Perhaps there is a sense that the suffering just keeps tumbling toward you as the prison system perpetually churns out wounded people. I get that. The carceral wheel of samsara
Matthew Hahn
June 17, 2024
Perhaps there is a sense that the suffering just keeps tumbling toward you as the prison system perpetually churns out wounded people. I get that. The carceral wheel of samsara
If the present is the inheritance of the past, and the future is the inheritance of the present, doesn’t this mean that the future is the inheritance of the past?
Have you every heard the phrase, “Dirty hands, clean money”? It comes from the trades and refers to the idea that we can be proud of what we’ve earned so
Join Jeannine Coulter and I as we discuss my addiction and recovery story. From meth monsters to sobriety, nighttime crime sprees to Buddhist meditation, and from Alcoholics Anonymous to Recovery
Two formerly incarcerated people talk about addiction, crime, prison, firefighting, recovery, Buddhism, and service.
The Buddha also teaches us that we can find refuge in a dangerous world. What does it mean to find safety despite the inevitability of danger? What are the conditions
Prison Mindfulness Summit: useful approaches to volunteering in prison, pitfalls that facilitators might encounter in incarcerated settings, and what makes for safe prison sanghas.
The story of Matthew’s arrest and near-miss with life in prison has been the subject of numerous podcasts, but in this session, we’ll be talking to him about how the
Vesak is a traditional Buddhist holiday and festival, usually celebrated in late spring or early summer. The holiday celebrates, in total, the birth, life, awakening, and death of the Buddha.
If my prison story isn’t in service to something transformative, I am not interested in sharing it. Mine is a path of transformation and of love.
If my prison story isn’t in service to something transformative, I am not interested in sharing it. Mine is a path of transformation and of love.
Matthew Hahn has been many things in his lifetime. A career criminal and drug addict, a selfless man of courage, a convict, a devout Buddhist, a recovered drug addict, and
This podcast with Sam Lamott was recorded almost two years ago, just before the pandemic. I’ve done a good number of interviews over the years, but this one was special.
From the BBC Outlook webpage: “Matthew Hahn used to burgle houses in the San Francisco Bay Area to pay for a drug habit. One fateful night in 2005 he stole
My response to suicidal ideation was that there must’ve been something severely wrong with me. That I was broken.
While Hahnscratch focuses primarily on my time in prison, Dirty Hands Clean Dharma looks at personal transformation.
I used to shave using the stainless steel mirror bolted to the concrete wall of my cell. I could barely see my face.
Killing time is akin to killing oneself. We do have choices to make, and this one is yours.
My distorted reflection stared back at me between the swirls of scratches and etched graffiti that marred its surface. I hated shaving.
Join Matt Hahn for a conversation with Emma Barnett on BBC 5 Live.
Matt Hahn and Rachael O’Brien discuss addiction, crime, prison, and redemption.