“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.” YearsWellsHas BeensTogetherFocusTeachingMastersBuddhismProgramTwentiesInternationalChinaJapanZen Master Author:Joan Halifax
“Kaz came to Switzerland where I was teaching to share with me [Heart Sutra] wondrous insight. There he and I worked on this new translation - with my part being to help render it into a verse form that would be good to chant. Since I have worked with many dying people over the years and often share the Heart Sutra with them, I found this new version that we created together to be so much more accessible to those who were facing death.” PeopleYearsHeartHelpingWould BeTogetherFormFoundShareTeachingDyingInsightBe GoodVersionsVersesTranslationsWondrousSwitzerlandFacing Death Author:Joan Halifax
“The roots of all living things are tied together. Deep in the ground of being, they tangle and embrace. This understanding is expressed in the term nonduality. If we look deeply, we find that we do not have a separate self-identity, a self that does not include sun and wind, earth and water, creatures and plants, and one another.” IfsLooksDoeSelfEarthTogetherUnderstandingTermWaterSunIdentityWindCreaturesRootsEmbracePlantTiedLiving ThingsSelf Identity Author:Joan Halifax