Susan Shannon is an Interfaith Minister and Buddhist Chaplain. She’s been “married to the dharma” since the early ’70’s, beginning with studies in Chinese Buddhism, then discovering her forever home with Tibetan Buddhism. Her work is based in Restorative Justice and Emotional Literacy, and has included at-risk youth, refugees, the unhoused, the differently abled, and the incarcerated.

For many years she facilitated many rehabilitative groups in San Quentin including GRIP, VOEG, and Houses of Healing. She also served as the Buddhist chaplain to the men in the mainline as well as Death Row. After her return to Orcas Island in 2019, she founded Buddhist Prison Ministry, now serving tens of thousands of incarcerated people across the United States and is a Clinical Pastoral Education supervisor (CPE) with the Center for Spiritual Care and Pastoral Formation (CSCPF,) a dharma teacher at Sukhasiddhi Foundation and The Chaplaincy Institute, and a steward to the sacred land she inhabits.

Susan Shannon is an Interfaith Minister and Buddhist Chaplain. She’s been “married to the dharma” since the early ’70’s, beginning with studies in Chinese Buddhism, then discovering her forever...Read more