About the Webinar:

'The Power of Compassion' with Roshi Joan Halifax and Sarana Institute

This talk explores the power and beauty of compassion in caring for our world. It also looks at some of the issues related to the challenges we face in giving care to others and how to transform obstacles through the cultivation of a motivation that is joyful and inclusive.

About Roshi Joan Halifax:

Roshi Joan Halifax, Ph.D. is a Buddhist teacher, Founder and Head Teacher of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a social activist, author, and has worked extensively in developing training for those who work in the palliative and healthcare fields. She has received many awards and honours from institutions around the world for her work as a social and environmental activist and in the end-of-life and health care fields.

She is also the Director of the Project on Being with Dying, and Founder of the Upaya Prison Project that develops programs on meditation for prisoners. She is also founder of the Nomads Clinic in Nepal.

Her books include: The Human Encounter with Death (with Stanislav Grof); The Fruitful Darkness, A Journey Through Buddhist Practice; Simplicity in the Complex: A Buddhist Life in America; Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Wisdom in the Presence of Death; Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet; Sophie Learns to Be Brave.

She has been involved with the Mind and Life Institute since its inception and is founder of the Varela International Symposium.

For more about Roshi Joan’s life and work, please visit her website: www.joanhalifax.org.