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PODCAST

Upaya Zen Center"s Dharma Podcast

Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

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.

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All Episodes

1:33:05

Awareness In Action: Nonviolence with Father John...

Upaya Zen Center"s Dharma Podcast ·

2025/09/22

In this timely session of Awareness in Action, Father John Dear confronts the urgency of our times with an echo from Martin Luther King Jr.: “The choice is no longer violence or non-violence… It’s […]

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53:15

Life, Death, and Freedom

Upaya Zen Center"s Dharma Podcast ·

2025/09/22

In this unique Wednesday Night Dharma Talk before the upcoming Love and Death program, Roshi Joan Halifax and Frank Ostaseski engage in an open dialogue on Life, Death, and Freedom. Departing from scripted teachings, the evening unfolds […]

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44:35

The Grace of Bodhisattvas

Upaya Zen Center"s Dharma Podcast ·

2025/09/15

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Sensei Dainin interweaves personal story, Buddhist teaching, and contemporary challenges to show how the Bodhisattva vow can be lived — and is urgently needed — in our […]

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46:01

Vimalakirti’s Vulnerability: Through Star to Sky to...

Upaya Zen Center"s Dharma Podcast ·

2025/09/08

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Sensei James Fushin explores vulnerability as a profound gateway to awakening. Drawing from the Vimalakirti Sutra and physicist Brian Cox’s question—”How do we live a finite, fragile life in […]

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1:08:22

Silent Illumination and the Practice of Wonderment...

Upaya Zen Center"s Dharma Podcast ·

2025/09/01

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: posture, presence, and body. […]

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1:36:49

Awareness In Action: Earth with Terry Tempest...

Upaya Zen Center"s Dharma Podcast ·

2025/09/01

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 monk asked Joshu, […]

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1:34:24

Awareness In Action: Equity with Konda Mason (Part 8...

Upaya Zen Center"s Dharma Podcast ·

2025/08/19

In this session of Awareness in Action and speaking from her farm in Alexandria, Louisiana—unexpectedly located at the center of America’s deportation operations—dharma teacher and social justice activist Konda Mason explores the powerful connection […]

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32:24

We Just Have to Get Quiet Enough

Upaya Zen Center"s Dharma Podcast ·

2025/08/18

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Sensei Monshin explores the ancient Buddhist teaching of Kanno Doko — “responsive communion” or “mystical communion.” Drawing from a Wallace Stevens poem and the writings of Suzuki Roshi, she […]

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50:09

Silent Illumination and the Practice of Wonderment...

Upaya Zen Center"s Dharma Podcast ·

2025/08/11

In the first part of this two-part Wednesday Night Dharma Talk mini-series, Zen teacher Guo Gu explores the deep relationship between silent illumination (or just sitting), and embodiment practice. He traces the historical roots of silent […]

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40:51

Becoming Yourself

Upaya Zen Center"s Dharma Podcast ·

2025/08/04

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Sensei Jiryu affirms the central practice of Zen is to become truly ourselves. Reading from Suzuki Roshi’s teachings, and sharing quotes from Shohaku Okamura, Katagiri Roshi, and […]

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43:39

Ryokan Dances Dogen

Upaya Zen Center"s Dharma Podcast ·

2025/07/28

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Sensei Genzan offers a unique exploration of true dharma expression – weaving together the teachings of 13th century Zen master Dogen with the poetry and life of […]

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46:40

To Be a Peacemaker

Upaya Zen Center"s Dharma Podcast ·

2025/07/07

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Sensei Monshin explores what it means to be a peacemaker in our complicated world. Recalling a creative renaming of the 4th of July as “Interdependence Day,” Monshin […]

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1:22:45

Awareness In Action: Homeboys with Father Gregory...

Upaya Zen Center"s Dharma Podcast ·

2025/07/06

In this session of Upaya’s Awareness in Action series, Father Gregory Boyle—Jesuit priest and founder of Homeboy Industries—offers a profound reflection on kinship, healing, and radical compassion. Father Boyle brings humor, depth, and […]

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38:27

Buddha Meets Buddha: Teacher / No Teacher in Zen

Upaya Zen Center"s Dharma Podcast ·

2025/06/30

In this informative Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Sensei Zenshin Florence Caplow explores the meaning of “Buddha meets Buddha” in the context of how we might skillfully navigate our relationships with spiritual teachers. Zenshin […]

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42:16

The Mind of Absolute Trust: Practicing with Preference

Upaya Zen Center"s Dharma Podcast ·

2025/06/23

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Sensei Cynthia Ryotan explores the ancient Zen poem “The Mind of Absolute Trust” or “Xinxin Ming.” She unpacks how our preferences “chop up our lives and […]

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29:06

Being Unborn: The Practice of Non-Objectification

Upaya Zen Center"s Dharma Podcast ·

2025/06/09

In this Wednesday Night Public Dharma Talk, resident practitioner Hunt Anshin Hoffman offers his first Dharma talk relating to his path and relationship with practice (way seeking mind talk). Anshin begins by invoking the […]

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38:53

Life Always Gives to Life: There Is Nothing to Fear

Upaya Zen Center"s Dharma Podcast ·

2025/06/02

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Keido Troy Fernandez, a 13th generation native New Mexican and Zen priest at Upaya, tenderly weaves together ancestral wisdom, land-based practice, and Buddhist teachings. Drawing from […]

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48:51

Becoming Intimate

Upaya Zen Center"s Dharma Podcast ·

2025/05/19

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk coinciding with Upaya’s Being With Dying program, Frank Ostaseski breaks open the conversation of caring for those near death or in the dying process. Like curling up with a good […]

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37:54

The Meaning of Life

Upaya Zen Center"s Dharma Podcast ·

2025/05/12

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Buddhist philosopher David Loy traces humanity’s evolving quest for meaning through historical religious frameworks. Loy examines how humanity’s search for purpose has evolved through the ages – […]

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1:07:27

SPP 2025 Sesshin Day 6: Living the Bodhisattva Way

Upaya Zen Center"s Dharma Podcast ·

2025/05/02

In this closing talk from the last day of Spring Practice Period Sesshin, the faculty of the practice period weave together final reflections on the vows and actions of true bodhisattvas. Sensei […]

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