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
Nowhere Else to Look
Spin Cycle for the Logical Mind
Two Wings of a Bird, Nothing But Love
No Strings Attached
Heart to Heart with the Mother of All Buddhas
The Continuous Mind of Practice: WPP2025 Sesshin Day 6
Raging Fire: Expounding Dharma: WPP2025 Sesshin Day 4
Rice in the Bowl: The Medicine of Ordinary Life: WPP2025 Sesshin Day 3
The Dharma That Has Never Been Spoken: WPP2025 Sesshin Day 2
In this talk from the second full day of the Winter Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Kodo explores the nature of non-conceptual presence through Case 249 of the Shobogenzo, “The Dharma That Has Never …
Washing Your Bowl: The Supreme Meal: WPP2025 Sesshin Day 1
In this teaching from the first full day of the Winter Practice Period Sesshin, Roshi Joan Halifax explores the profound wisdom found in everyday practice through the lens of the koan “Wash Your Bowl…
A Single Garment of Destiny
In this compelling Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, writer and activist Rebecca Solnit explores how the Buddhist understanding of interconnection and interdependence offers a vital antidote to what she c…
What’s Is This?
In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Sensei Kozan takes a Buddhist stance on the current barrage of political actions and cultural chaos we are sitting in. Pulling form Buddhist wisdom and contempora…
Awareness In Action: Climate with Christiana Figueres (Part 3 – February)
In this powerful talk from the Awareness in Action series, diplomat and climate activist Christiana Figueres speaks directly to the interconnected nature of the climate crisis. Amid the overwhelming …
Awareness In Action: Poly-Crisis with Jon Kabat-Zinn (Part 2 – January)
In this profound dharma talk from the Awareness in Action series, meditation teacher and scientist Jon Kabat-Zinn explores how mindfulness practice can help us navigate our current global poly-crisis…
Awareness In Action: Meeting The World with Life-Giving Hands – Actualizing Unfaltering Engaged Practice In Our Time
In this session of Awareness in Action, Roshi Joan Halifax, Sensei Kozan, and Dr. Wendy Lau explore how direct engagement with social issues emerges naturally from Buddhist practice. The discussion e…
Meeting Life Without Knowing: WPP2025 (Part 7)
In this zazenkai day talk during the Winter Practice Period, Senseis Kozan and Kodo explore and clarify the meaning of “not knowing” through Case 171 of Dogen’s Shobogenzo, also known as “Not Knowing…