Personal Info

  • Known For

    Acting

  • Known Credits

    4

  • Gender

    Female

  • Birthday

    July 30, 1942 ( 82 years old )

  • Place of Birth

    Hanover, New Hampshire, USA

  • Also Known As

    Roshi Joan Halifax

    Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD

Joan Halifax

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.

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