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Joan Halifax
Also Known As: Roshi Joan Halifax, Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD
Birth Date
July 30, 1942
(84 years old)
Place of Birth
Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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Biography
Joan Jiko Halifax is an American Zen Buddhist teacher, 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.
