Location: Upaya Zen Center Santa Fe, NM
Faculty: This special program will be guided by Roshi Joan Halifax, Sensei Kaz Tanahashi, Steven Heine, Roshi Gaelyn Godwin, and others.
We are so grateful that the faculty is enthusiastic to join us for this program. At Upaya, we are deeply committed to serving you responsibly and with great care.
Zen master Dogen’s thorough teaching embodies elucidations on various aspects of awakening or enlightenment. We will explore such aspects as practice and enlightenment being not separable, methods of practice, states of meditation, work practice, compassion, service, expression, living fully at each moment, facing death, transcending life and death, and transcending momentariness and timelessness. It is important to understand that the main goal of his teachings was to support an experience of unsurpassed awakening. This experience has many implications for understanding Dogen’s own life and travels to China, where he “dropped off body-mind,” his powerful instructions for the practice of “shikan taza” and maintaining a meditative state of mind, and his philosophy of engaging the “unity of life and death” based on an awareness of the impermanence of all aspects of existence.
Schedule:
This program will begin on Friday, July 31, 2026 at 7:45 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) and will conclude with lunch on Sunday, August 2, 2026, around 1:00 p.m. MDT. Use this Time Converter to determine your local start time.
We ask attendees to arrive between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Friday, July 31 to check in and join us for meditation at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. (included in the program price).
A detailed schedule is available here. This schedule is subject to change.
Information on how to get to Upaya is available here.
A Note About Food: The food at Upaya is vegetarian and mostly organic, and there are always vegan and gluten-free options. If your dietary sensitivities fall outside of vegan and gluten-free, we do not have the resources to accommodate them. Thank you for your understanding.
Please review our current cancellation policy and health protocols for in-person programs.
Program Fee (Members) $531
Program Fee (Non-Members) $590
Base price is for commuters. Lodging is available for an additional cost. All meals are included in the program fees for commuters and participants lodging at Upaya. A $100 deposit will secure your place in the program. Dana to teachers.
All meals are included in your program fees. However, this fee does not include lodging. If you wish to stay overnight at Upaya, your first choice of lodging may not be available. Please check for availability by calling 505-986-8518 ext. 2. or email registrar@upaya.org.
If you wish to stay on the Upaya campus, the following options are available:
Upgrading to a triple+ (3-5 guests per room) will add $300 to your total.
Upgrading to a double (2 guests per room) will add $500 to your total.
Upgrading to a single (private room) will add $700 to your total.