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Zen Buddhist community focused on the integration of practice & social action, bringing together wisdom & compassion. Founded by Roshi Joan Halifax ⬇️ @joanhalifax.bsky.social PROGRAM LINKS HERE: https://linktr.ee/upayazencenter

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 9d

This Sunday, Guo Gu teaches "Embodiment" for Awareness in Action. Online, FREE, recorded.

We hope to see you!

Register here: www.upaya.org/program/enga...

Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 2d

Sesshin during Fall Practice Period begins tomorrow. We offer this to the online mahasangha for free + by donation. The sesshin is streamed + recorded, so that you can weave this time of practice into your daily life.

https://www.upaya.org/program/fall-practice-period-online-2025/

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 3d

Friends of Upaya – Awakened Action returns next month! Don't miss this opportunity to be in community with Roshi Joan Halifax, Valerie Brown, Terry Tempest Williams, Rebecca Solnit, and Christiana Figueres.

www.upaya.org/program/awak... @joanhalifax.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

Awakened Action: Making the Future in the Present, Nov. 14 – 16, 2025 (in person + online)

Join renowned writers Terry Tempest Williams and Rebecca Solnit, lawyer and Buddhist teacher Valerie Brown, beloved Zen teacher and social activist Roshi Joan Halifax, and climate activist Christiana ...

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 4d

JOIN TODAY'S DHARMA TALK: Today at 5:30 p.m. MDT, beloved Upaya guiding teacher, Sensei Monshin Nannette Overley, will give a talk on "Finding Yourself Where You Are."

All are welcome to join in person at Upaya, or online via YouTube Live.

Join here: https://bit.ly/4nWcpnw

Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 6d

On Indigenous Peoples Day, we honor the original peoples of this land. We bow to Roxanne & Porter Swentzell, Alonso Mendez, Keido Troy Fernandez, Melissa Nelson, & many teachers who have shared their wisdom with Upaya, informing the stewardship of our Zen center & surrounding lands. Bowing deeply.

Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 7d

Today at 11 am MDT, Guo Gu joins our free, online series "Awareness in Action" for a teaching on "Embodiment." Please share, and click the link below to register!

https://www.upaya.org/program/engaged-buddhism-online-october-2025/

Awareness in Action--Embodiment, with Guo Gu (Online, FREE)

Drawing upon Dharma Relief's initiatives as examples, Guo Gu will explore how embodying selfless wisdom serves as an essential safeguard against...

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 8d

Fall at Upaya Zen Center. Deep bows to the many hands and hearts of Upaya. 🍂

Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 9d

This Sunday, Guo Gu teaches "Embodiment" for Awareness in Action. Online, FREE, recorded.

We hope to see you!

Register here: www.upaya.org/program/enga...

Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 11d

Sensei Shinzan will give tonight’s Dharma Talk. Join us to watch the live stream in Taizando at Upaya, or online via YouTube Live.

YouTube link: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze...

Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 12d

FALL PRACTICE PERIOD dates (in-person & online)

Zazenkai October 11th: www.upaya.org/program/zaze...

Sesshin October 18 – 25: www.upaya.org/program/sess...

Join Zazenkai online, Sesshin online, or register for the remainder of the practice period online: www.upaya.org/program/fall...

ZAZENKAI during FALL PRACTICE PERIOD (In Person October 11, 2025)

Please review our current cancellation policy and health protocols for in-person programs. If you have registered for this program, please access the RESOURCE PAGE here. If you would like to attend…

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 12d

We are in the quiet space of Fall Practice Period at our Zen center. Our residents, teachers, and guests are in deep practice for the month. And we welcome you to join us online, + for Zazenkai and Sesshin, which are both available online.

Visit Upaya.org, or follow the links in the next post...

Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 15d

You can now listen to Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi's teaching on "Discernment" on Upaya's Dharma Podcast!

As Roshi Joan shares: "His perspective around genocide, war, peace, and sanity is essential to hear at this time." @joanhalifax.bsky.social

www.upaya.org/2025/10/bodh...

Awareness In Action: Discernment with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi (Part 12 - September)

In this session of Upaya’s Awareness in Action series, Bhikkhu Bodhi offers a penetrating teaching on discernment as the heart of engaged Buddhism in times of crisis. He reflects on his journey from…

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 17d

Fall Practice Period begins tomorrow. Online is free, & all teachings are recorded, making it possible to weave this schedule of Zen practice into your daily life.

Registration is also open to join Sesshin, + two Zazenkais, in person & online. We hope to see you!

Links to register are in our bio ➡️

Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 17d

With deep reverence, Upaya honors the passing of Jane Goodall, whose life embodied compassion and care for all beings.

Dr. Goodall's tireless work revealed our deep interconnectedness and showed that every act of kindness matters.

Her presence was a living teaching of courage and care.

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 18d

Upaya's local sangha steward, Tuck Butsumon Stibich, is giving tonight's Dharma Talk, "Way Seeking Mind."

Tuck is an epidemiologist, microbiologist, chaplaincy student,
and a postulant. Learn more: www.upaya.org/person/tuck-...

Join online: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze...

Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 18d

Chishō, our joyous kitchen steward, shared: "The rainy weather made it feel like fall really started that day, and there was a lovely one-body feeling. Everyone got involved, cutting, cleaning, and processing the squash, removing seeds from the pulp for drying..."

Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 18d

This past weekend, Upaya residents harvested acorn squash from the Three Sisters Garden, which was roasted and shared as a community meal. This marked the first autumn family dinner of the season, gathered together inside Riverhouse.

Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 19d

NEW UPAYA DHARMA PODCAST: Listen now, Sensei Noah Kodo Roen's Dharma Talk on "The Ultimate Inspiration: The Lion's Roar of Queen Srimala"

www.upaya.org/2025/09/roen...

The Ultimate Inspiration: The Lion’s Roar of Queen Srimala

In this intriguing Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Sensei Kodo inspires us with the lion’s roar of Queen Srimala. Beginning with reflections on how motivations and intentions consciously and…

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 23d

Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi is generously joining our 2025 Awareness in Action online series for an important teaching on "Discernment."

This Sunday, Sept. 28th: 11am – 12:30pm
FREE, Online.

Register here: www.upaya.org/program/enga...

Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi joins Awareness in Action: “Discernment”

On Sunday, Sept 28th, join Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi for a teaching on “Discernment.” This session will be recorded.

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 24d

Early signs of fall are appearing around our Zen center while the pollinator meadows are a hum of activity preparing for the cooler months… 🐝 🦋

Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 25d

Sensei Kodo is giving tonight's Dharma Talk. Please gather with us in person at Upaya, or join us online.

Online link: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze...

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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 26d

“Beings are the owners of their actions, the heirs of their actions; they spring from their actions, are bound to their actions, and are supported by their actions. Whatever deeds they do, good or bad, of those they shall be heirs.”
― Bhikkhu Bodhi, The Noble Eightfold Path

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 26d

This Sunday, Sept 28th. We are so grateful that Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi will offer a teaching on "Discernment" during a time when we need it most. We look forward to gathering with you!

Join online for free here (donations appreciated): www.upaya.org/program/enga...

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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 28d

Join Bhikkhu Bodhi online Sept 28 for the Awareness in Action series. His perspective around genocide, war, peace and sanity is essential to hear at this time. Free, online, donation appreciated.
www.upaya.org/program/enga...

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · Sep 19

Love & Death with Roshi Joan & Frank Ostaseski begins this evening. Registration to join online will remain open and is FREE, with donations appreciated.

All sessions are recorded for those who cannot join live.

ONLINE (free, by donation): www.upaya.org/program/love... @joanhalifax.bsky.social

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · Sep 19

A family of deer often visits the Western Pureland Grove, where two fawns and a doe graze peacefully as we go about our practice and daily activities. It's always a great joy to see the young ones passing through...