Joan Halifax

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Turning Word

Joan Jiko Halifax Roshi, author, Zen Buddhist priest, and abbot of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe talks about what Buddhist book has made a significant impact on her practice.

By Joan Halifax

Florida shooting Buddhism

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Buddha and Bullets

In the wake of a school shooting in Florida, Roshi Joan Halifax discusses the challenge of avoiding numbness and apathy.

By Matthew Abrahams

Joan Halifax: On Grief and Buddhism

                              This dewdrop world Is but a dewdrop world. And yet, and yet— —Issa, Eighteenth-century Japanese poet Roshi Joan Halifax gave a…

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