Image: Joan Halifax (cropped)
Description: Photograph owner: Joan Halifax flickr.com/photos/82431121@N00/460808601 Joan Halifax (b. 1942) is a Zen Buddhist priest who received inka from Tetsugen Bernard Glassman, and was given the Lamp Transmission as a Dharmacharya (Dharma teacher) by Thich Nhat Hanh. She has been practicing Zen Buddhism since 1965. She was ordained by the Korean Zen Master Seung Sahn and became a teacher in the Kwan Um Zen School. Joan is head abbess and founder of the Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, NM. The Upaya Zen Center is non-sectarian and has guest speakers from many traditions. She helped to found the Zen Peacemaker Order, and has held various teaching positions in institutions as prestigious as Harvard University. Tenzin Gyatso (born 6 July 1935) is the fourteenth and current Dalai Lama. He is often referred to simply as the Dalai Lama. He is a practising member of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism and is influential as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, as the world's most famous Buddhist monk, and is leader of the exiled Tibetan government in India.
Title: Joan Halifax (cropped)
Credit: Joan Halifax and Tenzin Gyatso
Author: Adam from USA
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