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Being One With Dying: Showing Up for the Great Matter

by Roshi Joan Halifax
Life and death are of supreme importance. Time passes swiftly and opportunity is lost. Let…
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Gratefulness in the Now: Desire Change

by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB
The following videos and their transcripts are from a playful conversation between old friends Roshi…
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Gratefulness in the Now: A Complaint-free World and Change

by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB
The following videos and their transcripts are from a playful conversation between old friends Roshi…
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Gratefulness in the Now: With Gratitude, You are Never Not Wealthy

by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB
The following videos and their transcripts are from a playful conversation between old friends Roshi…
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Gratefulness in the Now: Gratefulness as Practice

by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB
The following is excerpted from a conversation between Roshi Joan Halifax and Br. David Steindl-Rast…
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Gratefulness in the Now – entire series

by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB
(2007) Br. David Steindl-Rast and Roshi Joan Halifax discuss a series of 10 topics from…
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Complaint-free World Organization

by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB
Br. David Steindl-Rast playfully describes his experiment with not complaining in a conversation with Roshi…
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Equanimity: The Fourth Abode

by Roshi Joan Halifax
The fourth boundless abode, equanimity, is the perfect partner of compassion.  Equanimity is the stability…
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Sympathetic Joy: The Third Abode

by Roshi Joan Halifax
Learning to feel joy for others can help transform our own suffering and self-centeredness into…
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Compassion: The Second Abode

by Roshi Joan Halifax
Compassion is not an idealized state. It is a profound realization that we are not…
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Lovingkindness: The First Abode

by Roshi Joan Halifax
Every time we narrow the vision of what we really are, we become afraid and…
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Boundless Qualities of the Mind

by Roshi Joan Halifax
The Four Boundless Abodes are lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity. These are qualities of…
Roshi Joan Halifax

Roshi Joan Halifax

About the author

Roshi Joan Halifax, Ph.D.is a Buddhist teacher, Founder and Head Teacher of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a social activist, author, and in her early years was an anthropologist at Columbia University (1964-68) and University of Miami School of Medicine (1970-72). She is a pioneer in the field of end-of-life care. Her books include: The Human Encounter with Death (with Stanislav Grof); The Fruitful Darkness, A Journey Through Buddhist Practice; Simplicity in the Complex: A Buddhist Life in America; Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Wisdom in the Presence of Death; Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet; and Sophie Learns to Be Brave.

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