind needs many of them did not know 220 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:28,160 the way to change they ready to change 221 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:31,040 they said we want to change but how they 222 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:33,360 have no skills to handle their problems 223 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:35,279 how do I give them skills to handle 224 00:12:35,279 --> 00:12:38,480 themselves what do I do I was absolutely 225 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:40,760 like a fish out of water where do I go 226 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,440 for a magic who will come to this prison 227 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:45,760 to councel who will provide the 228 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:48,639 psychological food I was just looking 229 00:12:48,639 --> 00:12:52,000 for an answer and I got an 230 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,680 answer the answer came unexpectedly from 231 00:12:55,680 --> 00:12:57,079 inside the 232 00:12:57,079 --> 00:13:00,000 prison one morning Ed was doing her 233 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,880 daily rounds a young jail officer 234 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:04,839 approached her and told her of an 235 00:13:04,839 --> 00:13:07,680 age-old teaching called 236 00:13:07,680 --> 00:13:10,240 Vasa I was walking the prison and one 237 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:13,040 officer rajendra Kumar came to me said 238 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:15,399 Madam you looking for an answer I have 239 00:13:15,399 --> 00:13:17,519 the answer and what is the answer there 240 00:13:17,519 --> 00:13:20,560 is a 241 00:13:20,560 --> 00:13:24,839 technique which Chang all I also do a 242 00:13:24,839 --> 00:13:26,360 work of vashna 243 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:29,639 meditation and it changed a lot in 244 00:13:29,639 --> 00:13:33,240 myself he I was a very angry man I would 245 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:35,839 be horrible as a person but I went for 246 00:13:35,839 --> 00:13:38,199 vashna and I'm a different person Madam 247 00:13:38,199 --> 00:13:40,560 if you don't believe me ask my family 248 00:13:40,560 --> 00:13:43,000 ask my colleagues if you introduce this 249 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,240 course in jail though it will help all 250 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:51,199 the inits they will get rid of their 251 00:13:51,199 --> 00:13:54,079 sufferings then she immediately told me 252 00:13:54,079 --> 00:13:55,800 you give me address so he gave me the 253 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:58,160 address of Mr Ram Singh I wrote a letter 254 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:00,199 to Mr Ram Singh saying could I have you 255 00:14:00,199 --> 00:14:02,160 visit my prison exactly still not 256 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:03,959 knowing what vashna stands 257 00:14:03,959 --> 00:14:07,399 for what Kiran Betty also did not know 258 00:14:07,399 --> 00:14:09,880 was that Vasa meditation had previously 259 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:13,160 been tried in Indian 260 00:14:14,070 --> 00:14:16,160 [Music] 261 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:19,480 prisons theas is a journey of Discovery 262 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:22,480 taken with closed 263 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:29,560 eyes the goal is not simply to satisfy 264 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:31,839 the Traveler's curiosity but to get 265 00:14:31,839 --> 00:14:34,079 transformed by the journey and start 266 00:14:34,079 --> 00:14:35,220 living a better 267 00:14:35,220 --> 00:14:38,600 [Music] 268 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,560 life the Pasa means to see things as 269 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:44,240 they really are in their true 270 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:46,880 nature it is an ancient meditation 271 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:49,759 technique discovered 25 centuries ago in 272 00:14:49,759 --> 00:14:53,360 India by a man named sidharta Goa known 273 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:55,150 as the 274 00:14:55,150 --> 00:14:57,600 [Music] 275 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:00,079 Buddha the record Recs from the Buddhist 276 00:15:00,079 --> 00:15:02,800 time tell remarkable stories of serial 277 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,880 killers changed into Saints and of cruel 278 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:08,120 tyrants who became model rulers by 279 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,920 practicing this 280 00:15:11,759 --> 00:15:14,040 technique with the passing of time 281 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:17,160 civilizations Rose and fell but the Pasa 282 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:18,880 was carefully preserved and passed on 283 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:23,120 from generation to generation in South 284 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:30,240 Asia today it is taught by SN goena an 285 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:33,079 Indian who was born and grew up in Burma 286 00:15:33,079 --> 00:15:35,759 Mr goena learned Vasa from his Burmese 287 00:15:35,759 --> 00:15:39,199 teacher sayaji 288 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:45,519 ubin in 1969 Mr goenka arrived in India 289 00:15:45,519 --> 00:15:47,839 and started teaching for 290 00:15:47,839 --> 00:15:50,720 Pasa a few years later he was given a 291 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:52,800 challenge by the renowned Indian leader 292 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:55,079 benova bave to teach the Pasa to 293 00:15:55,079 --> 00:15:57,360 youngsters and to harden 294 00:15:57,360 --> 00:15:59,680 criminals I said I'm here to serve if 295 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:01,800 you can arrange I will teach the the 296 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:03,800 hard criminals in the jail I will teach 297 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,600 the students he arranged in the school 298 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:08,759 and it was very successful but he could 299 00:16:08,759 --> 00:16:11,240 not arrange in the prison because the 300 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:14,160 rules of prison Manual of prison is such 301 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:17,279 that uh a teacher cannot go and stay 302 00:16:17,279 --> 00:16:19,160 there when has to stay outside and that 303 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,720 was not acceptable to me when a course 304 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:23,560 is given I must be there with my 305 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:26,199 students it could not materialize but 306 00:16:26,199 --> 00:16:28,399 later on the Rajasthan government was 307 00:16:28,399 --> 00:16:30,800 good enough to relax their rules and 308 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,040 first course was given there in the jaur 309 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:37,399 jail in 1975 in Jaipur prisoners learned 310 00:16:37,399 --> 00:16:40,680 for Pasa for the first time Mr goena 311 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:42,920 insisted again on some conditions and 312 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:44,880 the prison authorities were trying hard 313 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:47,240 to meet his demands before the court 314 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:48,920 started some people were brought in 315 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:51,800 Chains and Ankle chains so he said what 316 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:53,800 is this I said they are very hardened 317 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,759 criminals and very dangerous criminals 318 00:16:56,759 --> 00:16:58,480 and we want that they should also get 319 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:01,440 take of course but he said why have you 320 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:03,120 put the chains on them because they are 321 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:06,400 dangerous he said no I can't give Tama 322 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,079 to the people while they are in Chains 323 00:17:09,079 --> 00:17:11,439 so they have to be removed and the IG 324 00:17:11,439 --> 00:17:12,919 and the superintendent of jail they 325 00:17:12,919 --> 00:17:15,480 didn't agree because the IG said that 326 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:17,799 there is a great possibility that one of 327 00:17:17,799 --> 00:17:20,400 them or few of them will get up and 328 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:22,720 strangle Mr goenka or you as Home 329 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:24,760 Secretary and they will get a big name 330 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:26,520 because they are any case dying they 331 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:28,199 will be hanged or they will have serious 332 00:17:28,199 --> 00:17:31,200 punishment so we took little risk and uh 333 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:32,799 it was decided that they will put a 334 00:17:32,799 --> 00:17:36,160 guard close by and if anybody got up 335 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:40,550 menacingly towards us he should be 336 00:17:40,550 --> 00:17:49,080 [Music] 337 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:53,120 shot fortunately no shot had to be fired 338 00:17:53,120 --> 00:17:56,600 the jaipore jail course concluded 339 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,840 peacefully its success led to more 340 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:01,120 courses in other 341 00:18:01,120 --> 00:18:04,760 prisons one of them was Boda 342 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:07,840 jail the superintendent Mr Vora was 343 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:09,880 impressed by the effect of aasa on his 344 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:12,480 prisoners and decided to take a course 345 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:15,280 himself after that he arranged five more 346 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:19,240 courses in baroa jail 347 00:18:38,679 --> 00:18:40,720 Babu Baya was Notorious for killing 348 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:45,120 three people in 5 minutes during a gang 349 00:18:51,690 --> 00:18:54,719 [Music] 350 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,919 fight after taking a call he contacted 351 00:18:59,919 --> 00:19:01,760 the family of his victims seeking 352 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,760 forgiveness 353 00:19:16,030 --> 00:19:19,130 [Music] 354 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,200 of a passer course is 10 days 355 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,760 long students live in complete silence 356 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:53,720 meditating from early morning till 357 00:19:55,120 --> 00:19:58,039 night for 10 days they follow a basic 358 00:19:58,039 --> 00:19:59,760 code of moral 359 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:02,200 conduct they abstain from killing 360 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:05,360 stealing lying sexual activity and the 361 00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:07,240 use of 362 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,880 intoxicants without a base of morality 363 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:11,919 the mind will remain too agitated to 364 00:20:11,919 --> 00:20:14,880 investigate the reality within any 365 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:16,840 physical or vocal action which is UNH 366 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:19,240 wholesome which goes against morality 367 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:22,880 which is immoral starts with a impure 368 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:25,520 mind a negative mind so you kill 369 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:27,799 somebody you can't kill somebody without 370 00:20:27,799 --> 00:20:30,360 generating tremendous amount of anger or 371 00:20:30,360 --> 00:20:32,720 hatred in you you steal something you 372 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:34,919 can't steal something without generating 373 00:20:34,919 --> 00:20:37,400 tremendous amount of craving or greed 374 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:40,000 and every time one generates negativity 375 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,640 in the Mind One becomes miserable when 376 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:44,799 you do something wrong you instantly 377 00:20:44,799 --> 00:20:47,640 punished why because you're now guilty 378 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:49,960 you've told a lie and you telling 100 379 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,760 lies to justify one lie you've stolen 380 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:54,320 now you suspicious that you might be 381 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:56,280 caught the very fact that you are under 382 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:58,840 the agony of getting caught is the the 383 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:02,520 pain you're getting out of the law of 384 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:08,799 nature back in tiha Kiran Betty Was 385 00:21:08,799 --> 00:21:11,640 preparing the ground for a vac 386 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:14,159 course she said that if a course could 387 00:21:14,159 --> 00:21:16,799 be organize I say why not we can do this 388 00:21:16,799 --> 00:21:18,640 so there also the similar difficulties 389 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:21,200 came I said first condition is that some 390 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,600 of the jail senior people should attend 391 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,480 the course first then only we'll agree 392 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:29,279 unless the keepers of the prisoners ch 393 00:21:29,279 --> 00:21:32,039 prisoners will not 394 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:42,039 change your search should be more 395 00:21:42,039 --> 00:21:44,080 effective your officer search Kieran 396 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:46,000 Betty was not afraid to experiment with 397 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,360 new ideas she sent some of the more 398 00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:50,039 stubborn and aggressive members of her 399 00:21:50,039 --> 00:21:52,000 staff to have a passer course held 400 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,200 outside jail when these men returned 401 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:57,000 colleagues and inmates alike found them 402 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,480 to be much more calm and positive 403 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:01,200 there was actually stories of a couple 404 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:02,840 of officers you know that were caught 405 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,000 doing the wrong thing you know like 406 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,600 smuggling bees in CU they pay money for 407 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:09,880 them and you know when they're on such a 408 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:14,240 small wage this is good for them and um 409 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:15,679 I think she was going to sack these 410 00:22:15,679 --> 00:22:18,240 people or you know get rid of them she 411 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:20,200 like gave him a chance and said if you 412 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,039 want to keep on working right you have 413 00:22:22,039 --> 00:22:24,320 to do this and this and this and you 414 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:26,080 have to go and do one of those 10day 415 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:29,000 courses as well 416 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,080 go everything you do you have to pay for 417 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:34,279 one way or another my life is instant I 418 00:22:34,279 --> 00:22:37,120 do something wrong and it's there 419 00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:41,840 po my family still don't know um exactly 420 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:45,320 where I am my mother thinks I'm in India 421 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:47,320 but I don't I didn't want to worry her 422 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:49,320 to say where I was so I thought I just 423 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:52,320 tell her I was doing fora and I am the 424 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:54,559 first for pass a course as taught by SN 425 00:22:54,559 --> 00:22:57,400 goenka at thha jail was held in November 426 00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:59,039 1993 427 00:22:59,039 --> 00:23:01,159 over 100 prisoners and jail staff 428 00:23:01,159 --> 00:23:03,880 participated she was not forcing people 429 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:05,799 just go and see 430 00:23:05,799 --> 00:23:08,360 yourself if you like it well and good if 431 00:23:08,360 --> 00:23:10,679 you don't like it well and good but just 432 00:23:10,679 --> 00:23:13,240 go please and see yourself they were 433 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:16,679 asking people interested in in V or 434 00:23:16,679 --> 00:23:19,200 meditating the school came around in one 435 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:23,360 of the wards and so I went 436 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:39,039 [Music] 437 00:23:39,039 --> 00:23:41,799 at first all one is asked to do is to 438 00:23:41,799 --> 00:23:44,840 focus on one's own natural breath to 439 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:46,400 feel it coming in and out of the 440 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:48,679 nostrils and to maintain this awareness 441 00:23:48,679 --> 00:23:50,480 for as long as 442 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:56,320 possible sounds simple but it's not 443 00:24:05,020 --> 00:24:08,230 [Music] 444 00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:14,410 [Music] 445 00:24:16,490 --> 00:24:21,920 [Music] 446 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:25,880 it's something which you can't avoid you 447 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:27,640 know you can concentrate for so long 448 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,279 then after a while you don't realize it 449 00:24:29,279 --> 00:24:30,399 but your mind 450 00:24:30,399 --> 00:24:32,960 wonders and it's after a while you say 451 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:36,080 Hey you know you're supposed to be back 452 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:37,840 here you know concentrating and so you 453 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:39,760 come back to it then you find yourself 454 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:41,320 you're off wandering again thinking 455 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:42,799 about something which you're doing back 456 00:24:42,799 --> 00:24:44,360 home and then hang on you're supposed to 457 00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:47,000 be back on the 458 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:51,399 meditation when one sits down to be 459 00:24:51,399 --> 00:24:53,720 still an endless stream of thoughts 460 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:55,320 Wells up in the 461 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:59,039 mind memories hopes fears 462 00:24:59,039 --> 00:25:01,840 start flooding 463 00:25:05,950 --> 00:25:09,019 [Music] 464 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:22,960 in after a 3-day struggle the Mind 465 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:26,399 quiets down thoughts become faint faded 466 00:25:26,399 --> 00:25:30,120 like passing clouds 467 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:32,360 by focusing for so long on the small 468 00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:34,679 patch of skin below the nostrils the 469 00:25:34,679 --> 00:25:36,960 Mind becomes so sensitive that it can 470 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,840 feel the subtlest flow of breath a new 471 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:42,240 realm of Sensations unfolds within this 472 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:46,120 area itching tingling heat pressure 473 00:25:46,120 --> 00:25:49,000 natural physical Sensations never before 474 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:50,440 experienced so 475 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,279 vividly only then is one prepared to 476 00:25:53,279 --> 00:25:54,960 learn 477 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,840 Vasa the whole idea with Vasa is to go 478 00:25:57,840 --> 00:25:59,640 inside 479 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:01,679 and when you go inside and everything is 480 00:26:01,679 --> 00:26:04,559 quiet and yourself you're quiet then you 481 00:26:04,559 --> 00:26:06,480 contact yourself you can come inside 482 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:08,399 yourself and you can feel your 483 00:26:08,399 --> 00:26:10,640 Sensations continuous awareness of 484 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,000 physical Sensations without reacting is 485 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,200 the core of the vacina practice every 486 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:19,360 sound Vision taste smell everything that 487 00:26:19,360 --> 00:26:21,600 contacts the body instantly produces 488 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:22,840 some 489 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,440 sensation the technique focuses on 490 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:27,679 natural physical Sensations as The 491 00:26:27,679 --> 00:26:30,279 crucial Li link between mind and body 492 00:26:30,279 --> 00:26:32,919 the key to understanding human 493 00:26:32,919 --> 00:26:36,200 behavior through vapas one realizes that 494 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,480 one's own attitudes and addictions 495 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:40,760 suffering and happiness are not caused 496 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:43,559 by the outside world it is the reactions 497 00:26:43,559 --> 00:26:45,799 to Pleasant or unpleasant Sensations the 498 00:26:45,799 --> 00:26:47,679 world evokes within the body that 499 00:26:47,679 --> 00:26:50,159 dictate one's actions and conditions the 500 00:26:50,159 --> 00:26:52,420 mind 501 00:26:52,420 --> 00:26:56,349 [Music] 502 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:02,519 [Music] 503 00:27:02,919 --> 00:27:04,919 on the fourth day of the course the 504 00:27:04,919 --> 00:27:06,640 passer is 505 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,159 taught students learn how to observe 506 00:27:09,159 --> 00:27:11,279 objectively all the sensations in their 507 00:27:11,279 --> 00:27:13,480 bodies whatever they may be without 508 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:14,550 reacting to 509 00:27:14,550 --> 00:27:15,919 [Music] 510 00:27:15,919 --> 00:27:20,039 them they watch emotions come and 511 00:27:20,039 --> 00:27:24,440 go they watch pain come and 512 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:28,799 go they watch pleasure come and go 513 00:27:28,799 --> 00:27:31,240 and they realize not intellectually but 514 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,120 through their own experience that 515 00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:35,880 nothing is 516 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:40,480 permanent hatred passion greed are not 517 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,120 abstract 518 00:27:42,120 --> 00:27:44,360 anymore by watching the physical 519 00:27:44,360 --> 00:27:46,799 Sensations accompanying these emotions 520 00:27:46,799 --> 00:27:48,679 and by understanding their impermanent 521 00:27:48,679 --> 00:27:51,279 nature one can actually start changing 522 00:27:51,279 --> 00:27:53,300 the habit of blind 523 00:27:53,300 --> 00:27:54,880 [Music] 524 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,279 reaction between the two poles of 525 00:27:57,279 --> 00:27:59,679 expression and depression lies a third 526 00:27:59,679 --> 00:28:02,919 option mere 527 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,159 observation the first course I was so 528 00:28:11,159 --> 00:28:13,919 overwhelmed with everything I see things 529 00:28:13,919 --> 00:28:16,360 as the way it is the reality you to 530 00:28:16,360 --> 00:28:18,000 solve a lot of you to get a lot of 531 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,279 answers out of it it's you who can make 532 00:28:21,279 --> 00:28:24,519 yourself into the right path and it's 533 00:28:24,519 --> 00:28:26,039 you who 534 00:28:26,039 --> 00:28:29,720 can lead to a misery is happiness in 535 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,279 there you 536 00:28:39,210 --> 00:28:43,229 [Music] 537 00:28:44,559 --> 00:28:47,159 know after the course it was no looking 538 00:28:47,159 --> 00:28:49,480 back even for us it was saying Hey thank 539 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:51,720 God we found a remedy we found an 540 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:54,159 alternative we found a way to take them 541 00:28:54,159 --> 00:28:56,919 to then there's no looking back the 542 00:28:56,919 --> 00:28:59,159 first the passinger course in tiha jail 543 00:28:59,159 --> 00:29:01,279 was followed by five more and Kieran 544 00:29:01,279 --> 00:29:03,840 Betty was once again thinking ahead we 545 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:07,000 became greedier we were impatient why 546 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,399 only 50 60 when I have 10,000 people 547 00:29:09,399 --> 00:29:12,159 with me so why can't we reach at least a 548 00:29:12,159 --> 00:29:14,799 large percentage of a massive course 549 00:29:14,799 --> 00:29:16,760 rather than going into small trickles to 550 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:18,919 have a massive impact then said would 551 00:29:18,919 --> 00:29:20,760 you be able to arrange a course of over 552 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,399 thousand I said yes immediately are you 553 00:29:23,399 --> 00:29:25,840 sure I said 554 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,080 yes it was one of the most ambitious 555 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:31,200 ious projects in the history of Indian 556 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:34,159 prisons it was also the largest Vaso 557 00:29:34,159 --> 00:29:37,159 course conducted in modern 558 00:29:37,159 --> 00:29:40,279 times in just a few weeks a special area 559 00:29:40,279 --> 00:29:42,559 was prepared inside the 560 00:29:42,559 --> 00:29:45,399 prison accommodating in one place a 561 00:29:45,399 --> 00:29:47,519 thousand inmates as well as Mr goenka 562 00:29:47,519 --> 00:29:49,399 and his assistants was a tremendous 563 00:29:49,399 --> 00:29:52,399 undertaking 564 00:30:00,039 --> 00:30:02,159 nobody could believe that the 1,000 565 00:30:02,159 --> 00:30:05,720 prisoners could be put together and kept 566 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,480 at a place because it's a grave security 567 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:11,480 risk 568 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:48,960 he pretends to be no saint he is like a 569 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:51,559 simple humble teacher he's not expecting 570 00:30:51,559 --> 00:30:53,919 anything in 571 00:30:53,919 --> 00:30:55,919 return the way he's done it for 572 00:30:55,919 --> 00:30:58,039 prisoners for 10 days he's lived in the 573 00:30:58,039 --> 00:31:00,360 prison for 11 days he and his wife 574 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:04,080 together and it was no comfortable 575 00:31:07,279 --> 00:31:10,200 stay 1,000 prisoners gathered in the 576 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:13,960 huge tent on the evening of April 577 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:17,480 4th they reflected the wide range of 578 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:20,120 Human Experience Hindus Muslims 579 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:22,600 Christians siks from different nations 580 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,240 and social 581 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:29,000 backgrounds is essential that you will 582 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:33,519 keep silence Noble silence it doesn't 583 00:31:33,519 --> 00:31:36,639 mean that your mouth will be locked talk 584 00:31:36,639 --> 00:31:39,799 to your teachers your guides there's no 585 00:31:39,799 --> 00:31:42,519 restriction about it in the early hours 586 00:31:42,519 --> 00:31:45,320 of the next day a fierce rainstorm 587 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:47,760 extremely unusual for that dry season 588 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:50,200 suddenly 589 00:31:55,799 --> 00:31:58,760 descended the tent collapsed 590 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:00,960 all the rugs and meditation cushions 591 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:02,240 were completely 592 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,840 soaked an emergency meeting was called 593 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:07,919 at 3:30 a.m. to consider cancelling the 594 00:32:07,919 --> 00:32:10,960 course instead measures were quickly put 595 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:14,600 into action allowing it to 596 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:19,960 continue when the weather cleared a 597 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:22,960 massive Salvage operation was 598 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,639 launched meanwhile the course continued 599 00:32:25,639 --> 00:32:29,840 as prisoners meditated in their barracks 600 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:33,760 by evening the tent was ready again for 601 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:35,880 the students to assemble and the course 602 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,399 went on as 603 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:51,799 planned 9 days later it was apparent 604 00:32:51,799 --> 00:32:53,679 that something unique had been 605 00:32:53,679 --> 00:32:57,120 accomplished it actually changed people 606 00:32:57,120 --> 00:33:00,039 it made my my prisoners weep it made 607 00:33:00,039 --> 00:33:02,760 them cry they had realized what life 608 00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:06,279 actually could be they had looked within 609 00:33:06,279 --> 00:33:08,159 and within themselves they had seen the 610 00:33:08,159 --> 00:33:09,360 feeling of 611 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:12,880 Revenge they had seen anger they saw the 612 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:14,960 disrespect and hurt that caused to 613 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:17,600 parents in society and they wept and 614 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,559 they wanted to be different I felt 615 00:33:20,559 --> 00:33:23,679 guilty that I did a wrong 616 00:33:23,679 --> 00:33:26,240 thing I have done a wrong 617 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:30,440 thing and uh uh what I have done it's 618 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:32,880 something which I can come out of it and 619 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,200 correct it that realization was the 620 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,159 greatest magic that's exactly what I was 621 00:33:37,159 --> 00:33:40,039 looking for how do I realize them make 622 00:33:40,039 --> 00:33:41,760 them realize they've actually hurt 623 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:43,799 Society they're just all the time saying 624 00:33:43,799 --> 00:33:45,480 we innocent we are innocent we never 625 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:48,080 hurt Society Society hurt us how do I 626 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,559 convince them that you did hurt Society 627 00:33:50,559 --> 00:33:53,360 at some stage of your life therefore law 628 00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:55,440 of Nature has had its scor you getting 629 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,919 it today so they learn in vashna I 630 00:33:58,919 --> 00:34:00,639 didn't have to say anything they went up 631 00:34:00,639 --> 00:34:03,639 on the mic and said we hurt Society but 632 00:34:03,639 --> 00:34:08,320 we seek forgiveness that was a greatest 633 00:34:09,119 --> 00:34:12,399 magic when the course ended 12200 634 00:34:12,399 --> 00:34:14,560 participants and international guests 635 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:16,320 witnessed the inauguration of the first 636 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:20,320 papasa center to be established in a 637 00:34:22,359 --> 00:34:25,399 prison within 3 weeks it began to offer 638 00:34:25,399 --> 00:34:29,130 Vasser courses twice a month 639 00:34:29,130 --> 00:34:34,889 [Music] 640 00:34:37,599 --> 00:34:39,720 don't expect any Miracles it will take 641 00:34:39,720 --> 00:34:42,560 time not that all of a sudden a criminal 642 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,839 changes to the Saint the beginning of 643 00:34:44,839 --> 00:34:46,480 change is there and the again the 644 00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:49,079 environment in the jail is so bad that 645 00:34:49,079 --> 00:34:51,359 even one course it doesn't change the 646 00:34:51,359 --> 00:34:53,560 whole environment so unless the 647 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:55,320 environment is Chang other steps are 648 00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:58,160 taken facilities given for their regular 649 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:01,280 practice then real change will occur the 650 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:03,880 Pasa courses as taught by SN goenka are 651 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:06,520 alike everywhere in the world the same 652 00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:10,640 rules same timetable same 653 00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:12,680 instructions the workers who serve the 654 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:14,440 students during the course are 655 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:16,480 volunteers who have already taken the 656 00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:17,790 course 657 00:35:17,790 --> 00:35:20,929 [Music] 658 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:23,599 themselves a teacher trained and 659 00:35:23,599 --> 00:35:26,160 appointed by Mr goenka stays within the 660 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:28,800 course site for 10 days and conduct the 661 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:30,050 course 662 00:35:30,050 --> 00:35:33,469 [Music] 663 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:39,119 voluntarily nothing is by accident you 664 00:35:39,119 --> 00:35:43,480 know I come I'm CAU I'm here all for a 665 00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:46,079 reason I don't have to be caught going 666 00:35:46,079 --> 00:35:48,400 to Canada I could have gone to Canada 667 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,839 and then gone back and my life this this 668 00:35:50,839 --> 00:35:54,240 this all for a reason after taking a few 669 00:35:54,240 --> 00:35:56,400 Vaca courses David asked to be 670 00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:58,720 transferred to the Vaca award and work 671 00:35:58,720 --> 00:36:01,359 there as a volunteer when I first came I 672 00:36:01,359 --> 00:36:04,319 thought why is the P here of course when 673 00:36:04,319 --> 00:36:06,040 when I say that it answers itself 674 00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:07,960 because this is where it's needed 675 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:10,720 most this is history in the making you 676 00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:13,800 know this is the first chance where the 677 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,960 PNA where this is being used in a prison 678 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:20,000 system to possibly reform people and if 679 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,359 this does show results then this could 680 00:36:22,359 --> 00:36:24,240 reform the whole prison system and the 681 00:36:24,240 --> 00:36:27,599 entire planet and it happens here 682 00:36:27,599 --> 00:36:29,839 scratch his Bell he should attack me 683 00:36:29,839 --> 00:36:31,200 there you 684 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:34,520 go you're attack thatat see all I can 685 00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:37,000 really do is to try to set an example 686 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,839 for other people in doing this then 687 00:36:40,839 --> 00:36:42,640 maybe they will try a little bit harder 688 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:43,880 for 689 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:47,359 themselves David the one day courses on 690 00:36:47,359 --> 00:36:50,280 this date no we have four one day 691 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:53,839 courses yeah your 26th morning is jail 4 692 00:36:53,839 --> 00:36:56,440 yes and 27th morning I'm bringing jail 1 693 00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:58,640 2 and three together so tell him we 694 00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:00,359 would need him at both the 695 00:37:00,359 --> 00:37:02,880 9:00 please tell the 696 00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:06,960 teacher I cannot do anything vassal wise 697 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:09,880 for anybody they have to do it 698 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:11,800 themselves the bottom line is you can't 699 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:13,280 help somebody unless they want to be 700 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:16,000 helped and the vasna if you can get 701 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:19,480 through to them is for themselves to get 702 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:21,640 inside themselves to 703 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:24,119 help twice a month prisoners from 704 00:37:24,119 --> 00:37:26,319 different sections of thha arrive at the 705 00:37:26,319 --> 00:37:28,240 vassan award to take a 706 00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:30,400 course some of them have done this a 707 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:32,760 number of times each time they follow 708 00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:35,240 the same program what differs is the 709 00:37:35,240 --> 00:37:37,920 personal experience I call them buikus 710 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:39,960 when they come here which is the monk 711 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:42,079 because this is in effect what they are 712 00:37:42,079 --> 00:37:44,920 but 10 days they become a monk a lot of 713 00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:46,560 people are under the impression this 10 714 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:49,680 days they come over here is is um is so 715 00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,520 easy it's not you have to work there's 716 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,720 no sort of lazy way out of it and 717 00:37:54,720 --> 00:37:56,880 actually going on the course sort of 718 00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:59,160 forces to work it's like being thrown 719 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:01,440 into a swimming pool you know you have 720 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:03,800 to swim man it's not a matter of saying 721 00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:05,480 yeah I will learn to swim I will learn 722 00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:06,920 swim it's when they throw you in the 723 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:08,520 pool that's when you have to swim so 724 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:10,720 when you go to this course you have to 725 00:38:10,720 --> 00:38:13,240 do the 10 726 00:38:13,240 --> 00:38:15,640 days next to the silent bubble of the 727 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:17,839 course on the other side of the wall 728 00:38:17,839 --> 00:38:21,800 prison life flows along 729 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,000 in thar jail prisoners can have yoga 730 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,079 lessons counseling sessions and other 731 00:38:34,079 --> 00:38:35,839 educational 732 00:38:35,839 --> 00:38:38,800 programs but a Vass a course is quite 733 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:40,880 different from these activities and 734 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:44,000 prisoners are not always aware of this 735 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:47,240 fact we're in jail and jail have jail 736 00:38:47,240 --> 00:38:51,599 rules this is VNA VNA has VNA rules and 737 00:38:51,599 --> 00:38:54,079 it happens to be that vassal rules are 738 00:38:54,079 --> 00:38:55,200 more 739 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:58,160 strict than what the jail is 740 00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:00,040 some of them understand some of them 741 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:03,359 don't understand see in jail they have 742 00:39:03,359 --> 00:39:06,599 the rules but they the game is to bend 743 00:39:06,599 --> 00:39:08,599 the rules as much as they can or change 744 00:39:08,599 --> 00:39:10,280 as much as they can to take control 745 00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:12,319 themselves and they bring that same 746 00:39:12,319 --> 00:39:14,560 attitude in here you still B thing boy 747 00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:16,800 and I say no this is not jail that's 748 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:18,359 jail you want to go back to jail you can 749 00:39:18,359 --> 00:39:21,720 go back to jail but this is V 750 00:39:22,119 --> 00:39:25,359 Persona we do have a little bit of um 751 00:39:25,359 --> 00:39:28,319 people who become jealous may be envious 752 00:39:28,319 --> 00:39:30,800 because here people seem to get a little 753 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:34,280 bit more than what other people 754 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:36,720 do they don't realize that the the guys 755 00:39:36,720 --> 00:39:40,720 who come here are putting more into 756 00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:44,000 themselves if somebody has had some sort 757 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,280 of experience or self- discipline then 758 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:50,680 they seem to be falling into it much 759 00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:54,599 easier let's understand the 10 days is 760 00:39:54,599 --> 00:39:56,599 is the basic you know I mean this is the 761 00:39:56,599 --> 00:39:59,160 least amount of time necessary to get 762 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:03,480 some sort of a a spark to the candle and 763 00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:05,839 sometimes that spark doesn't ignite 764 00:40:05,839 --> 00:40:07,599 maybe you need another spark another 765 00:40:07,599 --> 00:40:10,520 spark but after a couple the light 766 00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:12,720 starts to flicker it grows and then the 767 00:40:12,720 --> 00:40:14,079 candle is 768 00:40:14,079 --> 00:40:18,640 LD change does not come easy way change 769 00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:22,760 takes a time and as I told you 770 00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:24,400 earlier 771 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:28,440 that this Revenge 772 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:32,200 which I had an anger quick temper is 773 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:33,200 still 774 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:35,599 subsiding I'm not telling you exactly it 775 00:40:35,599 --> 00:40:38,160 went off completely one time buam I did 776 00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:41,119 a pass I sit down and it just went out 777 00:40:41,119 --> 00:40:44,920 like that it's still subsiding subsiding 778 00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:47,920 subsiding 779 00:40:48,460 --> 00:40:57,230 [Music] 780 00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:06,000 why did it happen that I'm 781 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:09,400 here what happened to me it's what I've 782 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:11,880 done to 783 00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:14,970 myself and that's why I'm 784 00:41:14,970 --> 00:41:20,129 [Music] 785 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:24,000 here I don't trust people as as I used 786 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:27,560 to do sometimes I meet them and and they 787 00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:30,680 treat me not good 788 00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:33,800 and I think if I have a vote I would 789 00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:35,480 just pull the pin and let the whole 790 00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:37,280 thing explode that's it and start all 791 00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:41,160 over again V keeps trying to bring me 792 00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:44,870 back away from this uh distrustful 793 00:41:44,870 --> 00:41:51,240 [Music] 794 00:41:51,240 --> 00:41:55,319 people I'm here now doing vashna and is 795 00:41:55,319 --> 00:41:58,480 your way of life you you the way you 796 00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:00,640 talk to people the way you think the way 797 00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:03,280 you act the way you do things for people 798 00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:06,000 or don't do things for people The Art of 799 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:10,000 Living they call this 800 00:42:18,550 --> 00:42:36,319 [Music] 801 00:42:36,319 --> 00:42:40,030 on the morning of the 10th day silence 802 00:42:40,030 --> 00:42:45,750 [Music] 803 00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:51,960 ends on this special day it becomes 804 00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:56,760 clear how long a journey it has been 805 00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:07,920 students make the transition back to a 806 00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:10,319 more extroverted way of life for the 807 00:43:10,319 --> 00:43:12,640 first time in 10 days they can actually 808 00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:16,720 talk and share experiences 809 00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:40,680 it was a great opportunity for me being 810 00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:43,160 here before I used to regret now I'm not 811 00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:45,400 regretting it there is no any regret in 812 00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:48,760 within me that yes it happened and I did 813 00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:51,440 this mistake so right now I look in 814 00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:53,040 future 815 00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:56,440 ahead actually I come from a very 816 00:43:56,440 --> 00:43:59,119 orthodox Muslim family and my parents 817 00:43:59,119 --> 00:44:01,640 when they used to pray and I used to 818 00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:04,119 always I was very curious 819 00:44:04,119 --> 00:44:07,319 child that you are praying and this 820 00:44:07,319 --> 00:44:10,280 person whom you are begging always where 821 00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:12,720 is he is he upstairs nobody see him and 822 00:44:12,720 --> 00:44:15,800 why can't he listen to prayers why is he 823 00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:18,520 prejudiced I was looking for something 824 00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:21,599 which have a universal appeal something 825 00:44:21,599 --> 00:44:23,480 which doesn't condemn other religion 826 00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:25,640 saying that this religion is bad this 827 00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:28,680 ours is good actually I found what I was 828 00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:31,640 looking for for all these years the 829 00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:34,280 thing which has been bugging me I found 830 00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:35,920 the answer 831 00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:38,200 here before I used to feel a lot of 832 00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:40,480 self-pity about being inside J you know 833 00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:42,160 I thinking why should this have happened 834 00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:44,480 to me and all this sort of thing having 835 00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:47,079 the passner course it's 836 00:44:47,079 --> 00:44:49,640 like I'm grateful that it was there you 837 00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:51,480 know I'm almost grateful for coming to 838 00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:54,160 jail to actually go there and you know 839 00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:57,480 have the opportunity to do it 840 00:44:57,480 --> 00:45:00,119 you know I often think to myself when I 841 00:45:00,119 --> 00:45:02,160 get home you know I've got my own 842 00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:05,359 bedroom I can meditate there I can make 843 00:45:05,359 --> 00:45:08,240 it a regular part of my life but you 844 00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:11,520 know old habits die hard and it's very 845 00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:14,280 easy just to fall back into the old 846 00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:17,880 pattern of Lifestyle so before I leave 847 00:45:17,880 --> 00:45:19,440 here like I don't know when that could 848 00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:21,319 be you know there could be a chance next 849 00:45:21,319 --> 00:45:23,680 month or middle or the end of next year 850 00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:26,200 but actually what I'd really like to do 851 00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:28,040 is go to a court 852 00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:30,200 complete the course and then like the 853 00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:32,280 very next day to be able to walk out of 854 00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:34,800 jail I'd go out in a very good frame of 855 00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:37,319 mind not a bad frame of mind which this 856 00:45:37,319 --> 00:45:38,800 place can 857 00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:41,680 create you know this coming to te it's a 858 00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:45,079 lesson in life I'll never forget you 859 00:45:45,079 --> 00:45:46,920 know it's in a way it's a great 860 00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:49,040 experience but it's just going on for 861 00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:51,319 too long now you know I've really like 862 00:45:51,319 --> 00:45:56,220 it to finish and so I can go home 863 00:45:56,220 --> 00:46:02,820 [Music] 864 00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:11,240 it sure has come a long way earlier 865 00:46:11,240 --> 00:46:12,680 prisons were not being opened for this 866 00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:15,720 course some were some were not but now 867 00:46:15,720 --> 00:46:17,079 the government of India sent out a 868 00:46:17,079 --> 00:46:20,319 circular to all the prisons in India to 869 00:46:20,319 --> 00:46:22,880 encourage vashna 870 00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:25,839 courses because the prisoners were 871 00:46:25,839 --> 00:46:27,800 capable of receiving 872 00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:30,960 staff was accepting this the community 873 00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:34,040 outside was expecting this to happen you 874 00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:36,839 know there was a positivity of a belief 875 00:46:36,839 --> 00:46:39,119 that this can happen in the prison now 876 00:46:39,119 --> 00:46:40,680 people who were being released from the 877 00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:43,000 prison were not coming back anymore 878 00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:45,160 outside people had started to see the 879 00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:47,119 change in their thinking and behavior so 880 00:46:47,119 --> 00:46:49,270 there's been no looking back 881 00:46:49,270 --> 00:46:52,530 [Music] 882 00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:10,240 a technique which is effective here will 883 00:47:10,240 --> 00:47:12,520 be definitely effective anywhere in the 884 00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:15,240 world presence in the west and the 885 00:47:15,240 --> 00:47:18,200 presence in the East men in the west men 886 00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:20,960 in the east no difference difference of 887 00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:24,200 degree but totality we are the same same 888 00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:27,480 people all over the world the Traditions 889 00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:30,359 are different culture is different but 890 00:47:30,359 --> 00:47:33,119 man is not different his attitude is not 891 00:47:33,119 --> 00:47:35,680 different governments are not different 892 00:47:35,680 --> 00:47:37,920 it looks that government in India may be 893 00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:39,720 harsh and present conditions are very 894 00:47:39,720 --> 00:47:42,359 bad is a comparative picture even if you 895 00:47:42,359 --> 00:47:45,000 build a all good things in the jail and 896 00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:47,520 all facilities it doesn't mean that it 897 00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:49,400 is a good prison what is the attitude of 898 00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:51,920 the people that is very important 899 00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:54,040 whenever passer course ends in Baroda 900 00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:57,359 jail a special event takes place in the 901 00:47:57,359 --> 00:47:59,440 presence of social workers and guests 902 00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:01,680 supporting the vapas program the 903 00:48:01,680 --> 00:48:04,520 superintendent a vapac student himself 904 00:48:04,520 --> 00:48:06,200 greets the inmates coming out of the 905 00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:09,760 meditation Hall 906 00:48:17,690 --> 00:48:21,820 [Music] 907 00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:37,960 in this country physical contact between 908 00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:40,000 people from such different backgrounds 909 00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:43,359 is Unthinkable but on this day barriers 910 00:48:43,359 --> 00:48:46,599 are broken 911 00:48:50,490 --> 00:49:04,079 [Music] 912 00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:08,680 it's 913 00:49:09,020 --> 00:49:49,319 [Music] 914 00:49:49,319 --> 00:49:51,000 there was a one question one time I 915 00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:52,319 asked Grand 916 00:49:52,319 --> 00:49:57,319 B I ask her about uh I said 917 00:49:57,319 --> 00:50:02,440 Madam uh how many people in this 918 00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:04,280 world you 919 00:50:04,280 --> 00:50:07,480 think that they're doing they just here 920 00:50:07,480 --> 00:50:08,520 in this 921 00:50:08,520 --> 00:50:11,160 world they believe they here in this 922 00:50:11,160 --> 00:50:12,799 world just to do 923 00:50:12,799 --> 00:50:15,240 good what the 924 00:50:15,240 --> 00:50:17,359 percentage she looked at me and there 925 00:50:17,359 --> 00:50:21,400 was a maybe 20 30 people sitting there 926 00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:23,040 she say you have the 927 00:50:23,040 --> 00:50:26,760 percentage it's you people okay it's you 928 00:50:26,760 --> 00:50:27,920 can make 929 00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:32,310 it uh this world a better place 930 00:50:32,310 --> 00:51:06,030 [Music] 931 00:51:19,560 --> 00:51:23,440 [Music] 932 00:51:36,680 --> 00:51:39,680 I 933 00:51:42,070 --> 00:51:45,169 [Music] 934 00:51:57,119 --> 00:52:00,119 d