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It's easy to despair at all the bad news and horrific pictures that come at us daily. But Roshi Joan Halifax says this is a form of empathy that works against us. There's such a thing as pathological altruism. This zen abbot and medical anthropologist has nourishing wisdom as we face suffering in the world. (Original Air Date: October 12, 2017)
About the Guest:
Joan Halifax is the founding abbot of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She's also the director of the project Being with Dying and the author of “Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death”
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It's easy to despair at all the bad news and horrific pictures that come at us daily. But Roshi Joan Halifax says this is a form of empathy that works against us. There's such a thing as pathological altruism. This zen abbot and medical anthropologist has nourishing wisdom as we face suffering in the world. (Original Air Date: October 12, 2017)
About the Guest:
Joan Halifax is the founding abbot of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She's also the director of the project Being with Dying and the author of “Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death”
Visit our website to read the transcript, download the episode, or listen to the unedited interview: onbeing.org/programs/joan-halifax-buoyancy-rather-than-burnout-in-our-lives-oct2017
Visit our On Being Classics Library, where this episode is featured: onbeing.org/libraries/classics
STAY IN TOUCH
Facebook: facebook.com/onbeing
Twitter: twitter.com/onbeing
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Newsletter: onbeing.org/newsletter
OUR PODCASTS
On Being with Krista Tippett: onbeing.org/series/podcast
This Movie Changed Me: onbeing.org/series/this-movie-changed-me
Becoming Wise: onbeing.org/series/becoming-wise
