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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 19h

Sensei Shinzan will give tonight’s Dharma Talk. Join us to watch the live stream in Taizando at Upaya, or online via YouTube Live.

YouTube link: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze...

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 1d

FALL PRACTICE PERIOD dates (in-person & online)

Zazenkai October 11th: www.upaya.org/program/zaze...

Sesshin October 18 – 25: www.upaya.org/program/sess...

Join Zazenkai online, Sesshin online, or register for the remainder of the practice period online: www.upaya.org/program/fall...

ZAZENKAI during FALL PRACTICE PERIOD (In Person October 11, 2025)

Please review our current cancellation policy and health protocols for in-person programs. If you have registered for this program, please access the RESOURCE PAGE here. If you would like to attend…

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 1d

We are in the quiet space of Fall Practice Period at our Zen center. Our residents, teachers, and guests are in deep practice for the month. And we welcome you to join us online, + for Zazenkai and Sesshin, which are both available online.

Visit Upaya.org, or follow the links in the next post...

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 5d

You can now listen to Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi's teaching on "Discernment" on Upaya's Dharma Podcast!

As Roshi Joan shares: "His perspective around genocide, war, peace, and sanity is essential to hear at this time." @joanhalifax.bsky.social

www.upaya.org/2025/10/bodh...

Awareness In Action: Discernment with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi (Part 12 - September)

In this session of Upaya’s Awareness in Action series, Bhikkhu Bodhi offers a penetrating teaching on discernment as the heart of engaged Buddhism in times of crisis. He reflects on his journey from…

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 6d

Fall Practice Period begins tomorrow. Online is free, & all teachings are recorded, making it possible to weave this schedule of Zen practice into your daily life.

Registration is also open to join Sesshin, + two Zazenkais, in person & online. We hope to see you!

Links to register are in our bio ➡️

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 6d

With deep reverence, Upaya honors the passing of Jane Goodall, whose life embodied compassion and care for all beings.

Dr. Goodall's tireless work revealed our deep interconnectedness and showed that every act of kindness matters.

Her presence was a living teaching of courage and care.

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 7d

Upaya's local sangha steward, Tuck Butsumon Stibich, is giving tonight's Dharma Talk, "Way Seeking Mind."

Tuck is an epidemiologist, microbiologist, chaplaincy student,
and a postulant. Learn more: www.upaya.org/person/tuck-...

Join online: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze...

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 7d

Chishō, our joyous kitchen steward, shared: "The rainy weather made it feel like fall really started that day, and there was a lovely one-body feeling. Everyone got involved, cutting, cleaning, and processing the squash, removing seeds from the pulp for drying..."

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 7d

This past weekend, Upaya residents harvested acorn squash from the Three Sisters Garden, which was roasted and shared as a community meal. This marked the first autumn family dinner of the season, gathered together inside Riverhouse.

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 8d

NEW UPAYA DHARMA PODCAST: Listen now, Sensei Noah Kodo Roen's Dharma Talk on "The Ultimate Inspiration: The Lion's Roar of Queen Srimala"

www.upaya.org/2025/09/roen...

The Ultimate Inspiration: The Lion’s Roar of Queen Srimala

In this intriguing Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Sensei Kodo inspires us with the lion’s roar of Queen Srimala. Beginning with reflections on how motivations and intentions consciously and…

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 12d

Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi is generously joining our 2025 Awareness in Action online series for an important teaching on "Discernment."

This Sunday, Sept. 28th: 11am – 12:30pm
FREE, Online.

Register here: www.upaya.org/program/enga...

Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi joins Awareness in Action: “Discernment”

On Sunday, Sept 28th, join Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi for a teaching on “Discernment.” This session will be recorded.

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 13d

Early signs of fall are appearing around our Zen center while the pollinator meadows are a hum of activity preparing for the cooler months… 🐝 🦋

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 14d

Sensei Kodo is giving tonight's Dharma Talk. Please gather with us in person at Upaya, or join us online.

Online link: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze...

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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 15d

“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

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 15d

This Sunday, Sept 28th. We are so grateful that Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi will offer a teaching on "Discernment" during a time when we need it most. We look forward to gathering with you!

Join online for free here (donations appreciated): www.upaya.org/program/enga...

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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 18d

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...

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 19d

Love & Death with Roshi Joan & Frank Ostaseski begins this evening. Registration to join online will remain open and is FREE, with donations appreciated.

All sessions are recorded for those who cannot join live.

ONLINE (free, by donation): www.upaya.org/program/love... @joanhalifax.bsky.social

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 19d

A family of deer often visits the Western Pureland Grove, where two fawns and a doe graze peacefully as we go about our practice and daily activities. It's always a great joy to see the young ones passing through...

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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 19d

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

Zazen & Talk: Dharma Exchange with Frank Ostaseski, Roshi Joan, & Sangha: On Meeting Life, Death...

YouTube video by Upaya Zen Center

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 21d

Roshi Joan and Frank Ostaseski will hold a special Dharma Exchange "On Meeting Life, Death, and Freedom," at Upaya TONIGHT, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. MDT.

Offered in person & online as part of our weekly Dharma Talk schedule. We look forward to gathering with you!

Online: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze...

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 24d

As we meet in this moment, we hope you will join us in community. Recording available for those who cannot join live.

Register here: www.upaya.org/program/enga...

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 24d

Today, at 11am MDT, we will gather online with one of this world's leading voices on NONVIOLENCE, Father John Dear.

Roshi Joan will also be present for this important session of Awareness in Action. It is free, with donations included.

Register here: www.upaya.org/program/enga...

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 26d

Grateful for our resident bodhisattvas and all that they bring to our Zen center.

If you are interested in residency at Upaya, applications are open to join our community in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Learn more: www.upaya.org/being-at-upa...

Upaya’s Contemplative Residency

As residents, we live together as a sangha in Upaya’s deep field of practice. We work and study with teachers of Socially Engaged Buddhism, Buddhist Studies, and Contemplative Science.

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 26d

This weekend’s teaching by Father John Dear on Nonviolence feels especially urgent.

Father John's work toward peace & nonviolence reminds us that nonviolence is not just the absence of violence, but a way of living that seeks respect, justice, & reconciliation.

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Upaya Zen Center @upaya.bsky.social · 27d

We reflect on this past weekend's G.R.A.C.E. compassion training as we continue to meet the profound suffering of this time. To all who train and practice with us (both here and online) and to the many who joined us for G.R.A.C.E., thank you.

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Upaya–Cultivating Compassion Through G.R.A.C.E.

For Roshi Joan, G.R.A.C.E. marked a return to teaching after a long pause following the two open-heart surgeries she had in June. She shared: “Coming back to Upaya…

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