Roshi Joan Halifax
@joanhalifax.bsky.social
Abbot and Founder, Upaya Zen Center
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To love, even in the midst of suffering, is rare. AWARENESS IN ACTION: LOVE with Frank Ostaseski and Sharon Salzberg, Online December 14, 11-12:30, PM, MT, free
upaya.org/program/awar...
upaya.org/program/awar...
Reposted by Roshi Joan Halifax
The Bodhisattva acts from the reality that lived experience is characterized by fundamental precariousness.
February 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The Bodhisattva acts from the reality that lived experience is characterized by fundamental precariousness.
Reposted by Roshi Joan Halifax
On Sunday, Dec. 14th, we will gather in community with Sharon Salzberg and Frank Ostaseski for Awareness in Action: LOVE
We hope to see you there!
Register here: (online, free + by donation): www.upaya.org/program/awar...
We hope to see you there!
Register here: (online, free + by donation): www.upaya.org/program/awar...
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
On Sunday, Dec. 14th, we will gather in community with Sharon Salzberg and Frank Ostaseski for Awareness in Action: LOVE
We hope to see you there!
Register here: (online, free + by donation): www.upaya.org/program/awar...
We hope to see you there!
Register here: (online, free + by donation): www.upaya.org/program/awar...
Upaya Zen Center: Zendo at dawn.
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Upaya Zen Center: Zendo at dawn.
There it is! the moon
rising gold during sesshin
buddha awakens
rising gold during sesshin
buddha awakens
December 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
There it is! the moon
rising gold during sesshin
buddha awakens
rising gold during sesshin
buddha awakens
The thief left it behind:
the moon
at my window.
(Ryokan)
the moon
at my window.
(Ryokan)
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The thief left it behind:
the moon
at my window.
(Ryokan)
the moon
at my window.
(Ryokan)
Sensei Kodo gives the dharma talk today with Kaz Tanahashi. 11AM MT. To join, link to register here. Free, donation appreciated. www.upaya.org/program/roha...
ROHATSU: The Bodhisattva Way, Dec. 1st – 8th (online, FREE + by donation)
Rohatsu Sesshin is an intensive, concentrated, and joyous retreat to celebrate the spiritual breakthrough of Shakyamuni Buddha…
www.upaya.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Sensei Kodo gives the dharma talk today with Kaz Tanahashi. 11AM MT. To join, link to register here. Free, donation appreciated. www.upaya.org/program/roha...
To love, even in the midst of suffering, is rare. AWARENESS IN ACTION: LOVE with Frank Ostaseski and Sharon Salzberg, Online December 14, 11-12:30, PM, MT, free
upaya.org/program/awar...
upaya.org/program/awar...
December 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
To love, even in the midst of suffering, is rare. AWARENESS IN ACTION: LOVE with Frank Ostaseski and Sharon Salzberg, Online December 14, 11-12:30, PM, MT, free
upaya.org/program/awar...
upaya.org/program/awar...
Sensei Dainin gives the dharma talk today with Kaz Tanahashi. 11AM MT. To join, link to register here. Free, donation appreciated. www.upaya.org/program/roha...
December 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Sensei Dainin gives the dharma talk today with Kaz Tanahashi. 11AM MT. To join, link to register here. Free, donation appreciated. www.upaya.org/program/roha...
Roshi Joan gives the dharma talk today with Kaz Tanahashi. 11AM MT. To join, link to register here. Free, donation appreciated. www.upaya.org/program/roha...
December 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Roshi Joan gives the dharma talk today with Kaz Tanahashi. 11AM MT. To join, link to register here. Free, donation appreciated. www.upaya.org/program/roha...
Kaz arrived today for Rohatsu... close to 70 of us will be sitting the sesshin onsite. Many others from around the world will be online. And so it is... just this. Undivided activity.... zenki!
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Kaz arrived today for Rohatsu... close to 70 of us will be sitting the sesshin onsite. Many others from around the world will be online. And so it is... just this. Undivided activity.... zenki!
Friends are gathering at Upaya for onsite Rohatsu. Many others will join us online from around the world. You can too, beginning tomorrow: www.upaya.org/program/roha...
ROHATSU: The Bodhisattva Way, Dec. 1st – 8th (online, FREE + by donation)
Rohatsu Sesshin is an intensive, concentrated, and joyous retreat to celebrate the spiritual breakthrough of Shakyamuni Buddha…
www.upaya.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Friends are gathering at Upaya for onsite Rohatsu. Many others will join us online from around the world. You can too, beginning tomorrow: www.upaya.org/program/roha...
Getting ready for oriyoki practice at Upaya's Rohatsu sesshin.
November 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Getting ready for oriyoki practice at Upaya's Rohatsu sesshin.
On sesshin: “first of all nothing will happen
and a little later nothing will happen again” ― Leonard Cohen
and a little later nothing will happen again” ― Leonard Cohen
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 AM
On sesshin: “first of all nothing will happen
and a little later nothing will happen again” ― Leonard Cohen
and a little later nothing will happen again” ― Leonard Cohen
Reposted by Roshi Joan Halifax
In gratitude for all who make Upaya possible. For our teachers, the indigenous peoples of this region and our earth, this land, our local and global mahasangha. A joyous time in community. Bowing deeply. @joanhalifax.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In gratitude for all who make Upaya possible. For our teachers, the indigenous peoples of this region and our earth, this land, our local and global mahasangha. A joyous time in community. Bowing deeply. @joanhalifax.bsky.social
Rohatsu Sesshin begins this coming Monday evening. This is the time we mark the awakening of the Buddha. The zendo is full as we meet the present moment intimately. Our Mahasangha will be online as well.
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Rohatsu Sesshin begins this coming Monday evening. This is the time we mark the awakening of the Buddha. The zendo is full as we meet the present moment intimately. Our Mahasangha will be online as well.
Join Contemplative Residency at Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe. Residents live together as a sangha in Upaya’s field of practice and service.
www.upaya.org/being-at-upa...
Apply now.
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Apply now.
Upaya’s Contemplative Residency
As residents, we live together as a sangha in Upaya’s deep field of practice. We work and study with teachers of Socially Engaged Buddhism, Buddhist Studies, and Contemplative Science.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Join Contemplative Residency at Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe. Residents live together as a sangha in Upaya’s field of practice and service.
www.upaya.org/being-at-upa...
Apply now.
www.upaya.org/being-at-upa...
Apply now.
Open Dharma: The Three Tenets and the Noble Eightfold Path with Roshi Joan, Sensei Dainin, and Sensei Kodo
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Open Dharma: The Three Tenets and the Noble Eightfold Path with Roshi Joan, Sensei Dainin, and Sensei Kodo
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November 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Open Dharma: The Three Tenets and the Noble Eightfold Path with Roshi Joan, Sensei Dainin, and Sensei Kodo
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I am thankful for my indigenous brothers and sisters who have cherished and stewarded their sacred traditions in spite of the ravages of colonialism.
November 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I am thankful for my indigenous brothers and sisters who have cherished and stewarded their sacred traditions in spite of the ravages of colonialism.
Reposted by Roshi Joan Halifax
Upaya's online mahasangha is a caring and dedicated virtual community. We are glad to offer Rohatsu online for FREE + by donation.
All sessions are recorded, so you can weave this time with us into your daily life, or participate fully live.
Register here:
www.upaya.org/program/roha...
All sessions are recorded, so you can weave this time with us into your daily life, or participate fully live.
Register here:
www.upaya.org/program/roha...
ROHATSU: The Bodhisattva Way, Dec. 1st – 8th (online, FREE + by donation)
Rohatsu Sesshin is an intensive, concentrated, and joyous retreat to celebrate the spiritual breakthrough of Shakyamuni Buddha…
www.upaya.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Upaya's online mahasangha is a caring and dedicated virtual community. We are glad to offer Rohatsu online for FREE + by donation.
All sessions are recorded, so you can weave this time with us into your daily life, or participate fully live.
Register here:
www.upaya.org/program/roha...
All sessions are recorded, so you can weave this time with us into your daily life, or participate fully live.
Register here:
www.upaya.org/program/roha...
A world without empathy is a world that is dead to others. If we are dead to others, we are dead to ourselves. The sharing of another’s pain can take us past the narrow canyon of selfish disregard and even cruelty and into the larger, more expansive landscape of wisdom and compassion. Joan Halifax
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A world without empathy is a world that is dead to others. If we are dead to others, we are dead to ourselves. The sharing of another’s pain can take us past the narrow canyon of selfish disregard and even cruelty and into the larger, more expansive landscape of wisdom and compassion. Joan Halifax
“We live in a culture that celebrates activity. We collapse our sense of who we are into what we do for a living. The public performance of busyness is how we demonstrate to one another that we are important.”
― Joan Halifax, Standing at the Edge
― Joan Halifax, Standing at the Edge
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“We live in a culture that celebrates activity. We collapse our sense of who we are into what we do for a living. The public performance of busyness is how we demonstrate to one another that we are important.”
― Joan Halifax, Standing at the Edge
― Joan Halifax, Standing at the Edge
AWARENESS IN ACTION: LOVE with Frank Ostaseski and Sharon Salzberg, Online December 14, 11-12:30, PM, MT, free
upaya.org/program/awar...
upaya.org/program/awar...
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
AWARENESS IN ACTION: LOVE with Frank Ostaseski and Sharon Salzberg, Online December 14, 11-12:30, PM, MT, free
upaya.org/program/awar...
upaya.org/program/awar...
today, join us: 11-12:30PM MT
Join FRANK OSTASESKI AND ROSHI JOAN
Gratefulness and Generosity (Free, Online)
www.upaya.org/program/grat...
Join FRANK OSTASESKI AND ROSHI JOAN
Gratefulness and Generosity (Free, Online)
www.upaya.org/program/grat...
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
today, join us: 11-12:30PM MT
Join FRANK OSTASESKI AND ROSHI JOAN
Gratefulness and Generosity (Free, Online)
www.upaya.org/program/grat...
Join FRANK OSTASESKI AND ROSHI JOAN
Gratefulness and Generosity (Free, Online)
www.upaya.org/program/grat...
"Fear is the oxygen of authoritarianism."
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"Fear is the oxygen of authoritarianism."