Wise Hope, Part I

Committing to the smallest action.

From my notebooks, lit up from studies this weekend. Couldn’t wait to share with you.

Roshi Joan Halifax is a Buddhist teacher, an anthropologist, a Zen priest, the Abbot of Upaya Zen Center, a pioneer in the field of end-of-life care and my teacher. Studying with Dekila Chungyalpa, Roshi Joan and John Donne on The Bodhisattva’s Activism this weekend was a timely boon. I literally came home from lunch, made a matcha and started writing this to you.

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Photo by Noah Kodo Roen at Upaya, taken this weekend (I’m just behind Roshi Joan).

Granting nourishment beyond expectation, their teachings offered encouragement, purpose and hints of how I can serve personally as well as what we can do together to address the current catastrophe. In this first installment of a special series for paid subscribers,* let’s briefly explore the concept of wise hope through Roshi’s work. *If you have financial restriction but would like to read on, let me know by replying to this email.

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