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Joan Halifax

Santa Fe
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Buddhist teacher, author, social activist, anthropologist, Abbot: Upaya Zen Center
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War Close to the Heart

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By Joan Halifax
| Netzender
Zen Roshi Joan Halifax reflects on the lasting impacts of war, the hidden wounds it leaves behind, and how we can face the violence in today's world with compassion and equanimity. The post War Close to the Heart appeared first... Mar 25, 2026 - 23:15 13 My most intimate knowledge of war comes through my father. During the final days of his life, he began reliving his wartime experiences, memories he had never shared with his family.
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War Close to the Heart

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By Joan Halifax
| Lion's Roar Verified
My most intimate knowledge of war comes through my father. During the final days of his life, he began reliving his wartime experiences, memories he had never shared with his family. For decades he had carried them silently, the wounds buried deep within him. In his last hours, those memories surfaced like a long-hidden infection breaking through the skin.
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Like Fire, We Rise Up Together

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By Joan Halifax
| Lion's Roar Verified
I want to share a story, one that I think is important for us to recall at this time in our country. For as my friend Rebecca Solnit reminds us, our memory of the past provides us with the ingredients for insight into what might serve the future. It is the story of the solidarity built during the Indian Salt March in 1930. Gandhi saw the monopoly and taxation of salt as an injustice, affecting all Indians, particularly the very poorest who could ill afford this essential staple.
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