27 Podcast Episodes
In a Moment in a Breath with Roshi Joan Halifax
In a Moment in a Breath with Roshi Joan Halifax
Is it possible to live in a compassionate heart in today’s world? With a curated collection of 55 short meditations from... Read more
14 Aug 2023
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35mins
New Year’s Prayers from Roshi Joan Halifax and Leigh Brasington on The Path to Peace by Ayya Khema
New Year’s Prayers from Roshi Joan Halifax and Leigh Brasington on The Path to Peace by Ayya Khema
Roshi Joan Halifax, Upaya Zen Center founder and head teacher, offers two prayers for the New Year–or any time of the ye... Read more
7 Jan 2023
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38mins
John Dunne & Joan Halifax: Buddhist Visions of Leadership 2022 (Part 2)
John Dunne & Joan Halifax: Buddhist Visions of Leadership 2022 (Part 2)
In Part 2 of this multi-part series, Roshi Joan Halifax considers the qualities of a leader as modeled and taught by the... Read more
28 Nov 2022
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48mins
John Dunne & Joan Halifax: Buddhist Visions of Leadership 2022 (Part 1)
John Dunne & Joan Halifax: Buddhist Visions of Leadership 2022 (Part 1)
Series Description: Upaya’s Abbot and social activist Roshi Joan Halifax and the wonderful Buddhist scholar Dr. John Dun... Read more
25 Nov 2022
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48mins
Frank Ostaseski & Joan Halifax: Love and Death: Opening the Great Gifts (3 of 8)
Frank Ostaseski & Joan Halifax: Love and Death: Opening the Great Gifts (3 of 8)
In the third part of Roshi Joan Halifax’s and Frank Ostaseski’s “Love and Death: Opening the Great Gifts,” Roshi Joan t... Read more
1 Oct 2022
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1hr 11mins
Frank Ostaseski & Joan Halifax: Life in the Balance: A Path to Transforming Destructive Emotions
Frank Ostaseski & Joan Halifax: Life in the Balance: A Path to Transforming Destructive Emotions
Many of us experience disturbing emotions that drive harmful behaviors causing unnecessary suffering to others and ourse... Read more
15 Sep 2022
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1hr 31mins
Wendy Johnson & Joan Halifax: Planting Life 2022: Learning from Traditional Ecological Knowledges and Cultivating the Dharma (2 of 10)
Wendy Johnson & Joan Halifax: Planting Life 2022: Learning from Traditional Ecological Knowledges and Cultivating the Dharma (2 of 10)
Series Description: Upaya Zen Center’s Planting Life is a yearly program grounded in the fields of environmental activis... Read more
18 Aug 2022
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1hr 2mins
Joan Halifax: The Liturgy of Taking Nothing for Granted (Spring Practice Period 2022)
Joan Halifax: The Liturgy of Taking Nothing for Granted (Spring Practice Period 2022)
Everything is given to us. This life, this body, the breakfast we ate this morning, the technology that allows us to lis... Read more
24 Jul 2022
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43mins
Ep. 78: Guided reflection: "Contemplating Our Priorities" (Joan Halifax)
Ep. 78: Guided reflection: "Contemplating Our Priorities" (Joan Halifax)
23 Apr 2021
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16mins
Joan Halifax: The Great Gift of Bodhicitta in Our Time: Shantideva’s Courageous Vision
Joan Halifax: The Great Gift of Bodhicitta in Our Time: Shantideva’s Courageous Vision
Episode Description: In this introduction to Shantideva and his text, the Bodhicharyavatara, Roshi Joan Halifax speaks a... Read more
5 Apr 2021
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54mins