Reposted by Roshi Joan HalifaxRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 10hMen Explain Rape to Me. 41524231
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 16hI just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Governor Lee, Reconsider Clemency for Christa Pike. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/gove...actionnetwork.orgGovernor Lee, Reconsider Clemency for Christa PikeGiven the Christa Pike's stay of execution, now is the time to ask Governor Lee to reconsider clemency. 182
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Much of human suffering comes from the illusion that there is not enough love, not enough recognition, not enough belonging. The Bodhisattva sees through this poverty mentality. Shantideva writes that all the happiness in the world comes from wishing others to be happy, while suffering comes 1244
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 26/09/2026From Unfinished Vow: Compassion is practiced because it is the natural expression of awakening itself, and so it is not being practiced at all in the way we usually mean. It is what is left when the obstruction is gone. 1141
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Tomorrow, Sunday, join Frank Ostaseski for THE MEASURE OF OUR HUMANITY, 11AM MT, FREE, ONLINE. BELONGING www.upaya.org/program/the-...upaya.orgThe Measure of Our Humanity: BELONGING with Frank Ostaseski – Online + FREEIn this program, Frank Ostaseski will guide us deeper into Belonging—that fundamental truth that we belong to each other… 051
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Tomorrow, Sunday, join Frank Ostaseski for THE MEASURE OF OUR HUMANITY, 11AM MT, FREE, ONLINE. BELONGINGhttps://www.upaya.org/program/the-measure-of-our-humanity-frank-ostaseski-online-september-20-2026/ 1111
Reposted by Roshi Joan HalifaxMaia Duerr @maiaduerr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026GRACE is an amazing training, supportive for clinicians in all contexts and for anyone working with people in need. 1113
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The smell of the desert embracing rain. Upaya Zen Center this beautiful stormy night. 0280
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Why GRACE matters: www.upaya.org/2026/09/grac...upaya.orgRoshi Joan Halifax: Why G.R.A.C.E. Matters Now (video)Roshi speaks to why this work feels so urgent now. Offering a simple reminder of what G.R.A.C.E. holds. 081
Reposted by Roshi Joan HalifaxGray Matthews @grayhiker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I can't wait for this upcoming book...but I will. ☺️ 091
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 16/09/2026FRANK OSTASESKI online: Love and Death, with ROSHI JOAN, Sept 18-20. Pus the Measure of Our Humanity Series online, Sept 20, 11AM-12:30, free. DO NOT MISS. Free. www.upaya.org/program/love... www.upaya.org/program/the-... 040
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 16/09/2026THE POWER OF REPAIR... www.upaya.org/2026/09/the-...upaya.orgThe Power of Repair—From Roshi Joan’s upcoming book, “Unfinished Vow.”It is a dangerous illusion to believe that good intentions shield us from doing harm. The more actively we try to apply our values, the more opportunities we create for miscalculation. 1103
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 16/09/2026THE POWER OF REPAIR... www.upaya.org/2026/09/the-...upaya.orgThe Power of Repair—From Roshi Joan’s upcoming book, “Unfinished Vow.”It is a dangerous illusion to believe that good intentions shield us from doing harm. The more actively we try to apply our values, the more opportunities we create for miscalculation. 172
Reposted by Roshi Joan HalifaxRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026You don't have to wait for some next phase of AI. They are trying very hard to destroy the world right now. 5514156
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 14/09/2026FRANK OSTASESKI online: Love and Death, with ROSHI JOAN, Sept 18-20. Pus the Measure of Our Humanity Series online, Sept 20, 11AM-12:30, free. DO NOT MISS. Free. www.upaya.org/program/love... www.upaya.org/program/the-... 050
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 14/09/2026FRANK OSTASESKI online: Love and Death, with ROSHI JOAN, Sept 18-20. Pus the Measure of Our Humanity Series online, Sept 20, 11AM-12:30, free. DO NOT MISS. Free. www.upaya.org/program/love... www.upaya.org/program/the-... 050
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It was such a powerful GRACE compassion training at Upaya .... just completed and very moved by the level of engagement and the intensity pf the process. A real privilege work with Wendy Dainin Lau, Tony Back, Cynda Rushton. 190
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 11/09/2026St. John of the Cross “I saw the river over which each soul must pass to reach the kingdom of heaven / and the name of that river was Suffering. / I saw the boat which carries souls across the river, and the name of that boat is Love”. 08128
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 10/09/2026You still have time to register for the online GRACE compassion training, stewarded by Sensei Dainin Lau, and taught by Roshi Joan, clinicians Tony Back and Cynda Rushton. Begins this Fri afternoon. www.upaya.org/program/g-r-... 0101
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 09/09/2026FRANK OSTASESKI online: Love and Death, with ROSHI JOAN, Sept 18-20. Pus the Measure of Our Humanity Series online, Sept 20, 11AM-12:30, free. DO NOT MISS. Free. www.upaya.org/program/love... www.upaya.org/program/the-...upaya.orgLOVE and DEATH: Opening the Great Gifts (Online 2026)Soon after you register, you will receive an email with a link to the Resource Page, which is where all of the recordings and readings are listed. It may take a few minutes to reach you. 020
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 08/09/2026FRANK OSTASESKI, at Upaya and online: Love and Death, with Roshi Joan, Sept 18-20, plus the Measure of Our Humanity Series, March 20, 11AM-12:30, free. PLEASE SHARE AND JOIN. www.upaya.org/program/love... www.upaya.org/program/the-... 031
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 07/09/2026FRANK OSTASESKI, at Upaya and online: Love and Death, with Roshi Joan, Sept 18-20, plus the Measure of Our Humanity Series, March 20, 11AM-12:30, free. DO NOT MISS. www.upaya.org/program/love... www.upaya.org/program/love... www.upaya.org/program/the-... 072
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Unfinished Vow: We do not possess bodhicitta. Rather, bodhicitta gradually possesses us, gathering our lives into a widening field of relationship until our thoughts, words, and actions accord naturally with the life of the Buddhas and bodhisattvas. 0292
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra: “The mind that sees impermanence is called the mind of awakening. 0222
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Bodhicitta, as Dōgen understands it, is not an emotional intensity burning itself out but a disciplined way of inhabiting relationship, continually renewed because it arises from the realization that there has never been a separate self struggling alone against an impossible world. 0261
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Impermanence is not the enemy of love. It is what gives love its urgency and its depth. 0326
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Unfinished Vow: Bodhicitta is known less by the words we speak than by the lives we make possible. 0141
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Extraordinary Rebecca Solnit's talk at Upaya was rich and powerful. You can access for free, though a donation is appreciated. Roshi Joan with Sensei Dainin opened this remarkable session. Please share! www.upaya.org/program/the-... vimeo.com/1223744796/4... 084
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A deep bow and heavy heart Gloria Steinem has gone beyond. We joined Jane Fonda and other remarkable women at a climate protest a few years ago in DC and were arrested and hauled off together in a police wagon to be processed. In those many hours in the dark and 1153
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Unfinished Vow: Buddhism is sometimes presented in the West as a somewhat private experience, and as though wisdom and compassion were two parallel qualities to be balanced against one another, like weights on a scale. Dōgen suggests something far more intimate. Wisdom naturally flowers as 3143
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Considering Eihei Dōgen's words on the so-called birthday of our nation “Flowers in the sky emerge from the earth. The whole nation has no way to buy them.” 080
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 02/09/2026FRANK OSTASESKI, at Upaya and online: Love and Death, with Roshi Joan, Sept 18-20, and Measure of Our Humanity Series, March 20, 11AM-12:30, free. DO NOT MISS. www.upaya.org/program/love... www.upaya.org/program/love... www.upaya.org/program/the-... 022
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway👇 Write a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...actionnetwork.orgTell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite GiveawayContact Congress today! 081
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Dropping into all of life: www.upaya.org/2026/09/sitt...upaya.orgSitting with Everything — by Roshi Joan HalifaxIn Eihei Dogen’s fascicle Bendōwa, one of his earliest teachings, he says that when even one person sits zazen wholeheartedly, even for a single moment… 283
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Understanding power and responsibility www.upaya.org/2026/09/repa...upaya.orgRepair by the Full Moon — by Roshi Joan HalifaxBuddhist teachings offer a different possibility from the spiral of denial and betrayal when precepts are violated. From the earliest days of Buddhism… 050
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Nepal in my heart www.upaya.org/2026/09/loss... 1172
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 01/09/2026"Be joyful though you have considered all the facts." Words from beloved Wendell Berry. Honestly, joy at this moment is eclipsed by sadness. Wendell has gone beyond. His words will live on through so many of us. A photo I took at Upaya. Be joyful, indeed, but not at this moment. 0241
Reposted by Roshi Joan HalifaxEvan Thompson @evanthompson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Thank you, @joanhalifax.bsky.social 1113
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 31/08/2026You can access the powerful talk by Rebecca Solnit at Upaya, free, donation appreciated. Roshi Joan with Sensei Dainin opened this remarkable session. www.upaya.org/program/the-... 080
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Compassion does not arise from a distance. It emerges through proximity, which is why fearlessness is not separate from vulnerability. 0162
Reposted by Roshi Joan HalifaxJenny Zenner 🏞️ Stress Response Playbook @jennyzenner.bsky.social · 30/08/2026"Now we've seen the real Dolly Lama" - @joanhalifax.bsky.social Transmission this morning from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social at @upaya.bsky.social on possibility ending w/ a call out to the dear Dolly Parton's living example of compassion, joy, empathy, feminism, anti-racism, LGBTQ inclusion...💖🏳️🌈 181
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Today, at 11 Mountain time, free talk with REBECCA SOLNIT on possibility in Upaya's powerful Measure of Humanity Series. Roshi Joan and Sensei Dainin will be threading and reflecting. Open q and a. www.upaya.org/program/the-... 090
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Beloved Rebecca Solnit, the queen of cathedral thinking! 1152
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Join the extraordinary Rebecca Solnit online, Aug 30, 11AM, MT. Free, donation appreciated. Roshi Joan and Sensei Dainin will be threading and reflecting. Open q and a. www.upaya.org/program/the-... or online: www.upaya.org/program/the-... 062
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 30/08/2026To live as a Bodhisattva is to take responsibility for this. Integrity literally means wholeness: a person of integrity recognizes their belonging within a larger whole and acts accordingly. From that realization arises not only compassion but the possibility for collective awakening. 0214
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Moon over Picacho and Upaya Zen Center below. (Photo Kodo Roen) 0180
Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Join the extraordinary Rebecca Solnit at Upaya in person or online, Aug 30, 11AM, MT. Free, donation appreciated. Roshi Joan and Sensei Dainin will be threading and reflecting. Open q and a. www.upaya.org/program/the-... or online: www.upaya.org/program/the-... 0142
