The Book – Letters from the Dhamma Brothers

"The stories of the Dhamma Brothers ring with the truth and power of their experiences, and offer the hope for renewal and rehabilitation within a dismal and punishment-oriented correctional system. It gives you hope for the human race." – Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Men Walking

Sister Helen Prejean

Jenny Phillips

Having made a life-affirming connection with the Vipassana course teachers and the film’s producer, Jenny Phillips, Grady exchanged several letters in the years following the first meditation course.

These poignant letters were included in the book, Letters from the Dhamma Brothers.

In this beautifully crafted book, the Dhamma Brothers share their life stories, feelings of remorse for their criminal actions and the pain of their hard years of separation from family, friends and a world outside that they may never be part of again.

Letters from the Dhamma Brothers

Through these letters, the Vipassana teachers and Jenny Phillips share their compassionate concern for the Dhamma Brothers.  In response, Grady and the others are able to express the pain of prolonged incarceration and their longing for freedom.

Robert Coles

Having taken the first step on the soul’s journey, the Dhamma Brothers’ needs for connection and affirmation are universally shared truths. It is the way of Dharma.

Letters from the Dhamma Brothers is an eloquent enhancement to the film.

It goes deep within the men and allows them, in their own words, to express the experiences that brought them to prison and the self-acceptance that they have found through Vipassana meditation.

Books are available for purchase at: Amazon.com, Borders, or Pariyatti.

"(An) extraordinary telling and inspiring book, its’ contents are a witness to the human connection achieved….Jenny Phillips manages to enable the far off, the imprisoned, to become the reader’s informants and teachers." – Robert Coles, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Medical Humanities at Harvard Medical School.