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Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

A Santa Fe, NM Zen center and community with retreats, daily meditation, weekly Dharma talks on Buddhist teachings

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The Responsibility to Awaken with All Beings

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2024/09/16

Sensei Kozan discusses the practice and realization of "suchness" in Zen Buddhism. He explores Dogen's essay of the same name, and relates the practice of suchness to our work for […]

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Grief, Loss, and a Welling Heart

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2024/08/25

In this final Love and Death program session Roshi Joan highlights the experience of loss and the tightly related feeling of grief that follows. Roshi shares her personal grief around her […]

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May You be Safe

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2024/08/24

In this session of Love and Death, Frank Ostaseski and Roshi Joan touch into the heart of compassion through grief. Roshi Joan walks us tenderly and skilfully through a journey from her […]

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Bodhidharma’s Two Ways

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2024/08/05

Sensei Shinzan explores the story of Bodhidharma and then delves into his teaching on the two paths: that of reason and that of practice. Shinzan emphasizes the importance of connecting […]

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Dogen Seminar 2024 (2 of 9)

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2024/08/05

Steven Heine, an expert in Asian Studies and Zen Buddhism, discusses Zen master Dogen’s teachings and the tradition of koan practice. The session explores Dogen’s views on endeavor, exertion, or vinaya. It also […]

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Dogen Seminar 2024 (1 of 9)

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2024/08/05

The 2024 Dogen seminar kicks off with introductions and a warm welcome. The week’s schedule is laid out, and the topics for the weekend discussions are unveiled. Each speaker gives […]

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Dogen Seminar: With Norman Fischer

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2024/07/28

In this session Roshi Norman Fischer brings the conversation to the acute point of what we lose when reading material in the non-native language of the text. He highlights the […]

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Dogen Seminar: With Kathie Fischer

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2024/07/28

Roshi Joan and the faculty open this session with warm reflections and stories of friendship and gratitude. Sensei Kathie Fischer takes over the session and brings in the topic of trust, […]

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Dogen Seminar: With Henry Shukman

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2024/07/27

After a delightfully endearing reading of his own fist impressions of Dogen Henry Shukman explores passages of Dogen's work and their potential implications on practice. A main theme Henry returns […]

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Dogen Seminar: With Steven Heine

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2024/07/27

Steven Heine, an expert in Asian Studies and Zen Buddhism, discusses Zen master Dogen's teachings and the tradition of koan practice. The session explores Dogen's views on endeavor, exertion, or […]

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Dogen Seminar: With Sensei Genzan

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2024/07/27

Sensei Genzan flashes to us in this brief fifty minute session his deep knowledge and love for Dogen. He opens by offering practical study advice which he implements in his […]

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Dogen Seminar: With Natalie Goldberg

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2024/07/27

In this talk Natalie Goldberg puts the focus onto the relevance of Dogen's writings and teachings in our modern world. She shares anecdotes related to Dogen's teachings and she embodies […]

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Dogen Seminar: Opening Session

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2024/07/26

The Dogen seminar kicks off with introductions and a warm welcome. The week's schedule is laid out, and the topics for the weekend discussions are unveiled. Each speaker gives a […]

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Zen Circle: Lost in Translation

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2024/07/24

After six long years away Sensei Genzan returns to Upaya to share his deep knowledge and appreciation for the Dharma. Genzan discusses the great Zen poet, practitioner, and Soto founder Dogen […]

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Zen Circle: Opening Remarks

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2024/07/18

The opening session introduces Zen Circle, a contemplative ten days of practice at Upaya Zen Center. Roshi Joan paints a beautiful introduction to the weekend calligraphy program led by caligrapher […]

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Hidden Lamp Study Group: Sona’s Mother and the Thieves

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2024/07/15

This session of The Hidden Lamp Study Group led by Sensei Zenshin explores another story of awakened women in Buddhist literature. Today the group focuses on Sona’s Mother and the […]

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Gathering Dharma: Bridging the Divide

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2024/07/07

Tara Brach and Frank Ostaseski lead this tenderly delivered Gathering Dharma session. Together with participants Tara and Frank explore a range of topics including post pandemic reflections, the divide in […]

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Only a Buddha and a Buddha

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2024/06/23

In this installment of Gathering Dharma, Roshi Joan sets the stage by reminding us "the terrible impact of war" and reminds the group the importance of our resolve to face […]

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Planting Life: Growing Community

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2024/05/30

Wendy Johnson, a long-time Zen Buddhist practitioner and master gardener, shares her journey from early training years to establishing organic farms. She delves into her personal life, authorship, and family. […]

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Gathering Dharma With Paula Arai: Healing Wombs of...

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2024/05/28

In this Gathering Dharma session, Rev. Joan Halifax sets the stage with a poignant reading from the Dhammapada on the theme of overcoming hatred through non-hatred, discusses the universal suffering […]

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