Buddhist teacher Joan Halifax describes five “edge states” where courage meets fear and freedom meets suffering.
Yes, We Can Have Hope
In this commentary from the Fall 2018 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly, Roshi Joan Halifax reflects on the idea of “wise hope” and why we should open ourselves to it.
Help When Your Heart Breaks
Caring for people who are suffering is a loving, even heroic calling, but it takes a toll. Roshi Joan Halifax teaches this five-step program to care for yourself while caring for others.
Trevor Hall Is Making Music Out of “The Fruitful Darkness”
“She’s my role model,” says Trevor Hall of Roshi Joan Halifax, whose “The Fruitful Darkness” is a great inspiration behind his latest album.
Upaya Zen Center abbot loses cabin home to fire
Roshi Joan Halifax, abbot of Upaya Zen Center, shared Thursday that she lost her cabin at the Prajna Mountain Forest Refuge to a fire.
May We Be Safe
In this personal story of waking up on the spot, Joan Halifax recalls a lesson that won’t be forgotten.
Joshin Brian Byrnes appointed as Upaya vice-abbot
Roshi Joan Halifax and Joshin Brian ByrnesUpaya Zen Center has appointed Joshin Brian Byrnes, the center’s president, as vice-abbot. Byrnes is a student of the center’s abbot, Roshi Joan Halifax.
Joan Halifax: Fearless and Fragile
After a life time of contemplating death and caring for the dying, Zen teacher Joan Halifax reflects on her life’s work.
A New Democracy
Part one of Joan Halifax’s teaching, A New Democracy: The Koan of Servant Leadership, which she gave on January 21, 2009 at Upaya Zen Center.
The Llama and the Shmuck
I confide my feelings to Bubo as if he were a therapist; he doesn’t comment because he’s a Freudian llama.