dusk at upaya the moon a blade in the sky cutting through my thoughts

Join Bhikkhu Bodhi online Sept 28 in the Awareness in Action series. His perspective around genocide, war, peace and sanity is essential to hear at this time. Free, online, donation appreciated. www.upaya.org/program/enga... With Roshi Joan.

“We have to be prepared and willing to discover what is true even at the cost of our comfort. For real security always lies on the side of truth, not on the side of comfort.” ― Bhikkhu Bodhi, The Noble Eightfold Path: Way to the End of Suffering

“Beings are the owners of their actions, the heirs of their actions; they spring from their actions, are bound to their actions, and are supported by their actions. Whatever deeds they do, good or bad, of those they shall be heirs.” ― Bhikkhu Bodhi, The Noble Eightfold Path

Join Bhikkhu Bodhi online Sept 28 in the Awareness in Action series. His perspective around genocide, war, peace and sanity is essential to hear at this time. Free, online, donation appreciated. www.upaya.org/program/enga... With Roshi Joan.

Join Bhikkhu Bodhi online Sept 28 for the Awareness in Action series. His perspective around genocide, war, peace and sanity is essential to hear at this time. Free, online, donation appreciated. www.upaya.org/program/enga...

Another way to put it is: they are obsessed with the idea that with enough repression and punishment, they can create their peaceable kingdom--on the corpses of their enemies and the corpse of the US Constitution. Behind that is the fantasy that a wholly homogenous USA can be created....

Upaya Zen Center's programs for clinicians are ground breaking, and so important at this time www.innerpractice.org/blog/inner-p...

Frank Ostaseski and Roshi Joan bear witness to and reflect on practice, suffering, beauty, dying, and love www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXTG...

THIS WEEKEND, A SPECIAL PROGRAM WITH FRANK OSTASESKI AND ROSHI JOAN. LOVE AND DEATH This program explores the powerful equation of love and death. www.upaya.org/program/love... www.upaya.org/program/love...

CONTEMPLATIVE RESIDENCY AT UPAYA ZEN CENTER OFFERS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE OF PRACTICE, SERVICE, LEARNING, AND SANGHA. www.upaya.org/being-at-upa...

Beautiful pollinator meadows at Upaya Zen Center are attracting not only the bees but visitors. Yes, many are surprised that this is the Southwest. Zen has so many ways to appear. Welcome!

We have to create new habitats for all beings. The new pollinator meadow at Upaya Zen Center welcoming bees and us.

. THIS is one of the biggest problems of our time . . . ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ .

Rebecca Solnit's prophetic voice touched the lives of many today. Access the talk with Roshi Joan and Sensei Dainin here, for free, donation appreciated: T www.upaya.org/program/awar... Rebecca Solnit

I gave a talk this morning at Upaya Zen Center. Here's the essay about disaster and human nature it was based on. It look back to Hurricane Katrina and forward to the present moment. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/we-were-made...

On-site or online for Rebecca Solnit's Awareness in Action session this Sunday. rFREE + by donation. If you are coming to Upaya in person, arrive 15 minutes early. Sunday, Aug. 31st: 11am – 12:30 p.m. MDT To join online, register here: www.upaya.org/program/awar...

A precious teacher, now gone beyond: www.thelotusinstitute.org/larry

Join Guo Gu this afternoon: online and onsite, 5:30 PM MT, for very special teachings on wonderment. www.youtube.com/user/upayaze...

Hatred is never appeased by hatred." Dhammapada, 5 A deep call to end violence in our world today....

Sure to be a high point in a great series. Highly recommended.

Join us on-site or online for Rebecca Solnit's Awareness in Action session on "HOPE" this Sunday. FREE + by donation. If you are coming to Upaya in person,arrive 15 minutes early. Sunday, Aug. 31st: 11am – 12:30 p.m. MDT To join online, register here: www.upaya.org/program/awar...

On this coming Wednesday, 5:30PM MT, join us in person or online for teachings by Guo Gu Laoshi. SILENT ILLUMINATION AND THE PRACTICE OF WONDERMENT. His recent teaching online through Upaya was superb. Part two coming up. www.youtube.com/user/upayaze...

This was an extraordinary session with TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS in the AWARENESS IN ACTION series. Can be accessed simply by registering. Donation appreciated. www.upaya.org/program/awar...

The extraordinary Rebecca Solnit, Aug 31, 11AM MT, free, donation appreciated: AWARENESS IN ACTION series: HOPE, hope in the dark, a paradise built in hell, and her latest insights about moving through these perilous times. Join us online or onsite www.upaya.org/program/awar...

Precept ceremony at Upaya Zen Center Aug 19... with so many aspiring Bodhisattvas affirming their vows to benefit others in this tangled world.

Come to Upaya, 11AM, August 31 for Rebecca Solnit's AWARENESS IN ACTION talk, with Roshi Joan and Wendy Lau. Just show up onsite. To access online, please register. Free, donation deeply appreciated. www.upaya.org/program/awar...

Rebecca Solnit, Roshi Joan, Terry Tempest Williams, Wendy Dainin Lau: sitting together in beautiful weeds while Picacho captures the last of the early evening summer sun. Friendship is everything in these times.

Now online + in person! Sunday, August 17th. 11am - 1230pm In Person, please arrive by 10:45am. for an 11am. start Where: Taizando, Upaya Zen Center Fee: Free to attend; donations are appreciated No registration is required for in-person attendance Online reg: www.upaya.org/program/awar...

We are so grateful that Terry Tempest Williams is traveling to join us in person for this important teaching on "EARTH" with Roshi Joan. No registration is required to join in person. Donations appreciated. Register to join online here: www.upaya.org/program/awar... @tempestwilliams.bsky.social

staying alive and whole in a world of hurt is best served by cultivating, practicing, and integrating our ability to bounce back, push back, and have our backs, together. www.johnpaullederach.com/dispatches/a...

Historian and writer Bill deBuys speaks out tomdispatch.com/america-firs...

Stephen Miller tried to claim only real "Americans" built the Empire State Building, but he left out the true stories of the Indigenous ironworkers who actually did. The Mohawk Skywalkers helped shape America's skylines—and shatter the lie behind Miller’s whitewashed nostalgia.

Venerable Guo Gu giving the dharma talk shortly. Join us. www.youtube.com/user/upayaze...

We see in Gaza today a crisis horrific in its brutality that is tearing apart the moral and legal framework that holds our world together. The U.S., with its military support and political cover, keeps this crisis going, and we are the ones who can stop it. Allow real aid into Gaza; pursue peace.

We see in Gaza today a crisis horrific in its brutality that is tearing apart the moral and legal framework that holds our world together. The U.S., with its military support and political cover, keeps this crisis going, and we are the ones who can stop it. Allow real aid into Gaza; pursue peace.

My friend Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi and I stand with the Palestinian Christian pastor, Rev. Munther Isaac, that Israel's campaign of extermination in Gaza is the defining moral issue of our time. Sign now. President Trump, Gaza Is Starving. Please Stop This! www.change.org/p/president-...

In honor of Roshi Joan’s continuation day, we humbly invite you to consider making a birthday gift to the Karuna Fund. Every donation, large or small, helps sustain the programs, teachings, and outreach efforts that are central to Upaya’s mission. Learn more here: www.upaya.org/giving/karun...

Join Sensei Genzan at 5:30 PM MT... in person in the Taizando or online for a special dharma talk on Eihei Dogen and more!. www.youtube.com/user/upayaze...

The Inner Practice of Medicine professional training for clinicians is underway at Upaya. Based on Sensei Wendy Dainin Lau's book, "Inner Practice of Medicine," we are grateful to have many physicians with us over the next few days!

Join us in person at Upaya (or online for FREE!) this October for Fall Practice Period. This practice period is entitled: "Actualizing the Fundamental Point – The Heart of Dōgen’s Teachings." IN PERSON: www.upaya.org/program/fall... ONLINE: www.upaya.org/program/fall...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rA0... This talk begins at 26:25. Sensei Dainin cared for me as a mother cares for her own child. I learned so much about unconditional love from my beloved student. I am so grateful...

This month's Calligraphy program with Sensei Kaz and Dr. Bruce Linton is offered in person + online. Learn more by following these links! Online is FREE + by donation. In person: www.upaya.org/program/call... Online: www.upaya.org/program/call... @joanhalifax.bsky.social

Outrage these days is understandable, but not a strategy. Good exploration of moral outrage from @joanhalifax.bsky.social www.upaya.org/2020/08/mora...

Just released this new version of the video sample for our Beneath the Bodhi Tree production. This includes excerpts from our interviews with @mikeshanahan.bsky.social, @dghaskell.bsky.social, and @joanhalifax.bsky.social.

Open democracy, open space! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/o...

The joy of meeting you again and again over so many years. You are now 90, venerable and strong. May your health continue, my old friend. The world needs you. A deep bow of gratitude for the great compassion you have offered to millions, day after day.