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halifax , in february 2008 with tenzin gyatso , the 14th dalai lama bernard glassman thich nhat hanh zen buddhism hanover , new hampshire , u.s. seung sahn black upaya zen center american roshi zen peacemaker order white plum asanga #ffd 068 1942 joan halifax and the dalai lama.jpg joan halifax
 harriet medicine union graduate school sophie newcomb college university of miami school of joan halifax
joan halifax

joan jiko halifax -lrb- born 1942 -rrb- is an american zen buddhist roshi , anthropologist , ecologist , civil rights activist , hospice caregiver , and the author of several books on buddhism and spirituality .
she currently serves as abbot and guiding teacher of upaya zen center in santa fe , new mexico , a zen peacemaker community which she founded in 1990 .
halifax-roshi has received dharma transmission from both bernard glassman and thich nhat hanh , and previously studied under the korean master seung sahn .
in the 1970s she collaborated on lsd research projects with her ex-husband stanislav grof , in addition to other collaborative efforts with joseph campbell and alan lomax .
she is founder of the ojai foundation in california , which she led from 1979 to 1989 .
as a socially engaged buddhist , halifax has done extensive work with the dying through her project on being with dying -lrb- which she founded -rrb- .
she is on the board of directors of the mind and life institute , a non-profit organization dedicated in exploring the relationship of science and buddhism .
