Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

July 30, 1942 (age 84)

Place of Birth

Hanover, New Hampshire, USA

Also Known As

Roshi Joan Halifax

Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD

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Joan Halifax

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.