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Roshi Joan Halifax

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Abbot and Founder, Upaya Zen Center

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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Rain blessing in drought: Upaya: www.upaya.org/2026/10/soak...
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Soaking in Every Drop: A Moment of Stillness
We invite you to take a few quiet minutes with this video of moments from Upaya during two weeks of rain.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In Hong Kong and going to the chop carver to get a chop made of Upaya's new logo: Thusness.
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Lisa Rokusek @lisarokusek.myatproto.social · 04/10/2026
Hahahaha. Roshi Joan On AI starts out talking about Abebe Berhane’s influence in her understanding data sets. My worlds stay collided. Roshi Joan remains fresh and a badass.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My thoughts turn toward the great poet William Merwin who would have been 99 today. A precious friend...
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We are grateful to offer the next session of The Measure of Our Humanity, which will explore FREEDOM with teacher, author, and clinical psychologist Jack Kornfield. October 25th, online, recording available. Register for free + by donation here www.upaya.org/program/the-...
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The Measure of Our Humanity: FREEDOM, with Jack Kornfield - Online + Free
Soon after you register, you will receive an email with a link to the Resource Page, which is where the recording, resources, and readings are listed. It may take a few minutes to reach you.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Roshi Joan on AI www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_1v...
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Roshi Joan Halifax "The Need for Genuine Intelligence in the Age of Artificial Intelligence"
YouTube video by Wisdom 2.0 with Soren Gordhamer
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Men Explain Rape to Me.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Governor Lee, Reconsider Clemency for Christa Pike. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/gove...
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Governor Lee, Reconsider Clemency for Christa Pike
Given the Christa Pike's stay of execution, now is the time to ask Governor Lee to reconsider clemency.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
from preoccupation with oneself. That is not moral instruction. He is describing how the heart works.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Much 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
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From 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.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Tomorrow, Sunday, join Frank Ostaseski for THE MEASURE OF OUR HUMANITY, 11AM MT, FREE, ONLINE. BELONGING www.upaya.org/program/the-...
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The Measure of Our Humanity: BELONGING with Frank Ostaseski – Online + FREE
In this program, Frank Ostaseski will guide us deeper into Belonging—that fundamental truth that we belong to each other…
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Tomorrow, Sunday, join Frank Ostaseski for THE MEASURE OF OUR HUMANITY, 11AM MT, FREE, ONLINE. BELONGING www.upaya.org/program/the-...
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The Measure of Our Humanity: BELONGING with Frank Ostaseski – Online + FREE
In this program, Frank Ostaseski will guide us deeper into Belonging—that fundamental truth that we belong to each other…
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Tomorrow, 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/
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Maia Duerr @maiaduerr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
GRACE is an amazing training, supportive for clinicians in all contexts and for anyone working with people in need.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The smell of the desert embracing rain. Upaya Zen Center this beautiful stormy night.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Why GRACE matters: www.upaya.org/2026/09/grac...
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Roshi 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.
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Gray Matthews @grayhiker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I can't wait for this upcoming book...but I will. ☺️
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
FRANK 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-...
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
THE POWER OF REPAIR... www.upaya.org/2026/09/the-...
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The 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.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
THE POWER OF REPAIR... www.upaya.org/2026/09/the-...
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The 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.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
You don't have to wait for some next phase of AI. They are trying very hard to destroy the world right now.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I come home in this sky.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
FRANK 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-...
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
FRANK 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-...
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It 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.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
St. 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”.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
You 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-...
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
FRANK 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-...
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LOVE 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.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
FRANK 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-...
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
FRANK 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-...
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Unfinished 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.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra: “The mind that sees impermanence is called the mind of awakening.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Joy in the midst.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Bodhicitta, 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.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Impermanence is not the enemy of love. It is what gives love its urgency and its depth.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Unfinished Vow: Bodhicitta is known less by the words we speak than by the lives we make possible.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Upaya Zen Center summer.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Extraordinary 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...
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
freezing warehouse with zipties around our wrists, we sat and spoke of women and justice. I am deeply sad she has left us... and she has not. Her life made it better for all women and will continue to be a beacon of justice and courage for all of us.
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A 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
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
erodes the habits of self-centeredness and selfishness that obscure reality. Iphoto by flint sparks)
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
compassion, because wisdom reveals that there has never been a separate self to define or defend. And compassion naturally deepens wisdom, because caring for others and the direct experience of mutual belonging continually
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Unfinished 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
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Considering 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.”
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
FRANK 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-...
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway👇 Write a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway
Contact Congress today!
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Dropping into all of life: www.upaya.org/2026/09/sitt...
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Sitting with Everything — by Roshi Joan Halifax
In 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…
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Understanding power and responsibility www.upaya.org/2026/09/repa...
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Repair by the Full Moon — by Roshi Joan Halifax
Buddhist teachings offer a different possibility from the spiral of denial and betrayal when precepts are violated. From the earliest days of Buddhism…
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Nepal in my heart www.upaya.org/2026/09/loss...
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