Joan Halifax

upaya.org/program/the-me… THE MEASURE OF OUR HUMANITY, a powerful aspect about this socially and environmentally engaged series is that the greater community interacts with the teacher directly and the community builds. Free, online. Next session: Roshi Joan on compassion June 7.

I don’t think people understand the gravity of what we are looking at in this photo. This should infuriate every single one of us.

i cannot stop painting haiku fire paintings it is these times i paint peacefully but the result is flames

Sensei Dainin Wendy Lau gives the Dharma talk at Upaya tonight, 5:30 MT. Join in person or online. youtube.com/user/upayazenc…

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@jhalifax Such an impressive line-up of wisdom in this series.

they become weak and limp. well, we live in windy times! let's lean into it for the good of all....

asked the scientist who was taking me through the recently opened facility why the lean and bendy trees were being held up by guy wires fastened to the ceiling structure, he said that the inhabitants of the biosphere discovered that trees need wind to resist, otherwise

high winds here, and reminding me of the limp trees at the space biosphere in oracle, arizona. i visited there some years ago, got a fascinating tour of this strange and marvelous failed experiment in reproducing ecological zones for survival in outer space. when i

THE MEASURE OF OUR HUMANITY: COMPASSION with Roshi Joan Free, online June 7, free. upaya.org/program/the-me…

A special meeting in Upaya Zen Center's library: Ocean Vuong, Ada Limon, Rebecca Solnit, Roshi Joan, Peter, Wendy Lau: speaking of dharma, the wilds, and words.

I was horrified when I learned that right here in New Mexico, ICE asked Native Americans for their citizenship papers. It’s unacceptable. ICE is targeting people based on skin color, without any consideration for the culture of the places they live. Thank you, Senator Luján and Representative Leger Fernández, for standing up for our communities and people. As governor, ICE will have to come through me. sourcenm.com/briefs/nm-u-s-…

The artist behind this painting, Criselda Vasquez, painted this portrait of her parents in 2017. The man in this painting, her father, was recently taken by ICE. He has lived in the United States for forty years. This loss has made it hard for the family to support themselves. If you want to support them, you can go to their GoFundMe here: gofund.me/456d8a193

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