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Roshi Joan Halifax
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Abbot and Founder, Upaya Zen Center
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Upaya Zen Center: Zendo at dawn.
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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There it is! the moon
rising gold during sesshin
buddha awakens
December 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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The thief left it behind:
the moon
at my window.
(Ryokan)
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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December 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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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
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December 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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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
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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
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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
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Getting ready for oriyoki practice at Upaya's Rohatsu sesshin.
November 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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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
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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
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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
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AWARENESS IN ACTION: LOVE with Frank Ostaseski and Sharon Salzberg, Online December 14, 11-12:30, PM, MT, free
upaya.org/program/awar...
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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today, join us: 11-12:30PM MT
Join FRANK OSTASESKI AND ROSHI JOAN
Gratefulness and Generosity (Free, Online)
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November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Nov 23, 11-12:30PM MT
Join FRANK OSTASESKI AND ROSHI JOAN
Gratefulness and Generosity (Free, Online)
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November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Roshi Joan's session in Awakened Action is at 11:15 Mountain Time today. www.upaya.org/program/awak... Free online now and in perpetuity just by registering
November 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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northern lights gone south
hiding behind the mountain
sad to miss the show
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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JOIN US TODAY Grateful for my time with TARA BRACH, a voice of sanity and care in the midst: DO NOT MISS!
Nov 9, 11:00 AM-12:30 PM, MDT.
AWARENESS IN ACTION and how we bridge the divides in the midst of conflict and confusion. Online and free
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November 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Looking forward to my time with Tara Brach, a voice of sanity and care in the midst:
DO NOT MISS!
Sunday, November 9, 11:00 AM-12:30 PM, MDT.
AWARENESS IN ACTION and how we bridge the divides in the midst of conflict and confusion.
Online and free
www.upaya.org/program/enga...
November 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Seven years ago today, my teacher Roshi Bernie Glassman died. My gratitude for his support, wild wisdom, and generosity is boundless.
November 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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what does autumn bring
a lone maple turning gold
forlorn and beautiful
November 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Tara Brach, a voice of sanity and care in the midst:
DO NOT MISS!
Sunday, November 9, 11:00 AM-12:30 PM, MDT.
AWARENESS IN ACTION
Online and free; donation appreciated
www.upaya.org/program/enga...
November 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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May we listen to the cries of this world: Avalokiteshvara, She who hears the cries of suffering in our world May we respond without hesitation: Samantabhadra, She who enacts wisdom and compassionate activity.
October 31, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Tara Brach: DO NOT MISS!
Sun, Nov 9, 11:00 AM-12:30 PM, MDT.
AWARENESS IN ACTION: Disarming the Heart—Bridging Divides
Free, online
In these times of deep polarization, this session is about bridging the divides within and around us.
Online, free
www.upaya.org/program/enga...
October 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Sunday, November 9th, Sunday, November 9th
11:00 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. MDT.
AWARENESS IN ACTION: "Bridging"
With Tara Brach
Online (free + by donation)
www.upaya.org/program/enga...
October 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM