HSB Presents: Roshi Joan Halifax

On Thursday, October 22 at 6:00 PM PDT, Roshi Joan Halifax will present “Integrity and Moral Resilience in a Time of Suffering.” This presentation is a powerful exploration of the deep necessity of integrity as the foundation for moral resilience. Roshi Joan Halifax will explore some of the challenges to integrity as we care for others, care for the world, and care for ourselves. She will look at essential aspects of moral suffering and how to cultivate moral resilience, which supports us in facing uncertainty, suffering, and loss.

Roshi Joan Halifax is Founder, Abbot, and Head Teacher of Upaya Zen Center, a Buddhist monastery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is Director of the Project on Being with Dying and Founder of the Upaya Prison Project that develops programs on meditation for prisoners.

Hospice of Santa Barbara’s Community Education and Engagement Program presents a FREE virtual series of speakers who address aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic and to offer help to individuals and families that are struggling to understand their place in this new reality. The event is FREE, but registration is required. To register, please go to: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/6615999377092/WN_7od3G1BXTwK27-z_Cb3-Mg