Joan Halifax Quotes About Buddhism

Quotes about: Buddhism

• For me, Buddhism is a psychology and a philosophy that provides a means, upayas, for working with the mind.

  Joan Halifax

  Philosophy, Mean, Buddhism

• I've worked in the prison system, on death row and maximum security. I did that work for six years. I've worked with some of the most difficult people in our society. Buddhism was accessible and helpful for these individuals.

  Joan Halifax

  Buddhism, Years, People

• When I first was exposed to Buddhism in the mid-1960s, I said it was so practical and utterly pragmatic. That's what attracted me to Buddhism.

  Joan Halifax

  Buddhism, Firsts, Said

• My work has been in the field of engaged Buddhism. That is my own practice, which began in 1965 that formed the base for the work I was doing in the civil rights and anti-war movement.

  Joan Halifax

  War, Buddhism, Rights

• We have been teaching together [with Kaz] now for more than twenty years in sesshins, in international travel programs in Japan and China, as well as intensives on Buddhism that focus on the work of Zen Master Dogen and Ryokan, as well as on many of the Mahayana sutras.

  Joan Halifax

  Teaching, Buddhism, Japan

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