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	Podcast:		Upaya Zen Center
	Episode:		Joan Halifax: The Old Woman’s Rice Cakes and Other Food for No-thought
	Category:		Religion & Spirituality
	Duration:		00:56:23
	Publish Date:		2020-04-27 06:00:41
	Description:		During the last talk of the 2020 Spring Practice Period, “Honoring Women of the Way,” Roshi Joan Halifax expresses her deep gratitude for all the teachers and people at Upaya for creating an extraordinary ango during the pandemic with over 900 participants touching in via Zoom for Dharma talks, zazen, and practice interviews. “Your commitment,” she says, “to be in compassionate containment is not only for our well being, it’s for the well being of every person we might encounter outside of our community, so, I am so grateful.” She then shares the story of The Old Woman’s Rice Cakes. She situates us all within the challenging yet grateful shoes of the scholar Deshan, who finds himself “thrashed” upon the threshold of his journeying. Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD Abbot Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD, is a Buddhist teacher, Zen priest, anthropologist, and author. She is Founder, Abbot, and Head Teacher of Upaya Zen Center, a Buddhist monastery in Santa Fe, New... More
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