Zen Brain: Exploring The Connection Between Neuroscience And Meditation
by Joan Halifax Roshi: This past August, more than 50 people gathered in the Circle of the Way temple at Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to explore the connection between neuroscience and meditation.
Roshi Joan Halifax: How Do You Want to Die?
by Roshi Joan Halifax: (Exercise from The Lucky Dark) In teaching care of the dying, I often begin by asking questions that explore our stories around death,
Practice for a World at Risk – Joan Halifax
by Joan Halifax: It’s the concept of “other” that drives the evils the world suffers from, says Roshi Joan Halifax. The contemplation we need now is that in reality there is no separation…
Equanimity: The Fourth Abode – Joan Halifax Roshi
by Joan Halifax Roshi: The fourth boundless abode, equanimity, is the perfect partner of compassion…
Sympathetic Joy: The Third Abode – Joan Halifax Roshi
by Joan Halifax Roshi: Learning to feel joy for others can help transform our own suffering and self-centeredness into joy…
Compassion: The Second Abode – Roshi Joan Halifx
by Joan Halifax Roshi: Compassion is not an idealized state. It is a profound realization that we are not separate from one another…
Boundless Qualities of the Mind – Roshi Joan Halifax
by Roshi Joan Halifax: The Four Boundless Abodes are lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity. These are qualities of the mind and heart that are inherent to our basic nature…
Joan Halifax Roshi: Peace and Engaged Buddhism
Beliefnet interviews the Zen priest Joan Halifax Roshi on how the principles of Buddhism can benefit the world’s pursuit of peace.
This Is What Compassion Looks Like: A Buddhist View of Occupy Wall Street
by Joan Halifax Roshi: It started 28 days ago, with a ragtag group of people who called themselves “Occupy Wall Street” planting themselves at Liberty Square Plaza
The Lucky Dark
Joan Halifax Roshi: A guide to allowing a gentle and meaningful death for our loved ones and for ourselves.
Boundlessly Realizing Wisdom Beyond Wisdom – Roshi Joan Halifax
by Roshi Joan Halifax: The Large Sutra on Realizing Wisdom Beyond Wisdom marks a vital shift from early Indian Buddhism to the Mahayana vision
Science and Compassion By Roshi Joan Halifax
by Roshi Joan Halifax: Whether compassion is rooted deep in our biology or whether it springs from the conscience…
The Magic Mirror By Roshi Joan Halifax
by Roshi Joan Halifax: This excerpt is from Roshi Joan’s next book: Standing at the Edge: Finding Wisdom Where Fear and Courage Meet, to be published May, 2018…
Radical Optimism – Joan Halifax
by Joan Halifax: Death and Optimism…
Marking The Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima – Roshi Joan Halifax
by Roshi Joan Halifax: On the 76th anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, Roshi Joan Halifax reflects on why we each must continue working toward the realization of nonviolence in our time…
Joan Halifax Roshi The Precious Necessity of Compassion
Joan Halifax Roshi: Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive. His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Life On The Edge – Joan Halifax
by Joan Halifax: Buddhist teacher Joan Halifax describes five “edge states” where courage meets fear and freedom meets suffering…
Profound Conviction: Roshi Joan Halifax and Dhammananda Bhikkhuni
The struggle to establish a Theravada Bhikkhuni Sangha in Thailand has faced immense opposition from state authorities…
Roshi Joan Halifax Death And Radical Optimism
by Joan Halifax: Death And Radical Optimism
Discovery At The Edge Of Empathy By Roshi Joan Halifax
by Roshi Joan Halifax: This excerpt is from Roshi Joan’s next book: Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet, to be published May, 2018…
Grief as Burden, Grief as Gift
Excerpt from Religion and Spirituality in Adjusting to Bereavement; Grief as Burden, Grief as Gift Crystal L. Park and Roshi Joan Halifax
Practicing G.R.A.C.E.: How to Bring Compassion Into Your Interactions With Others
by Roshi Joan Halifax: Compassion can change your life. Just ask Dr. Gary Pasternak, the Medical Director of Mission Hospice in San Mateo, CA:
Letting Go, Letting in Light
Joan Halifax Roshi talks about life and her groundbreaking book, Being with Dying.
Rest By Roshi Joan Halifax
by Roshi Joan Halifax: An excerpt from Roshi Joan’s upcoming book, At the Edge…
