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Joan Halifax

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A film about everyone's least favorite topic: mortality. How do we live, knowing we are going to die? Is there a best practice for thinking about mortality?
Play trailer2:27
Aside from That (2015)
Joan Halifax was born on 30 July 1942 in Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.
BornJuly 30, 1942
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    • Known for

    Monte Grande: What Is Life? (2004)
    Monte Grande: What Is Life?
    7.6
    • Self
    • 2004
    The Dalai Lama: Scientist (2019)
    The Dalai Lama: Scientist
    7.1
    • Self
    • 2019
    Peace Is Every Step: Meditation in Action: The Life and Work of Thich Nhat Hanh (1998)
    Peace Is Every Step: Meditation in Action: The Life and Work of Thich Nhat Hanh
    7.0
    • Self
    • 1998
    With One Voice (2009)
    With One Voice
    8.0
    • Self
    • 2009

    Credits

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    Thanks

    • Obsessive Becoming (1995)
      Obsessive Becoming
      • inspiration
      • 1995

    Self

    • The Dalai Lama: Scientist (2019)
      The Dalai Lama: Scientist
      7.1
      • Self
      • 2019
    • Duncan Trussell Family Hour (2012)
      Duncan Trussell Family Hour
      Podcast Series
      • Self
      • 2013–2018
    • Crazywise (2016)
      Crazywise
      7.7
      • Self
      • 2016
    • The Last Dalai Lama? (2016)
      The Last Dalai Lama?
      7.5
      • Self
      • 2016
    • Steven Wright, Joan Halifax, and Richard Tilkin in Aside from That (2015)
      Aside from That
      • Self
      • 2015
    • Planetary (2015)
      Planetary
      6.6
      • Self
      • 2015
    • Journey of the Heart: A Film on Heart Sutra (2013)
      Journey of the Heart: A Film on Heart Sutra
      • Self
      • 2013
    • Occupy Love (2012)
      Occupy Love
      6.6
      • Self - Interviewee
      • 2012
    • Forgotten Bomb (2010)
      Forgotten Bomb
      6.2
      • Self - Upaya Zen Center (as Roshi Joan Halifax)
      • 2010
    • Wake Up (2010)
      Wake Up
      5.5
      Video
      • Self - Buddhist Monk (as Roshi Joan Halifax)
      • 2010
    • With One Voice (2009)
      With One Voice
      8.0
      • Self
      • 2009
    • Monte Grande: What Is Life? (2004)
      Monte Grande: What Is Life?
      7.6
      • Self
      • 2004
    • Peace Is Every Step: Meditation in Action: The Life and Work of Thich Nhat Hanh (1998)
      Peace Is Every Step: Meditation in Action: The Life and Work of Thich Nhat Hanh
      7.0
      • Self
      • 1998
    • Pandora's Box (1992)
      Pandora's Box
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Self - The Ojai Foundation (as Joan Fairfax)
      • 1992
    • The Occult Experience (1985)
      The Occult Experience
      6.1
      • Self - Anthropologist (as Dr. Joan Halifax)
      • 1985

    Videos3

    Planetary
    Trailer 2:04
    Planetary
    Wake Up (2010)
    Trailer 2:31
    Wake Up (2010)
    Wake Up (2010)
    Trailer 2:31
    Wake Up (2010)
    Aside from That
    Trailer 2:27
    Aside from That

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Joan Fairfax
    • Born
      • July 30, 1942
      • Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      At age four a serious virus caused her to go legally blind, from which she recovered two years later.

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