Buddhist Prison Ministry: Bodhicitta Behind Bars

08/31/2026

No Mud, No Lotus!

"With the knowledge of wisdom,
you completely eliminate all afflictions.
With the knowledge of method,
you include all sentient beings."

-Sky Treasure Sutra

08/28/2026

Hey friends, I've been collaborating on creating a year course for people interested in working with the incarceration. Please check this out and send along!
Course link: https://sati.org/chaplaincy/bchip/

Information Session: https://sati.org/event/bchip-information/

Join us for a 90-minute information session introducing the Sati Center’s new 12-month Buddhist Prison and Jail Chaplaincy program. This session is for anyone considering the program and wanting to learn more before applying.

08/23/2026

Our little island here has its own radio station and today I get to be on it! It's archived here,
https://lifeonorcasisland.podbean.com/e/susanshannon/
and I'll be back live on Sept 13th, same time, same station.

Turn on 102.3 FM KIXP either on your radio or online at kixp.org (and press the play button) to hear Life on Orcas Island with Edee Kulper ~ Sunday Edition for an interview tomorrow, Sunday the 22nd, at noon with Susan Shannon. Susan Shannon, M. Div., BCC (Master of Divinity, Board Certified Chapla...

08/21/2026

My sangha of 65 men meditated in the very back of this block nearly every week for many years. The entire cell block-both sides-quieted down when we did. Could we have been planting seeds for this transformation? I say, YES!
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/194tek8XZf/

08/20/2026

Where is Your Abundance?

08/09/2026

Contemplating the Great Vehicle...

08/07/2026

Hey Friends, come join RamDev and I tomorrow for a fun and informative talk!
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18EAeURAA6/

07/16/2026

07/08/2026

Come join Ram Dev and I for this talk about Spiritual Friendship-a true Kalyanamitra-beyond the stories of people's lives, right to their hearts. Ram Dev was that to me in the deepest dark night of my own life, and like all things of the heart, showed me how to be present to others in such a caring way-beyond their stories-including the men on Death Row.

Email from Living/Dying Project Susan Shannon and RamDev Dale Borglum in conversation on August 8!   View as Webpage The Buddhist on Death Row Susan Shannon and RamDev Dale Borglum in Conversation Sat

07/05/2026

I walked this aisle every week for 9 years, to the chapel in the bowels of Death Row, where my sangha of 'condemned' men prayed for the healing, wholeness, salve and peace of all beings. And now, there is no Death Row. The power of good. Thanks Gov. Newsom!

San Quentin Rehabilitation Center has opened its new honor dorm program, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced this week. The dorm, located in the prison’s East San Quentin Rehabilitation Center has opened a new honor dorm in its East Block, rewarding incarcerated people who demonstrate exemplary behavior a...