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Compassionate Engagement with Our World http://www.upaya.org. Founded in 1990 by Roshi Joan Halifax
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Upaya Zen Center, founded by Roshi Joan Halifax, is a residential Buddhist community located in beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico.

10/29/2026

Gratefulness is not simply a response to life’s blessings. It is a cultivated attitude of heart and mind, and a natural expression of generosity. 🌿

Join Roshi Joan Halifax and Frank Ostaseski for Gratefulness and Generosity, an online program of teachings, meditation, and community exploration.

🗓 Sunday, Nov. 22, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. MST
💻 Online, free, donations welcome

Register at the link in our bio:

Soon after you register, you will receive an email with a link to the Resource Page which is where the recording and readings from the program are listed. It may take a few minutes to reach you.

10/28/2026

Roshi Joan and Sensei Dainin have returned home from Japan. The two weeks of travel and meetings with Japanese and Western colleagues were very rich with friendship and learning. Roshi also gave a talk to monks in training at Eiheiji (pictured here).

They will return to Japan in May 2027 for a neuroscience meeting and the G.R.A.C.E. Compassion Training annual national gathering at Sōjiji Monastery.

10/27/2026

Waking up together 🌿 In this week’s newsletter:

🌙 Reflections from sesshin and Zhao Zhou’s teachings on finding our true home
🇯🇵 Roshi Joan and Sensei Dainin returned from Japan
🔊 We reflect on Jack Kornfield's session of The Measure of Our Humanity
🕊 We remember Roshi Bernie Glassman
🌱 Learn how you can support Upaya's Buddhist Chaplaincy scholarship fund
🔥 Coming up: Awakened Action: What Blooms in the Ashes (Nov. 13–15), Introduction to Zen Meditation with Sensei Dainin, Rohatsu Sesshin, and more

Subscribe to our newsletter here: https://ow.ly/QGUj5101wtA

10/25/2026

We begin in just under an hour! Register here (Online, FREE, recording available):

Soon after you register, you will receive an email with a link to the Resource Page, which is where the recording, resources, and readings are listed. It may take a few minutes to reach you.

10/24/2026

Don't miss FREEDOM with Jack Kornfield tomorrow. Part of our free, online series, "The Measure of Our Humanity."

Register here to join tomorrow's teaching and gain access to all past recordings. Donations are deeply appreciated: https://www.upaya.org/program/the-measure-of-our-humanity-full-series-online-2026/

10/24/2026

NEXT MONTH: Six Remarkable Voices. One Urgent Question. | "Awakened Action—What Blooms in the Ashes" (Nov. 13–15)

🌱 Register to join the in-person waitlist here: https://www.upaya.org/program/awakened-action-in-person-2026/

💻 Register to join online (FREE; donations welcome): https://www.upaya.org/program/awakened-action-online-2026/
Rebecca Solnit Joan Halifax Christiana Figueres

10/21/2026

Join us tonight at Upaya for a Dharma Talk by Sensei Royotan Cynthia Kear. Also online here: https://www.youtube.com/user/upayazencenter/live

10/21/2026

In the quiets of sesshin at Upaya Zen Center. We sit through the turning of the seasons. Deep gratitude for our residents, teachers, sangha, and the global mahasangha joining us online.

10/20/2026

This past weekend, Alonso Méndez held our fall harvest ceremony with Upaya residents, Fall Practice Period guests, teachers, and local sangha. Read more + photos:

One of our generous Planting Life teachers, dear friend of Upaya, Alonso Méndez returned to Upaya to lead

10/19/2026

This Sunday, Oct. 25, don’t miss Jack Kornfield's session of The Measure of Our Humanity. (Online, FREE)

We’re deeply grateful to Jack for joining the global mahasangha that has gathered throughout this powerful series to explore how we embody inclusion, belonging, compassion, respect, dignity, justice, and courage, not as abstract ideals, but as lived practice in these complex times. Join us as we continue with FREEDOM.

Register here: https://www.upaya.org/program/the-measure-of-our-humanity-online-october-25-2026/

Address

1404 Cerro Gordo Road
Santa Fe, NM
87501

Telephone

+15059868518

Website

http://www.upaya.org/, https://linktr.ee/upayazencenter

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