
Joan Halifax
Known for
Acting
Life
Born 1942 (age 84)
Born in
Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Credits
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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.
