@joanhalifax.bsky.social
Abbot and Founder, Upaya Zen Center
One of the most powerful examples of socially engaged Buddhism is that of the monks walkiing peacefully from Texas to DC. Please note... Buddhism in the streets, on the roads and highways, a Buddhism that does not turn away from the social ills of our time.
06.02.2026 15:48 — 👍 85 🔁 22 💬 4 📌 1
One of the most precious resources is to share the dharma as it relates to love. Henry Shukman and Roshi Joan are offering a very special and unique weekend at Upaya. Some scholarships available. Join us. www.upaya.org/program/sitt...
06.02.2026 12:08 — 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Naming it:
Moral nerve: a term used by the author Joan Didion to describe someone who has non negotiable virtue when standing above the abyss of harm.
Being with Dying is a profoundly impactful training, serving this vital community of practitioners, providing important tools for work with people who have serious illnesses, as well as dying people and their families.
www.upaya.org/program/bein...
In May, Upaya will open its doors to clinicians in compassionate care for the seriously ill and dying for our annual "Being With Dying" professional training.
Please share this training with friends and family: www.upaya.org/program/bein... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
www.upaya.org/2026/02/rosh... Roshi Joan speaks at Interfaith Vigil...
03.02.2026 19:57 — 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
In this time of great challenges, one of the most precious resources is to share the dharma as it relates to love. I am very grateful that Henry Shukman and I are offering this special weekend retreat on original love. Please join us. www.upaya.org/program/sitt...
03.02.2026 03:35 — 👍 19 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0KEEP THIS IN FRONT OF YOU...
Do not believe them.
Do not get used to this.
Keep your focus.
Stand your ground.
Full moon in Leo, Imbolc, the ancient celtic festival of promise, home, + hearth marking the liminal time where winter may still grip the land but the light has begun its slow return and Brigid’s ancient, steady flame illuminates the in-between where survival softens into hope.
02.02.2026 03:34 — 👍 31 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
Good trouble, necessary trouble, today: Feb 1: COURAGE to end brutality and realize the greater Measure of Our Humanity: Christiana Figueres, Rebecca Solnit, Roshi Joan, online, 11-12:30 MT, free.
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Feb 1: COURAGE to end violence and brutality and to realize the greater Measure of Our Humanity: Christiana Figueres, Rebecca Solnit, Roshi Joan, online, 11-12:30 MT, free. www.upaya.org/program/the-... Making "good trouble, necessary trouble, meeting this rupture with courage.
01.02.2026 02:31 — 👍 22 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
The Measure of Our Humanity—COURAGE
This Sunday, Feb 1, 11am - 12:30pm MST
Online, FREE, donations appreciated
With three remarkable women, Christiana Figueres, Roshi Joan, and Rebecca Solnit.
Register here: www.upaya.org/program/the-... @joanhalifax.bsky.social
They all deserve justice
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Roshi Joan's powerful talk she offered at the Vigil for our immigrant neighbors and standing strong with Minneapolis. The talk can be found at this link fpcsantafe.org/live-streams/ and note the time when she offers her words. 1:14:29
30.01.2026 06:23 — 👍 16 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Reverand Andrew Black, Governor Mark Mitchell, Tesuque Pueblo or Conroy Chino, Acoma Pueblo, Upaya Zen Center, Marcella Diaz, Founding Executive Director of Somos Un Pueblo Unido, Rabbi Jack Schlacter
29.01.2026 15:46 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Interfaith Vigil – Speaking Up for Justice, Compassion, and Against ICE Brutality.
Today, January 29, First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe, 208 Grant Ave, 5:30pm – 6:30pm, join Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez, Archbishop John Wester, Roshi Joan Halifax,
Feb 1: COURAGE to end violence and brutality and to realize the greater Measure of Our Humanity: Christiana Figueres, Rebecca Solnit, Roshi Joan, online, 11-12:30 MT, free.
www.upaya.org/program/the-...
29.01.2026 03:28 — 👍 23 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
"I was only following orders" wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials & won't work now.
#AccountabilityIsComing
28.01.2026 13:16 — 👍 51 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 1
An essay as beautiful as it is insightful from @michaelpollan.bsky.social on the self & consciousness. The Buddhists figured out a good deal about how the mind works centuries ago, and there are few better guides than @joanhalifax.bsky.social, as Michael discovered.
27.01.2026 01:36 — 👍 22 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1Glorious
26.01.2026 23:30 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
From good friend, Michael Pollan: Here's the excerpt that the Atlantic just posted. There's a nice picture of us together if you scroll down. Thanks, again, for the experience.
love, Michael
www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
My heart is moved by all I cannot save:
so much has been destroyed
I have to cast my lot with those
who age after age, perversely,
with no extraordinary power,
reconstitute the world.
—Adrienne Rich, “Natural Resources,” 1977
25.01.2026 16:41 — 👍 63 🔁 25 💬 2 📌 3
Feb 1: COURAGE to end violence and brutality and to realize the greater Measure of Our Humanity: Christiana Figueres, Rebecca Solnit, Roshi Joan, online, 11-12:30 MT, free.
www.upaya.org/program/the-...
We hold each other or we lose each other.
24.01.2026 18:02 — 👍 47 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 1We hold each other or we lose each other.
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