Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death.
By Joan Halifax.
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oan Jiko Halifax (born 1942) is an American Zen Buddhist teacher, anthropologist, ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver, and the author of several books on Buddhism and spirituality. Joan Halifax is a formidable person, who has ventured to where many of us fear to go; towards death and dying.