Upaya Zen Center's Dharma Podcast
The Upaya Dharma Podcast features Wednesday evening Dharma Talks and recordings from Upaya's diverse array of programs. Our podcasts exemplify Upaya’s focus on socially engaged Buddhism, including prison work, end-of-life care, serving the homeless, training in socially engaged practices, peace & nonviolence, compassionate care training, and delivering healthcare in the Himalayas.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 76
- Years Active
- 2025
Silent Illumination and the Practice of Wonderment (Part 2)
In the second part of this two-part Wednesday Night Dharma Talk mini-series, Zen teacher Guo Gu guides us into the embodiment of silent illumination. He begins not with theory but with experience: po…
Awareness In Action: Earth with Terry Tempest Williams & Joan Halifax (Part 9 – August)
In this session of Awareness in Action, Roshi Joan Halifax and Terry Tempest Williams guide participants to witness the world with care, presence, and courage. Roshi Joan opens with the Zen koan—“A m…
Dogen Seminar 2025: Living Transmission Closing Session (8 of 8)
In this closing session of Upaya’s Dogen Seminar, faculty and participants reflect on how ancient teachings become living transmission through courage, friendship, and practice. Roshi Joan reminds us…
Dogen Seminar 2025: Eight Awakenings of Great Beings (7 of 8)
In the seventh session of Upaya’s Dogen Seminar, Sensei Genzan explores Dogen’s Eight Awakenings of Great Beings (Hachi Dainin Gaku), weaving scholarship with lived experience to reveal how Zen pract…
Dogen Seminar 2025: The Art of Contextual Teaching (6 of 8)
In the sixth session of Upaya’s Dogen Seminar, the faculty engage in a rich exploration of Dogen’s use of language, paradox, and poetry as spiritual communication. Heine highlights how paradox functi…
Dogen Seminar 2025: Four Methods of Guidance (5 of 8)
In this fifth session of Upaya’s Dogen Seminar, Norman and Kathie Fischer explore Dogen’s Four Methods of Guidance (Bodaisatta Shishobo), one of the most accessible and transformative fascicles of th…
Dogen Seminar 2025: True Paradox (4 of 8)
In this fourth session of Upaya’s Dogen Seminar, Sensei Jiryu explores the profound paradox at the heart of Zen practice: the essential teaching of non-separation. He highlights the famous line, “The…
Dogen Seminar 2025: Paradox as a Tool of Awakening (3 of 8)
In this third session of Upaya’s Dogen Seminar, renowned poet, translator, and peace activist Sensei Kazuaki Tanahashi presents his analysis of paradox in Dogen’s writings, drawing from his monumenta…
Dogen Seminar 2025: Paradox, Parable, and Paradigm (2 of 8)
In this second session of the Dogen Seminar, distinguished scholar Dr. Steven Heine explores the profound role of paradox in Zen Buddhism, examining how these seemingly contradictory teachings serve …
Dogen Seminar 2025: Meeting Paradox in the Teachings of Zen Master Dogen (Part 1)
In this opening session of Upaya’s Dogen Seminar, program faculty introduce themselves and reflect on themes and paradoxes within Dogen’s teachings they will be sharing over the weekend. Roshi Joan H…
Just One Thing
Awareness In Action: Equity with Konda Mason (Part 8 – August)
We Just Have to Get Quiet Enough
Silent Illumination and the Practice of Wonderment (Part 1)
Becoming Yourself
Ryokan Dances Dogen
Way Seeking Mind
Discovering the Reality of the Five Remembrances
To Be a Peacemaker