Cast
Joan Halifax
Acting
Cast
Joan Halifax
Known for
Acting
Born
1942-07-30
From
Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Also known as Roshi Joan Halifax, Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD
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.
