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Joan Halifax

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The United States

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female

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http://www.upaya.org/roshi/

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Religion & Spirituality, Health, Mind & Body

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Joan Halifax is a Zen Buddhist teacher, anthropologist, ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver, and the author of several books on Buddhism and spirituality. She currently serves as abbot of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Halifax has received dharma transmission from both Bernard Glassman and Thich Nhat Hanh, and studied under Korean master Seung Sahn. In the 1970s she collaborated on LSD research projects with her ex-husband Stanislav Grof, in addition to other collaborative efforts with Joseph Campbell and Alan Lomax. As a socially engaged Buddhist, Halifax has done extensive work through her Project on Being with Dying. She is on the board of directors of the Mind and Life Institute, a non-profit organization expl...more

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Average rating: 4.17 · 399 ratings · 41 reviews · 14 distinct works · Similar authors

	Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death by Joan Halifax, Ira Byock (Foreword) 4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice and Tribal Wisdom by Joan Halifax, Thich Nhat Hanh (Foreword) 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1993 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shamanic Voices: A Survey of Visionary Narratives 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1979 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shaman: The Wounded Healer 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1982 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Being with Dying: Contemplative Practices and Teachings 4.57 of 5 stars 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Buddhist Life in America: Simplicity in the Complex by Joan Halifax, Thich Nhat Hanh (Foreword by), Ronald F. Thiemann (Introduction) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1998	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seeing Inside 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	For a Future to Be Possible: Buddhist Ethics for Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jack Kornfield (Afterword), Joan Halifax (Introduction) 4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 1993 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shaman's Doorway: Opening Imagination to Power and Myth by Stephen Larsen, Joan Halifax (Foreword by) 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Human Encounters With Death by Stanislav Grof, Joan Halifax, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (Foreword) 4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“This stuff of a past not worthily lived is also medicine.”
― Joan Halifax, The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice and Tribal Wisdom

tags: dharma, healing, shamanism

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“In being with dying, we arrive at a natural crucible of what it means to love and be loved. And we can ask ourselves this: Knowing that death is inevitable, what is most precious today?”
― Joan Halifax

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“All beings, including each one of us, enemy and friend alike, exist in patterns of mutuality, interconnectedness, co-responsibility and ultimately in unity.”
― Joan Halifax

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