Buddhist teacher, author, social activist, anthropologist, Abbot: Upaya Zen Center
Joined November 2008
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Jun 11
“Dear migrants, before I say any other word to you, I want to bow before your dignity.
“You are not numbers or case files.
“You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.” — Pope Leo XIV
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Jun 12
In this moment, is it still possible to face the gathering darkness, and say to the physical Earth, and to all its creatures, including ourselves, fiercely and without embarrassment, I love you, and to embrace fearlessly the burning world?
—BARRY LOPE Z,“Love in a Time of Terror”
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Jun 12
William Blake (1757–1827) saw it clearly in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: “Improvement makes straight roads, but the crooked paths without Improvement are paths of Genius.”
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Jun 12
Jul 12, 11-12:30 MT WISDOM with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi.
In the MEASURE OF OUR HUMANITY SERIES
upaya.org/program/the-measur… A special time when great teachers speak to the issues of our era and a gathering of the global community.
Free, online.
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Jun 11
A new essay on Zazen: The Intimacy of the Infinite: “Not one single atom opposes us. Behold the gleaming arising from the single mind.” — Hongzhi
upaya.org/2026/06/zazen-inti…
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Jun 10
All Beings, All Beings: Renewing the Bodhisattva Ideal for Our Time: This essay explores areas I have been thinking about and working on for the past several years... or decades. Perhaps you might find it useful... upaya.org/2026/06/all-beings…
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Jun 10
Compassion must be understood as more than an emotional response. Feelings come and go. Compassion is deeper than feeling. It is the capacity to perceive deeply and a way of being fully inhabited by reality.
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Jun 9
Francisco Varela, neuroscientist/philosopher, has had an enormous influence on my life and view. Here an essay based on a talk I gave at Mind and Life Europe on Zen and the Enactive View. upaya.org/2026/06/enacting-e… Emptiness: Zen Practice, The Embodied Mind, and The Enactive View
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Jun 9
Taking time for exploring past teachings I have given and writing essays based on them. Themes include dharma, koans, justice, leadership, ethics, compassion, war, enaction, solidarity, and more. It is a journey into the mind, past, and future. upaya.org/wisdom-library/wri…
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Jun 8
Leaving the deep quiets today. Hours of writing and as many of aimlessness. Several recent essays can be found here. Photo by Wendy Lau upaya.org/wisdom-library/wri…
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Jun 8
Important essay on ethical leadership that I have been working on for some time. Ethical Leadership: Understanding Power, Actualizing Accountability & Trust upaya.org/2026/06/ethical-le…
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Jun 8
from Bhikkhu Bodhi. Do not miss! The whole remarkable series is here: upaya.org/program/the-measur… Mahasangha deepens it commitment to justice and care every month as this series unfolds. Free
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Jun 7
An essay of MUTUAL BELONGING. Gets right into the issues of social responsibility and disengagement in terms of Buddhist perespectives and experience. upaya.org/2026/06/mutual-bel…
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Jun 7
Join Roshi Joan today for Mutual Belonging: Compassion and Social Responsibility
upaya.org/program/the-measur…
THE MEASURE OF OUR HUMANITY.
Free, online June 7, 11-12:30 MT.
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Joan Halifax retweeted
Jun 7
incapable of reading all beautiful&wise words written
tried to do honor to contents of the essay
“in spite of it being true that we really cannot know anything for sure, I continued to explore by what forces might her life have been directed… &might our lives be directed?”
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Jun 7
This essay has been a work in progress for some years. Here you go! An Architecture of Goodness upaya.org/2026/06/an-archite…
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Jun 7
This essay has been a work in progress for some years. Here you go! An Architecture of Goodness upaya.org/2026/06/an-archite…
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