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This week, we share updates from Roshi Joan’s trip to Japan, the NEW Ease & Joy of Mornings for Families program, & photos from our recent Fall Practice Period.
Stay connected with weekly updates on Upaya programs & news here!
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October 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Nov. 29th @ 5:30pm MDT
Valerie Brown will give this week's Dharma Talk entitled "Inner Sangha: Healing & Transformation with the Life and Teachings of Larry Ward."
Please join us for this time together with Valerie.
Join in person at Upaya, or online.
Online link: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze...
Valerie Brown will give this week's Dharma Talk entitled "Inner Sangha: Healing & Transformation with the Life and Teachings of Larry Ward."
Please join us for this time together with Valerie.
Join in person at Upaya, or online.
Online link: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze...
October 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Tonight — Sensei Kathie Fischer will give a Dharma Talk at Upaya and online. Join us in community for "Dōgen’s Dōgen’s Unconstructedness in Stillness."
October 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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So for me, it’s about respecting people where they’re at and not trying to drag them along with me, especially if they’re not people that I know in real life. There is a concept in Buddhism called upaya or “useful means”. IMO that means present Information & people decide if they’re ready to change.
October 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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On Indigenous Peoples Day, we honor the original peoples of this land. We bow to Roxanne & Porter Swentzell, Alonso Mendez, Keido Troy Fernandez, Melissa Nelson, & many teachers who have shared their wisdom with Upaya, informing the stewardship of our Zen center & surrounding lands. Bowing deeply.
October 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Upaya Zen Center: this morning, the peace of Fall Practice Period invites us to slow down and connect...
October 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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dusk at upaya
the moon a blade in the sky
cutting through my thoughts
the moon a blade in the sky
cutting through my thoughts
October 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Autumn life shining into Upaya Zen Center's Taizando, Serene Mountain Hall. With this, my heart turns toward Gaza.
October 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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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.
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.
October 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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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.
October 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Western Pureland Grove and pollinator meadow at Upaya Zen Center is magnetizing deer, bees, humans and more. Let's find even more ways to care for all beings.
September 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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dusk at upaya
the moon a blade in the sky
cutting through my thoughts
the moon a blade in the sky
cutting through my thoughts
September 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Upaya Zen Center's programs for clinicians are ground breaking, and so important at this time www.innerpractice.org/blog/inner-p...
Inner Practice of Medicine 2025 — Inner Practice of Medicine
What an honor to host this group of remarkable physicians in this weekend physician-only retreat. We learned from each other, shared our experiences in medicine and practiced new skills. Most importan...
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September 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Beautiful pollinator meadows at Upaya Zen Center are attracting not only the bees but visitors. Yes, many are surprised that this is the Southwest. Zen has so many ways to appear. Welcome!
September 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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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...
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...
September 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Thank you! ❤️
OKU is 'orang kurang upaya' and in translation to English, it is PWD ('person with disability'). It's just to give people a heads up about my official diagnosis, without making it too long on my bio. Plus, it's still an ongoing process of figuring life navigation now that I'm outside. 👍
OKU is 'orang kurang upaya' and in translation to English, it is PWD ('person with disability'). It's just to give people a heads up about my official diagnosis, without making it too long on my bio. Plus, it's still an ongoing process of figuring life navigation now that I'm outside. 👍
September 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Maitreya appears to teach the dharma which has disappeared from the earth, using Upaya (expedient means) the dharma appears as a cozy castle rpg where princess peach decorates and makes friends while preparing for a giant tea party where every mario character is attendance including Wario
Share your most unrealistic expectations for the Nintendo Direct
September 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Buddhist #mythology serves as a symbolic, pedagogical, and #soteriological tool, conveying #ethical values and #cosmological insights. Unlike mere superstition, it functions as skillful means (#upaya), integrating local cultures and supporting the path to […]
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September 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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We have to create new habitats for all beings. The new pollinator meadow at Upaya Zen Center welcoming bees and us.
September 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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We're happy to see Roshi, Dainin, and Kodo enjoying a stroll through Upaya after last night's rain.
Roshi has been offering limited teachings. She is doing well, though still needing rest and rehab, and is keeping
Thank you deeply for your continued support. @joanhalifax.bsky.social
Roshi has been offering limited teachings. She is doing well, though still needing rest and rehab, and is keeping
Thank you deeply for your continued support. @joanhalifax.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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If you didn't make it to Rebecca Solnit's Awareness in Action session, you can access the recording below!
"We Were Made for This" will also be released on the Upaya Dharma Podcast next week.
Register to access the recording here: www.upaya.org/program/awar... @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
"We Were Made for This" will also be released on the Upaya Dharma Podcast next week.
Register to access the recording here: www.upaya.org/program/awar... @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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I gave a talk this morning at Upaya Zen Center. Here's the essay about disaster and human nature it was based on. It look back to Hurricane Katrina and forward to the present moment. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/we-were-made...
We Were Made for This
Twenty years ago, on August 29, 2005, a huge hurricane hit the Gulf Coast. New Orleans's levees failed, as had been predicted, and much of the city went underwater. Although the authorities had issued...
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August 31, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Tomorrow, Chris Senko Perez will give his first Dharma Talk at Upaya. Senko currently serves as resident coordinator and received Hoshi this year. We are grateful for all Senko brings forth in our community.
WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 26th, 5:30 p.m. MST
Online link: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze...
WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 26th, 5:30 p.m. MST
Online link: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze...
February 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Ini Upaya yang Dapat Dilakukan untuk Mendapat Tekanan yang Besar Menurut Fisika - https://kumparan.com/berita-terkini/ini-upaya-yang-dapat-dilakukan-untuk-mendapat-tekanan-yang-besar-menurut-fisika-24MLINyDTSJ
Ini Upaya yang Dapat Dilakukan untuk Mendapat Tekanan yang Besar Menurut Fisika
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January 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Upaya Mengembalikan Biota Bawah Laut Lewat Transplantasi Terumbu Karang - https://visual.republika.co.id/berita/smbydj375/upaya-mengembalikan-biota-bawah-laut-lewat-transplantasi-terumbu-karang
Upaya Mengembalikan Biota Bawah Laut Lewat Transplantasi Terumbu Karang |Republika Online
Kelompok Konservasi Alam Bawah Laut Sukarame melakukan transplantasi terumbu karang
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November 2, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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