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Podcasts | Upaya Zen Center

Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

A Santa Fe, NM Zen center and community with retreats, daily meditation, weekly Dharma talks on Buddhist teachings

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46:09

This Is It: The Ox-Herding Pictures and Our Spiritual...

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2026/04/20

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, offered during Upaya’s Spring Practice Period, Sensei Ryotan explores a central theme of the ten ox-herding pictures: why is simply being present so difficult? Drawing on John Daido […]

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46:41

A Glimpse of Awakened Mind. Now What?

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2026/04/13

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, offered during Upaya’s Spring Practice Period, Sensei Monshin and Hoshi Senko guide us through the heart of the oxherding pictures — the ancient Zen […]

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35:04

Bearing Witness in Gaza

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2026/04/06

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Genryu Clayton Dalton — emergency physician, journalist, and newly ordained novice priest — reflects on what it means to bear witness across the vast distances of […]

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1:29:28

The Measure of Our Humanity: Transformation

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2026/04/01

In this session of The Measure of Our Humanity, Roshi Joan Halifax opens by reflecting on six years of monthly gatherings exploring socially engaged Buddhism — and on the urgency of the question […]

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44:17

Up a Tree: Precarity, Not-Knowing, and Awakening Times

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2026/03/30

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Roshi Joan Halifax opens by naming her deep concern for the ongoing wars, displacement, and political upheaval seen throughout the world. Rather than offering direct reassurance, she turns to two stories held in deliberate tension: Kyōgen’s koan “Man Up a Tree,” in which a man hanging by his teeth from a branch is asked a question he cannot answer without falling, and the more familiar parable of a man clinging to a twig on a cliff face, stalked

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55:42

WPP2026: Sesshin Day 5: Direct, Ordinary,...

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2026/02/02

On the fifth and final day of the Winter Practice Period Sesshin, Roshi Joan Halifax, and Senseis Kodo and Dainin gather the threads of practice into a teaching on Magnanimous Mind, intimacy, and not knowing. Kodo […]

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42:49

WPP2026: Sesshin Day 4: Joy and Responsibility in...

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2026/02/02

On the fourth day of the Winter Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Kodo and Sensei Dainin continue the exploration of Dōgen’s Three Minds. Kodo opens by situating the dharma talk itself within silence, inviting practitioners to […]

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42:27

WPP2026: Sesshin Day 3: The Three Minds – From...

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2026/02/02

On the third full day of the Winter Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Kodo and resident priest Butsumon reflect on how practice comes alive through ordinary activity. Butsumon opens with stories from samu (work practice), contrasting […]

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56:02

WPP2026: Sesshin Day 2: Nyoho–Compassion, Integrity,...

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2026/02/02

Day two of the Winter Practice Period Sesshin opens with Sensei Dainin recalling placing the names of Renee Good and Alex Pretti—both killed in recent shootings involving federal agents in Minneapolis—on the altar. Visibly […]

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52:07

WPP2026: Sesshin Day 1: Zenki–Undivided Activity

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2026/02/02

On the first full day of the Winter Practice Period Sesshin, Roshi Joan Halifax reflects on alignment and presence, exploring how practice begins by meeting things as they are. She emphasizes that Zen […]

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42:23

WPP2026: Auspicious Circumstances: Responsive Recipes

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2026/02/01

In this Zazenaki Talk during the Winter Practice Period, two recently ordained priests— Butsumon and Genryu—explore Dōgen’s Tenzo Kyokun through personal experiences of transformation and learning. Genryu shares how a “ghost from a past life” […]

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53:26

WPP2026: Wholehearted Apamada

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2026/02/01

In this Winter Practice Period Zazenkai Day Talk, resident priest Jimon and Sensei Wendy Johnson explore apamada—careful, heedful practice—through the lens of everyday activity. Drawing on Dogen’s Tenzo Kyokun, Jimon shares stories on how grinding sesame, tending squash, […]

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1:01:24

WPP2026: Introduction to The Text: Tenzo Kyōkun

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2026/02/01

In this introduction to Dōgen’s Tenzo Kyōkun (Instructions for the Cook) during the opening days of Upaya’s Winter Practice Period, the faculty explores how awakening is realized through work, care, and ordinary activity. Roshi […]

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54:15

WPP2026: Dogen’s Tenzo Kyokun – Actualizing The Way...

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2026/02/01

In this opening session of the Winter Practice Period, Roshi Joan Halifax, alongside Senseis Wendy Johnson, Dainin, Kodo, and Hoshi Senko, names this month of practice as movement “against the stream”. Roshi suggests this step into […]

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51:13

No Other Life

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2025/12/22

In this Way-Seeking Mind Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, resident Clayton Genryu Dalton charmingly shares his unexpected path to Zen and reflects on meaningful moments and insights from his life. From bathroom graffiti […]

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44:54

Rohatsu: Undivided Activity

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2025/12/08

On the first full day of Rohatsu sesshin, Sensei Kaz Tanahashi and Roshi Joan Halifax open practice with teachings on non-division and “undivided activity.” Kaz reminds practitioners that Rohatsu marks the Buddha’s awakening—“birth, enlightenment, and […]

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1:30:07

Awareness In Action: Bridging with Tara Brach (Part...

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2025/12/08

In this session of Awareness in Action, spiritual teacher, psychologist, and author Tara Brach begins by acknowledging the profound pressures in our society and the importance of building solidarity in these times. She […]

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47:07

Awakened Action: The Warrior’s Heart, Grandmother’s...

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2025/12/07

This is the 2nd half of the closing session of the Awakened Action series begins with Christiana Figueres joining from Costa Rica, fresh from COP30 in Berlin. She shares her striking observation of […]

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1:12:08

Awakened Action: The Warrior’s Heart, Grandmother’s...

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2025/12/07

This is the 1st half of the closing session of the Awakened Action series begins with Christiana Figueres joining from Costa Rica, fresh from COP30 in Berlin. She shares her striking observation of […]

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57:53

Awakened Action: Making the Future Now –...

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2025/12/07

In the sixth session of Awareness in Action, Christiana Figueres discusses Brazil’s Climate Conference, reflecting on our collective anxiety about present conditions and future uncertainties. She emphasizes that “the future is not waiting […]

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