Upaya Zen Center
@upaya.bsky.social
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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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
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...
Today at 11am MST, Sensei Noah Kodo Roen will give a Dharma Talk.
Part of Rohatsu Sesshin: The Bodhisattva Way. Join online for FREE, + by donation.
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Part of Rohatsu Sesshin: The Bodhisattva Way. Join online for FREE, + by donation.
www.upaya.org/program/roha...
December 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Today at 11am MST, Sensei Noah Kodo Roen will give a Dharma Talk.
Part of Rohatsu Sesshin: The Bodhisattva Way. Join online for FREE, + by donation.
www.upaya.org/program/roha...
Part of Rohatsu Sesshin: The Bodhisattva Way. Join online for FREE, + by donation.
www.upaya.org/program/roha...
Watch Roshi Joan and Sensei Kaz Tanahashi's Dharma Talk, given yesterday during Rohatsu Sesshin.
You can access this time together by registering for the Rohatsu Sesshin ONLINE for free + by donation.
www.upaya.org/program/roha...
You can access this time together by registering for the Rohatsu Sesshin ONLINE for free + by donation.
www.upaya.org/program/roha...
December 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Watch Roshi Joan and Sensei Kaz Tanahashi's Dharma Talk, given yesterday during Rohatsu Sesshin.
You can access this time together by registering for the Rohatsu Sesshin ONLINE for free + by donation.
www.upaya.org/program/roha...
You can access this time together by registering for the Rohatsu Sesshin ONLINE for free + by donation.
www.upaya.org/program/roha...
This Giving Tuesday, we invite you to support Upaya.
All gifts to our General Fund through year’s end will be doubled. Your dana sustains scholarships, chaplaincy, residency, free teachings, Nomads Clinic, and our global mahasangha.
Deep gratitude,
Upaya Zen Center
www.upaya.org/giving/upaya...
All gifts to our General Fund through year’s end will be doubled. Your dana sustains scholarships, chaplaincy, residency, free teachings, Nomads Clinic, and our global mahasangha.
Deep gratitude,
Upaya Zen Center
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Upaya’s General Fund
We are incredibly grateful for so much here at Upaya; for the mountains, trees, and river that embrace us; for the stillness of the zendo that supports our practice and the practice of the thousands…
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December 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This Giving Tuesday, we invite you to support Upaya.
All gifts to our General Fund through year’s end will be doubled. Your dana sustains scholarships, chaplaincy, residency, free teachings, Nomads Clinic, and our global mahasangha.
Deep gratitude,
Upaya Zen Center
www.upaya.org/giving/upaya...
All gifts to our General Fund through year’s end will be doubled. Your dana sustains scholarships, chaplaincy, residency, free teachings, Nomads Clinic, and our global mahasangha.
Deep gratitude,
Upaya Zen Center
www.upaya.org/giving/upaya...
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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
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!
Rohatsu Sesshin begins soon—join and practice online with the global mahasangha! Dec 1 - 8.
www.upaya.org/program/roha...
www.upaya.org/program/roha...
December 2, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Rohatsu Sesshin begins soon—join and practice online with the global mahasangha! Dec 1 - 8.
www.upaya.org/program/roha...
www.upaya.org/program/roha...
Last week, Roshi Joan and Senseis Dainin and Kodo held a Dharma Exchange with the sangha. Listen on Upaya's podcast, or watch in our Wisdom Library...
Podcast: www.upaya.org/2025/12/hali...
Watch: www.upaya.org/video/open-d...
Podcast: www.upaya.org/2025/12/hali...
Watch: www.upaya.org/video/open-d...
Open Dharma: The Three Tenets and the Noble Eightfold Path
In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Roshi Joan Halifax, joined by Senseis Kodo and Dainin, reflects on how Thanksgiving is both a time of festivity and a day of mourning for Native peoples.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Last week, Roshi Joan and Senseis Dainin and Kodo held a Dharma Exchange with the sangha. Listen on Upaya's podcast, or watch in our Wisdom Library...
Podcast: www.upaya.org/2025/12/hali...
Watch: www.upaya.org/video/open-d...
Podcast: www.upaya.org/2025/12/hali...
Watch: www.upaya.org/video/open-d...
Beginning tomorrow, our Zendo will be closed to the public and will reopen on Dec. 9th as we sit Rohatsu Sesshin.
Join our virtual mahasangha online. Available for FREE with donations appreciated.
Register here: www.upaya.org/program/roha... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
Join our virtual mahasangha online. Available for FREE with donations appreciated.
Register here: www.upaya.org/program/roha... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Beginning tomorrow, our Zendo will be closed to the public and will reopen on Dec. 9th as we sit Rohatsu Sesshin.
Join our virtual mahasangha online. Available for FREE with donations appreciated.
Register here: www.upaya.org/program/roha... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
Join our virtual mahasangha online. Available for FREE with donations appreciated.
Register here: www.upaya.org/program/roha... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
On Monday, Rohatsu Sesshin begins. An intensive, concentrated, and joyous retreat to celebrate the spiritual breakthrough of Shakyamuni Buddha.
Available online for FREE. Join virtually throughout the week as we co-create this special time in community, together.
www.upaya.org/program/roha...
Available online for FREE. Join virtually throughout the week as we co-create this special time in community, together.
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 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
On Monday, Rohatsu Sesshin begins. An intensive, concentrated, and joyous retreat to celebrate the spiritual breakthrough of Shakyamuni Buddha.
Available online for FREE. Join virtually throughout the week as we co-create this special time in community, together.
www.upaya.org/program/roha...
Available online for FREE. Join virtually throughout the week as we co-create this special time in community, together.
www.upaya.org/program/roha...
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
Beginning soon, a special Dharma Exchange with Roshi Joan, and Senseis Kodo and Dainin.
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. MST
In person at Upaya or online via YouTube Live.
Online link: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. MST
In person at Upaya or online via YouTube Live.
Online link: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Beginning soon, a special Dharma Exchange with Roshi Joan, and Senseis Kodo and Dainin.
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. MST
In person at Upaya or online via YouTube Live.
Online link: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. MST
In person at Upaya or online via YouTube Live.
Online link: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
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...
The food drive has now come to a close, & we’re delighted to share that your contributions far exceeded expectations. The response has been extraordinary.
It brought us great joy to see the container overflowing with food that will be distributed to our neighbors in Santa Fe who need it most.
It brought us great joy to see the container overflowing with food that will be distributed to our neighbors in Santa Fe who need it most.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The food drive has now come to a close, & we’re delighted to share that your contributions far exceeded expectations. The response has been extraordinary.
It brought us great joy to see the container overflowing with food that will be distributed to our neighbors in Santa Fe who need it most.
It brought us great joy to see the container overflowing with food that will be distributed to our neighbors in Santa Fe who need it most.
Today! Join Frank Ostaseski and Roshi Joan for a free teaching in community. We hope you can join us.
ONLINE, FREE (donations deeply appreciated): www.upaya.org/program/grat... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
ONLINE, FREE (donations deeply appreciated): www.upaya.org/program/grat... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
Gratefulness and Generosity (Online 2025)
Soon after you register, you will receive an email with a link to the Resource Page which is where the recording and readings from the program are listed. It may take a few minutes to reach you.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Today! Join Frank Ostaseski and Roshi Joan for a free teaching in community. We hope you can join us.
ONLINE, FREE (donations deeply appreciated): www.upaya.org/program/grat... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
ONLINE, FREE (donations deeply appreciated): www.upaya.org/program/grat... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
THIS SUNDAY (online, FREE): "Gratefulness & Generosity."
Throughout this free program, dear friends Frank Ostaseski and Roshi Joan will guide us through the power & gift of gratefulness.
Sun, Nov. 23
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. MST
Register here: www.upaya.org/program/grat... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
Throughout this free program, dear friends Frank Ostaseski and Roshi Joan will guide us through the power & gift of gratefulness.
Sun, Nov. 23
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. MST
Register here: www.upaya.org/program/grat... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
THIS SUNDAY (online, FREE): "Gratefulness & Generosity."
Throughout this free program, dear friends Frank Ostaseski and Roshi Joan will guide us through the power & gift of gratefulness.
Sun, Nov. 23
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. MST
Register here: www.upaya.org/program/grat... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
Throughout this free program, dear friends Frank Ostaseski and Roshi Joan will guide us through the power & gift of gratefulness.
Sun, Nov. 23
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. MST
Register here: www.upaya.org/program/grat... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
THIS SATURDAY, Nov 22: Our end-of-year Members' Meeting will be held from 1:30 - 2:15 p.m. MST.
All details to attend on Zoom will be emailed to active members.
Explore membership with Upaya HERE: www.upaya.org/membership-i... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
All details to attend on Zoom will be emailed to active members.
Explore membership with Upaya HERE: www.upaya.org/membership-i... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
THIS SATURDAY, Nov 22: Our end-of-year Members' Meeting will be held from 1:30 - 2:15 p.m. MST.
All details to attend on Zoom will be emailed to active members.
Explore membership with Upaya HERE: www.upaya.org/membership-i... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
All details to attend on Zoom will be emailed to active members.
Explore membership with Upaya HERE: www.upaya.org/membership-i... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
It’s a chilly day at Upaya, so we are enjoying the warmth of the kitchen and preparing the day's nourishment for the sangha.
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It’s a chilly day at Upaya, so we are enjoying the warmth of the kitchen and preparing the day's nourishment for the sangha.
Mist meets the mountains. Rain has arrived at our Zen center. Perhaps soon, a little snow.
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Mist meets the mountains. Rain has arrived at our Zen center. Perhaps soon, a little snow.
Rebecca Solnit will give tonight's Dharma Talk at Upaya.
In person and online for FREE, with donations deeply appreciated.
Grateful to have Rebecca in our midst!
Join online here: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze... @joanhalifax.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
In person and online for FREE, with donations deeply appreciated.
Grateful to have Rebecca in our midst!
Join online here: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze... @joanhalifax.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Rebecca Solnit will give tonight's Dharma Talk at Upaya.
In person and online for FREE, with donations deeply appreciated.
Grateful to have Rebecca in our midst!
Join online here: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze... @joanhalifax.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
In person and online for FREE, with donations deeply appreciated.
Grateful to have Rebecca in our midst!
Join online here: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze... @joanhalifax.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Thank you to Roshi Joan, Terry Tempest Williams, Valerie Brown, Rebecca Solnit, Christiana Figueres, Sensei Dainin, Molly Crockett, and Awakened Action participants for a truly powerful time together!
Register as a self-paced program (FREE): www.upaya.org/program/awak... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
Register as a self-paced program (FREE): www.upaya.org/program/awak... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Thank you to Roshi Joan, Terry Tempest Williams, Valerie Brown, Rebecca Solnit, Christiana Figueres, Sensei Dainin, Molly Crockett, and Awakened Action participants for a truly powerful time together!
Register as a self-paced program (FREE): www.upaya.org/program/awak... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
Register as a self-paced program (FREE): www.upaya.org/program/awak... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
What is it to IMAGINE, and to make the future we want to see, right here, right now, in the present?
Thank you, dear Roshi, for imagining Upaya into this present moment. Watch Roshi's Awakened Action teaching in perpetuity for free here:
www.upaya.org/program/awak... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
Thank you, dear Roshi, for imagining Upaya into this present moment. Watch Roshi's Awakened Action teaching in perpetuity for free here:
www.upaya.org/program/awak... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
What is it to IMAGINE, and to make the future we want to see, right here, right now, in the present?
Thank you, dear Roshi, for imagining Upaya into this present moment. Watch Roshi's Awakened Action teaching in perpetuity for free here:
www.upaya.org/program/awak... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
Thank you, dear Roshi, for imagining Upaya into this present moment. Watch Roshi's Awakened Action teaching in perpetuity for free here:
www.upaya.org/program/awak... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
Roshi Joan's session in the Awakened Action program begins at 11:45AM. Free, online. Also, the session last night was extraordinary. You can access free and in perpetuity just by registering.
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www.upaya.org/program/awak...
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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November 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Roshi Joan's session in the Awakened Action program begins at 11:45AM. Free, online. Also, the session last night was extraordinary. You can access free and in perpetuity just by registering.
www.upaya.org/program/awak...
www.upaya.org/program/awak...
LIVE NOW: Join Valerie Brown in session. Exploring the charnel grounds this community and world hold and face. Cultivating courage and compassion with ourselves. And the integrity and wisdom to act collectively.
Online. FREE. Recording available.
Register here: www.upaya.org/program/awak...
Online. FREE. Recording available.
Register here: www.upaya.org/program/awak...
November 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
LIVE NOW: Join Valerie Brown in session. Exploring the charnel grounds this community and world hold and face. Cultivating courage and compassion with ourselves. And the integrity and wisdom to act collectively.
Online. FREE. Recording available.
Register here: www.upaya.org/program/awak...
Online. FREE. Recording available.
Register here: www.upaya.org/program/awak...
Awakened Action begins this evening! Online for FREE + by donation
join online: www.upaya.org/program/awak...
We look forward to being in the same room with these truly amazing women – to learn from & with – through joy, grief, story, & wisdom, as we come together to MAKE THE FUTURE IN THE PRESENT
join online: www.upaya.org/program/awak...
We look forward to being in the same room with these truly amazing women – to learn from & with – through joy, grief, story, & wisdom, as we come together to MAKE THE FUTURE IN THE PRESENT
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Awakened Action begins this evening! Online for FREE + by donation
join online: www.upaya.org/program/awak...
We look forward to being in the same room with these truly amazing women – to learn from & with – through joy, grief, story, & wisdom, as we come together to MAKE THE FUTURE IN THE PRESENT
join online: www.upaya.org/program/awak...
We look forward to being in the same room with these truly amazing women – to learn from & with – through joy, grief, story, & wisdom, as we come together to MAKE THE FUTURE IN THE PRESENT
A great honor to have storyteller, writer, and activist Terry Tempest Williams back at Upaya for Awakened Action this weekend. Fri, Nov. 14 – Sun, Nov. 16. Recordings available.
Join online (free): www.upaya.org/program/awak... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
Join online (free): www.upaya.org/program/awak... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A great honor to have storyteller, writer, and activist Terry Tempest Williams back at Upaya for Awakened Action this weekend. Fri, Nov. 14 – Sun, Nov. 16. Recordings available.
Join online (free): www.upaya.org/program/awak... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
Join online (free): www.upaya.org/program/awak... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
THIS WEEKEND: We are so grateful to welcome this visionary and wise group of women back to Upaya for Awakened Action—and to have Christiana offer a teaching from Brazil, where she is attending COP30.
Register: www.upaya.org/program/awak... @joanhalifax.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Register: www.upaya.org/program/awak... @joanhalifax.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
THIS WEEKEND: We are so grateful to welcome this visionary and wise group of women back to Upaya for Awakened Action—and to have Christiana offer a teaching from Brazil, where she is attending COP30.
Register: www.upaya.org/program/awak... @joanhalifax.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Register: www.upaya.org/program/awak... @joanhalifax.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social