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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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34:57

Aspiration in the Fire of Our Times: SPP2025 (Part 3)

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2025/04/27

In this first Zazenkai day of Spring Practice Period, Sensei Monshin delivers a poignant talk in her naturally calm and lighthearted way. Monshin reflects on this opportunity to practice and asks us to […]

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50:32

Opening the Text: Faces of Compassion: SPP2025 (Part 2)

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2025/04/27

In this session of the Spring Practice Period, Senseis Monshin and Ryotan, introduce participants to Taigen Dan Leighton’s Faces of Compassion – the text of focus for the practice period. Sensei Ryotan emphasizes that bodhisattvas are […]

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1:15:59

Entering the Bodhisattva’s Embrace: SPP2025...

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2025/04/27

In this opening session of Spring Practice Period, Senseis Monshin, Shinzan, and Ryotan warmly welcome participants to explore “Living in the Embrace of the Bodhisattva Path.” Sensei Monshin begins by speaking to the ancient tradition […]

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50:03

Haiku and Poetry 2025: Elements of Haiku (Part 2)

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2025/03/30

In this first full session of the Haiku and Poetry series, Sensei Kazuaki Tanahashi explores the nuances of contemporary Japanese haiku through interactive discussion. He focuses on poems by Akiko Takazawa and Mitsu Suzuki, […]

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Haiku and Poetry 2025: A Fresh Start (Part 1)

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2025/03/30

In this opening session of the Haiku and Poetry series, Roshi Joan Halifax introduces a distinguished panel including Kazuaki Tanahashi, Jane Hirshfield, Ian Boyden, and Jimmy Santiago Baca. Each teacher shares their unique approaches to poetry as practice: […]

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48:55

Nowhere Else to Look

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2025/03/24

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Chris Senko Perez explores the wisdom of the Diamond Sutra with humility and insight. Drawing from various commentaries, he investigates how this ancient text points to the fundamental […]

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45:20

What’s Is This?

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2025/02/10

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 contemporary […]

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1:35:17

Awareness In Action: Climate with Christiana Figueres...

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2025/02/10

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 climate and ecological challenges facing […]

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1:37:58

Awareness In Action: Poly-Crisis with Jon Kabat-Zinn...

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2025/02/10

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. Through guided meditation and dialogue […]

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1:33:21

Awareness In Action: Meeting The World with...

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2025/02/10

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 examines Buddhist practice not as […]

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47:33

To Raise a Speck of Dust

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2025/01/20

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk given during the Winter Practice Period, Sensei Kodo explores Case 214 from Dogen’s 300 Koan Shobogenzo: If you raise a particle of dust, the […]

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Meeting the Ancestors: Opening Words and Shuso Ceremony

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2024/10/02

In this opening session of the Fall Practice Period the guiding teachers, Senseis Shinzan, Monshin and Kozan set the tone for the coming weeks of communal practice. Shinzan speaks to […]

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Gifts from T’ang Dynasty China: The “Golden Age...

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2024/10/02

In this Fall Practice Period and Wednesday night Dharma talk, Sensei Monshin shines a warm light onto the T'ang Dynasty. China's T'ang Dynasty, also known for being the "golden age […]

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59:43

Engaged Dharma in Israel-Palestine

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2024/09/30

Natalie Goldberg introduces an extraordinary Wednesday night Dharma talk, in which human rights activist Aviv Tatarsky calls in from Jerusalem to offer his candid view into the Israeli-Palestine conflict. Aviv […]

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1:32:53

Gathering Dharma with Joan Halifax & Matthew...

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2024/09/29

In this session of Gathering Dharma Roshi Joan Halifax points unwaveringly to the heart of our deeply held questions and commitments, asking, "What is it to connect... to foster community, […]

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36:56

A Posture of Unprejudiced Attention

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2024/09/23

In this Wednesday night Dharma talk and the first talk in the Fall Chaplaincy Sesshin, we are gracefully reminded by Sensei Monshin of the roots and foundation of practice. Monshin […]

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Not Difficult, Not Easy

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2024/09/21

In this last talk of the Fall Chaplaincy Sesshin, final thoughts and feeling are shared by Sesneis Monshin and Kozan. Monshin reminds us of the slender sadness of practice, the […]

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This One Body

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2024/09/20

On day three of this Fall Chaplaincy Sesshin a warm greeting is offered by Hoshi Jill Genki. Hoshi Genki joyfully shares her gratitude and joy for this sangha and practice, passionately […]

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What Is This Practice?

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2024/09/19

On this second full day of Fall Chaplaincy Sesshin, Sensei Kozan discusses the common experiences that can arise during extended periods of sitting practice. Kozan instructs us on the nuts […]

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A Warm Welcome

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2024/09/16

Senseis Kozan and Monshin warmly welcome attendees to the Fall Chaplaincy Sesshin. After some brief sound troubles Kozan and Monshin introduce themselves and the beauty and purpose of sesshin. Monshin […]

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