Joan Halifax

About the author

Joan Jiko Halifax is an American Zen Buddhist teacher, anthropologist, ecologist, and civil rights activist who has authored several books on Buddhism and spirituality. She founded Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1990, where she currently serves as abbot and guiding teacher of this Zen Peacemaker community. Halifax has received Dharma transmission from Bernard Glassman and previously studied with Korean zen master Seung Sahn.