Harmonizing criminal defendants’ imbalanced situations
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Prison Dharma 
Oct 15, 2024 Venerable Chodron was interviewed by Jonathan Katz, a Fairfax, Virginia criminal defense and DUI lawyer for his podcast Beat The Prosecution.
- Silent meditation and setting an altruistic motivation
- About Venerable Chodron and Sravasti Abbey
- The mind of non-attachment
- Samsara and nirvana
- The bodhicitta motivation
- Rebirth in Buddhism
- Harmonizing a disharmonious situation for defendants
- Restorative justice and rehabilitation
- Working with prison inmates
- Visualization and analytical meditation for inmates
Venerable Thubten Chodron
Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.
