Best Roshi Joan Halifax Podcasts (2023)

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Something’s Happening Here and We Don’t Know What It Is 47:29

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In light of the Verala Symposium and his travels, Sensei Matthew Kozan Palevsky is interested in study and knowledge and different ways of knowing. He considers the pitfalls of knowing—how we can become separated from what we seek to know through our study of it. How do we let ourselves be porous and not try to own something, including ourselves, t…

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Ep. 138 - Love and Prayer with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee 32:31

1h ago32:31

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Sufi teacher Llewellyn Vaughan Lee returns with a collection of heartful poetry that touches on nature, soul, prayer, and practices of the heart. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow In this episode, Llewellyn Vaughan Lee recites…

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Rev. Issho Fujita: Zazen as a Way of Harmonizing the Self 45:49

1h ago45:49

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In this photo-worthy and delightfully diagram-aided talk, Rev. Issho Fujita shares his personal story and perspective on zen practice, with an emphasis on the somatic. Issho talks about how zazen is different from human-made meditation, which tends to be goal-oriented and forceful. Zazen is about harmonizing body/posture, breath, and mind. He discu…

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Bhante Sanathavihari: On the Wings of Awakening 47:04

2h ago47:04

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Bhante Sanathavihari enthusiastically and joyfully shares the Ummaggasutta as a way of considering that the Buddhist metaphor of a bird, with one wing of compassion and one wing of wisdom, might be more like a UFO, compassion and wisdom being one: two sides of a coin of wisdom— “penetrative” and “great.” He especially focuses on illuminating “great…

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Frank Ostaseski: Grief – A Path to Wholeness 49:56

2d ago49:56

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How do we move towards the light of absolute truth while accepting and honoring our very human nature?” In this vulnerable, raw talk, Frank Ostaseski shares his heart with us following his brother’s death ten days prior. He talks about how his experience of such a personal loss differs from his experience of witnessing the deaths of people he sat b…

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Ep. 137 - Quality Of Mind with Gil Fronsdal 58:33

9d ago58:33

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Gil Fronsdal returns for a guest episode on the importance of our quality of mind and explores self-discovery through our actions. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow In this BHNN Guest Episode, Gil Fronsdal speaks on: Being sti…

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Upaya Zen Center's Dharma Podcast

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Singing the River’s Song Back to the River Part 2 45:46

9d ago45:46

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“The practice was literally saving my life.” In Part 2 of her way seeking mind talk, Sensei Amie Diller recounts heart-filled stories about her time as a resident at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in the 1980s, working with trauma during a time when it was so little understood, meeting shamans and traveling around India with brahmans, receiving ordi…

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Kathie Fischer: Reflecting on the Way of Ling Zhao and her Mother 36:08

16d ago36:08

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In this timely dharma talk in our final days of Spring Sesshin, Sensei Kathie Fischer shares teachings from three wise women who offer a powerful dharmic lesson when faced with marginalization and disrespect. Each encounters monks who are likely blinded by a sense of superior rank and gender, leaving them unable to meet these women as equals—let al…

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Zenshin Florence Caplow: The Joys and Pitfalls of Helping: Lingzhao & Layman P’ang 43:04

23d ago43:04

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Zenshin Florence Caplow’s dharma talk discusses Lingzhao’s helping, a koan from The Sayings of Layman P’ang which has served as our source text for the Spring Practice Period. In this beloved story, Lingzhao demonstrates a form of helping that is at once unconventional, tender, and hilarious. Expounding on this story, Zenshin discusses both the joy…

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Ep. 136 - The Four Immeasurables with Lama Tsomo 42:11

27d ago42:11

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Guiding us through The Four Immeasurables, author and teacher Lama Tsomo lectures about developing deep connections. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow In this episode, Lama Tsomo teaches us about: Technology as a window to the…

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Ordinary Mind: Layman Pang and Maurine Stuart, Roshi 45:36

1M ago45:36

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In this improvisational jazz duet-style dharma talk, Senseis Amie Diller and Kathie Fischer explore the resonance between one of their shared teachers Maurine Stuart, Roshi, and the 7th Century celebrated lay practitioner Layman Pang, who is the focus of Upaya’s spring practice period. Sensei Amie begins with a rich biography of Maurine Stuart, Ros…

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Ep. 135 – The True Test of Wisdom with Trudy Goodman 50:28

1M ago50:28

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Learn how to access wisdom through intentional action and radical honesty with Buddhist teacher Trudy Goodman. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow "When we're honest we can look at ourselves directly. We can look at our own beha…

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Monshin Nannette Overley: All Moments Are Equally Precious 43:16

1M ago43:16

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In this honest and courageous talk, Sensei Monshin Nannette Overley investigates the relationship between recalling our intention and where we delegate our attention, especially in lay practice. How do we divide up our lives into trivial and sacred, difficult and easy moments? She explores Lingzhao’s comment about studying the sutras: “Neither diff…

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HAIKU: The Leap 33:41

1M ago33:41

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“Haiku is about paying attention.” Natalie Goldberg offers a deep dive into the work of Tim Roberts who found haiku after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s at 49. His haiku in his new book Busted: Reflections of Police Life reveal that you can write haiku about anything. “One shot gun/Three of us walking/Doing the math.” Often, but not always, there…

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Be Here Now Network Guest Podcast

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Ep. 134 - Ram Dass Fellowship: Mantra, Music & Meditation w/ Deva Premal, Miten & Jackie Dobrinska 1:22:19

2M ago1:22:19

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Spiritual Musicians Deva Premal and Miten serenade us and respond to questions in this magical guest episode with Jackie Dobrinska. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow This episode features: Beautiful songs from Deva Premal & Miten…

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Singing the River’s Song Back to the River 43:15

2M ago43:15

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In this vulnerable and alive (and hopefully only part one of a multi-part series) Way-Seeking Mind talk, Sensei Amie Diller takes us to the LA parking lot where she had […]By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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Ep. 133 – Meditation: Silence, Stillness, Spaciousness with Gil Fronsdal 34:22

2M ago34:22

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In this episode, Gil shares a resonant guided meditation helping us into a relaxed state of silence, stillness, and spaciousness. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow “If you hear the sound of the birds, it’s because it’s quiet enou…

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Engaged Attention: Enhancing Daily Life 37:33

2M ago37:33

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A talk that came to her in the middle of several nights, Dr. Laurie Leitch offers us a “bedtime story” style dharma talk. She shares five stories about attention ranging […]By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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Begin Again: Precepts for Everyday Life 53:52

2M ago53:52

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“How is practicing the precepts like waking up?” In this practical and story-flush talk, on the night of the first of two jukai ceremonies in 2023, Sensei Mathew Kozan Palevsky […]By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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Monshin Nannette Overley: I Offer You This Bodhi Mind 44:47

3M ago44:47

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“Once bodhichitta is awakened in us, it is a treasure that continues to open.” In this beautiful exploration, Monshin Nannette Overley characterizes bodhichitta as “the first impulse or intention towards […]By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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Ep. 132 – Mindshift: Finding Love When You’re Working on Yourself w/ Francesca Hogi, Jordana Reim & Shira Lazar 37:22

3M ago37:22

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In this episode, Shira and Jordana are talking about finding love when you’re a person who’s focused on personal and spiritual growth. Is it easier or more difficult? This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow Joined by dating coach Franc…

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Zenshin Florence Caplow: On Courage and Practice 38:36

3M ago38:36

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“It takes so much courage to meet our suffering, to meet our life, raw and unadorned.” In this captivating talk, Zenshin Florence Caplow draws on stories and teachings from encounters […]By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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Ep. 131 – The Space Between Stories with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee (Micro-Episode) 11:20

3M ago11:20

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Llewellyn returns with a microdose of poetic wisdom exploring the space between stories, between the known and unknown worlds, a space that is also present with each and every breath. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow Llewellyn V…

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Valerie Brown: The Heart of Sangha: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Teachings on Building Beloved Community 45:34

3M ago45:34

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“We teach what we need to learn the most.” In this humble, participatory, and open-hearted talk, Valerie Brown explores four of Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings on building beloved community: volition, […]By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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Dancing with Mara: Revisiting the Life of Buddha 41:00

3M ago41:00

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In this heartfelt talk, Sensei Amie Diller reminds us of the story of Buddha and particularly of Buddha’s relationship with Mara. Even after his enlightenment, Siddhartha was still visited by […]By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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Ep. 130 – Guided Benefactor Practice & Buddhist Chanting w/ Lama Rod Owens 43:09

3M ago43:09

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The Spirit Underground's Lama Rod Owens offers a guided benefactor practice and chanting of the Tibetan Buddhist mantra, 'Om Mani Padme Hum.' Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow "As we move through really difficult situations, i…

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Wendy Johnson: Grass Boundless: Inside the Gate, Outside the Gate 43:26

3M ago43:26

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On the fourth night of Winter Practice Period sesshin, Sensei Wendy Johnson explores Case 89 of The Book of Serenity, “Dongshan’s “Place of No Grass.””By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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Ep. 129 – Roar Like a Goddess w/ Acharya Shunya 1:03:05

3M ago1:03:05

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Author, speaker, and scholar, Acharya Shunya, joins Jackie Dobrinska to illuminate Ma Durga’s shakti and clarity, teaching us how to truly ‘Roar Like a Goddess.’ In this sublime session from the Ram Dass Fellowship Livestreams, rest your heart and expand your awareness, as Vedic Scholar and award winning author of several bestselling books, Acharya…

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Stepping Off A 100 Foot Pole: Case 79 The Book of Serenity 46:58

4M ago46:58

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“When we all have enough, we can fully let go. When we fully let go, we know what it is to have enough.” In this joyful and moving talk, Sensei […]By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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Ep. 128 – Home with Trudy Goodman 55:50

4M ago55:50

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How can we create a home for the heart that goes with us wherever we go? Trudy Goodman offers a reflection on leaving home and being home. Discover how mindfulness and meditation practices can help us strike a balance between the familiar and the unknown, allowing us to rest in a place of equanimity wherever where might be. This podcast is sponsore…

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The One Who Is Not Trifling 37:05

4M ago37:05

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With a combination of playfulness and humility, Sensei Noah Kodo Roen presents Case 21 of Book of Serenity, “Yunyan Sweeps the Ground,” and explores the dichotomy of mindfulness and busyness, […]By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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On Joy 44:36

4M ago44:36

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“What are you doing?” a mom asked her young son who she found sitting cross legged, smiling, with eyes closed on the couch. “I’m enjoying my body,” he replied. From […]By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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Ep. 127 – Dedication to Liberation with Lama Rod Owens 44:55

4M ago44:55

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In an inspiring talk on resiliency, Lama Rod Owens discusses remaining devoted to liberation despite our struggles. Lama Rod Owens covers the dharma of freedom, loving ourselves, ancestral work, and the power of meditation in this BHNN Guest Podcast episode. This Dharma Talk was originally published on DharmaSeed.org This podcast is sponsored by Be…

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Talking on Empty 40:34

5M ago40:34

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“Many of our friends are no longer alive or we don’t see them anymore. [Writing poetry] is a way we hold them.” Natalie Goldberg reflects on the end of the […]By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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Ep. 126 – First Foundation Guided Meditation with JoAnna Hardy 45:41

4M ago45:41

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JoAnna Hardy returns to share a guided meditation all around the first foundation of mindfulness – mindfulness of the body. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow "A lot of our mindfulness practice is the intentional quality of intent…

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Dekila Chungyalpa: Wisdom of Winter: Rest, Regeneration, and Rebirth 43:13

5M ago43:13

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“Does your breathing change when you imagine it’s the landscape breathing?” Dekila Chungyalpa invites us to explore different ways of looking at time (as nature and different species view time, […]By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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Eloquent Silence 36:34

5M ago36:34

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In this poetic talk, Fushin James Bristol reflects on the role of silence in zen practice and in our lives. Sharing personal stories, music knowledge, Buddhist history, and other moving […]By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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Buddhist Visions of Leadership 2022 (Part 4) 1:36:02

5M ago1:36:02

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In Part 4 of this multipart series, John Dunne discusses some more of Nagarjuna’s policies around leadership and considers how they can create personal and world transformation. Roshi Joan Halifax […]By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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Buddhist Visions of Leadership 2022 (Part 3) 1:08:31

5M ago1:08:31

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In Part 3 of this multipart series, Joan Dunne delves into ancient Indian Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna’s work The Ratnavali or The Jewel Garland which offers counsel to kings or all […]By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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Joan Halifax: Rohatsu: Green Dharma (Part 1) 34:06

5M ago34:06

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Sensei Kaz Tanahashi and Roshi Joan Halifax open the first full day of Rohatsu Green Dharma sesshin with their dharma talk on Indra’s Net and what it means to hold […]By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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Ep. 125 - Love & Service with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee (Micro-Episode) 21:45

5M ago21:45

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Through bearing witness, love and service, Llewellyn shares how we can collectively heal the crisis of disconnection & ecological devastation. Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Ph.D. is a Sufi teacher in the Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiyya Sufi Order. He is the author of Sufism, the Transformation of the Heart, and the founder of The Golden Sufi Center. Check out …

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Dorotea Mendoza: Show, Don’t Tell: How the Practice of Writing Can Teach us About Engagement and Service 38:58

5M ago38:58

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In this wonderful talk, Dorotea Mendoza “walks the talk” of showing rather than telling by sharing some of her personal experiences, e.g. how she misses the Philippines, the country of […]By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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Ep. 124 - Ram Dass Fellowship: Resonance, Integration & Catharsis with John Forté and Jackie Dobrinska 1:14:29

6M ago1:14:29

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In a wildly inspirational talk, musician John Forté and holistic educator Jackie Dobrinska discuss resonance, integration & catharsis through the lens of music. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow Grammy-nominated recording artist,…

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John Dunne & Joan Halifax: Buddhist Visions of Leadership 2022 (Part 2) 48:49

6M ago48:49

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In Part 2 of this multi-part series, Roshi Joan Halifax considers the qualities of a leader as modeled and taught by the Buddha. Roshi speaks of the Buddha as a […]By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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John Dunne & Joan Halifax: Buddhist Visions of Leadership 2022 (Part 1) 48:05

6M ago48:05

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Series Description: Upaya’s Abbot and social activist Roshi Joan Halifax and the wonderful Buddhist scholar Dr. John Dunne guide participants through a unique and rich exploration of Buddhist visions of […]By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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Monshin Nannette Overley: Always Maintain a Joyful Mind 42:35

6M ago42:35

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Sensei Monshin Nannette Overley explores the provoking Lojong slogan “Always maintain a joyful mind.” She examines perspectives on joy that go beyond our cultural view of “happy happy joy joy.” […]By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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Ep. 123 – Let Your Light Shine Pt. 3 Ali Smith, Atman Smith, Andres Gonzalez and Guest Host David Devine 33:24

6M ago33:24

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Welcome to the final episode of this special guest mini-series where host David Devine speaks with the founders of The Holistic Life Foundation – Ali Smith, Atman Smith, and Andres Gonzalez – about all the synchronicities that lead to their new book: Let Your Light Shine. Order Let Your Light Shine for insightful lessons on how mindfulness can empo…

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John Dunne: Bodhisattva Lineage 41:29

6M ago41:29

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“Without the lineage, we are like people without fire and we’re going to be out of luck.” Professor John Dunne speaks about the importance of the Buddhist lineage and how […]By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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Ep. 122 – The Ojai Foundation Presents: Under the Teaching Tree with Thich Nhat Hanh 46:08

6M ago46:08

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Buddhist Master, Thich Nhat Hanh, explores how we can joyfully bring mindfulness into everyday activities like phone calls, driving, and walking. This special episode of the Be Here Now Network Guest Podcast I hosted by Jackie Dobrinska, Love Serve Remember Foundation’s Director of Outreach and Education, and brought to you by the Ojai Foundation. …

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Wendy Johnson: A Harvest of Dharma and Ecology 48:48

6M ago48:48

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Sensei Wendy Johnson gives a characteristically energizing, inspiring, and poetic talk on ecology and Dharma practice. She discusses the process and practice of planting and harvesting Upaya’s garden this past year […]By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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