Bo Lozoff (January 10, 1947 – November 29, 2012) was an American writer and interfaith humanitarian. He co-founded several nonprofits , including the interfaith Human Kindness Foundation and its subsidiary Prison-Ashram Project , Carolina Biodiesel, and Kindness House. Many of Lozoff's nonprofits aimed to improve the lives of prisoners and the previously incarcerated.
5-454: The Prison-Ashram Project , now administered by Human Kindness Foundation, was started in 1973 by Bo and Sita Lozoff, in cooperation with Ram Dass , to encourage convicts to use meditation and other spiritual teachings, turning their prison time into an ashram -like experience. "Ashram" is a Sanskrit word meaning "House of God". Bo and Sita Lozoff were the directors of Prison-Ashram Project for decades, giving workshops in prisons throughout
10-473: The Prison-Ashram Project in 1973. The Prison-Ashram Project, operated by Human Kindness Foundation, sends free interfaith books, compact discs , and correspondence to prisoners around the world. Bo Lozoff retired from Human Kindness Foundation in 2011; Sita Lozoff and a small staff continue the work of Human Kindness Foundation. Lozoff also founded an environmental non-profit, Carolina Biodiesel, for
15-569: The Dalai Lama. He has also written two books for children, The Wonderful Life of a Fly Who Couldn't Fly , and "A Little Boy in the Land of Rhyme." In 2008, several ex-parolees and volunteers said in interviews with a reporter that Lozoff had been sexually and emotionally abusive at Kindness House. Lozoff did not deny many of the alleged incidents, and although he maintained his actions were not abusive, he stated that his radical beliefs and lifestyle made him
20-478: The dual purposes of promoting biodiesel and creating jobs for ex-cons . Carolina Biodiesel received a large bequest from Fred Rogers , who named Lozoff along with Mahatma Gandhi and Albert Schweitzer , as one of his personal heroes. Carolina Biodiesel is still operating in Durham. Lozoff is the author of We're All Doing Time and It's a Meaningful Life: It Just Takes Practice , both with forewords written by
25-576: The world and answering up to 100 letters per day. Bo retired from the project in 2011; Sita now leads the project, along with a board of directors. The Prison-Ashram Project has a sister project in England, The Prison Phoenix Trust , which offers yoga and meditation to prisoners in the UK and Ireland. Bo Lozoff Lozoff, with his wife Sita Lozoff, founded the Human Kindness Foundation. He started
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