The Sharon Salzberg Retreat was sold out and raised much needed funds for the Blue Ridge Prison Project.  These funds will be used to provide CD players and other materials for the inmates.  We thank all of you who attended and have shown an interest in this project.  Special thanks are due to Sharon Salzberg for her time and committment as well as to our volunteer staff who made this possible. Sharon Salzberg, is co founder of the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts. She is one of America's leading spiritual teachers and authors, and has been a student of Buddhism since 1971, leading meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. Sharon's latest book is The Force of Kindness, published by Sounds True. She is also the author of Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience, published by Riverhead Books; Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness and A Heart as Wide as the World, both published by Shambhala Publications; and co-author with Joseph Goldstein of Insight Meditation, a Step-by-Step Course on How to Meditate (audio), from Sounds True.                                   For more information about Sharon, please visit:  http://www.sharonsalzberg.com/ Copyright 2006  Blue Ridge Prison Project, Inc.  All Rights Reserved