Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

Upaya Zen Center's Dharma Podcast

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The Upaya Dharma Podcast features Wednesday evening Dharma Talks and recordings from Upaya's diverse array of programs. Our podcasts exemplify Upaya's focus on socially engaged Buddhism, including prison work, end-of-life care, serving the homeless, training in socially engaged practices, peace & nonviolence, compassionate care training, and delivering healthcare in the Himalayas

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Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

Episodes

DP #5 Life of Buddha: Mara 10.05.2006 1:12:48

Recorded at Upaya Zen Center, December 4th, 2005. 1 hour, 12 minutes This dharma talk begins with a short exposition by Kazuaki Tanahashi . Then Roshi Joan Halifax explores the Buddha's relationship with Mara. She asks retreat participants what is their mara, their devil. She gives the account of Buddha's encounter with Mara under the Bo tree. She makes the point that Mara is a state of mind that...

DP #4 Zen is Poetry: An Exploration of the Koan Mu 03.05.2006 48:02

Recorded at Upaya Zen Center January 5th, 2005 Roshi Joan Halifax begins her talk on koans with a note from R. H. Blythe, who said that Zen is poetry. Roshi then goes on to explore koan practice, as intimate and out of our patterned way of thinking and doing. She then presents the life of Zen Master Joshu, who taught with few words. His famous koan "Does a dog have Buddha nature?" is unpacked in t...

DP #3 Shamanism and Healing 26.04.2006 49:35

Recorded at Upaya Zen Center January 25th, 2006. In this talk, Roshi Joan explores shamanism in relation to Buddhism. She touches on the psycho-mental crisis of the shaman and the importance of the perspective of indigenous spiritual traditions in our world today. She looks at shamanism and Buddhism as two complimentary perspectives that can help give us great depth as we face global challenges, b...

DP #2 The Five Faculties in (Indriya) 12.04.2006 43:41

Recorded at Upaya Wednesday, January 18th, 2006 1. The faculty of conviction (suddh) 2. The faculty of persistence (virya) - pronounced as "veerr-ya" 3. The faculty of mindfulness (sati) - pronounced as "sathi" 4. The faculty of concentration (samadhi) - pronounced as "samaadhi" 5. The faculty of discernment (panna)) - pronounced as "pangnya" indriya, How to listen to this Podcast: Click on the ic...

DP #1 Samu: Nothing Extra 22.02.2006 42:20

Recorded at Upaya Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006. This talk by Roshi Joan Halifax looks at the four practices in Zen: zazen (sitting meditation), teisho (teachings), dokusan (interviews), and samu (work practice). She then concentrates her talk on an exploration of work practice. She notes that our spiritual practice does not function in isolation. It must translate into the activity of living and...