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.
Latest episodes
May 26, 2025 • 43min
Living with the Fundamental Truth of Impermanence
In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Roshi Jan Chozen Bays provides a grounded and practical reflection on the teaching of impermanence. She explores impermanence (anicca) as one of Buddhism’s three fundamental marks of […]
May 19, 2025 • 49min
Becoming Intimate
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 […]
May 12, 2025 • 38min
The Meaning of Life
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 – […]
May 11, 2025 • 1h 30min
Awareness In Action: Solidarity with Joan Halifax (Part 6 – May)
In this powerful talk from the Awakened Action series, Roshi Joan Halifax explores how solidarity can transform our shared and interwoven world during these critical times. After a warm introduction, Roshi begins, “From a […]
May 5, 2025 • 49min
Exploring Dharma Together
In this unique and powerful Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Roshi Joan Halifax displays the poise and clarity of practice. Unexpectedly, she turns the talk into a dialogue with the audience as she reflects on […]
May 2, 2025 • 1h 7min
SPP 2025 Sesshin Day 6: Living the Bodhisattva Way
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 […]
May 2, 2025 • 48min
SPP2025 Sesshin Day 5: Destiny of a Nation: The Bodhisattva Practice of Kind Speech
In this talk during the fifth full day of Spring Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Cynthia Ryotan explores the fourth of the bodhisattva’s methods of guidance: kind speech. She fames the importance of […]
May 2, 2025 • 50min
SPP2025 Sesshin Day 3: The Four Methods of Guidance: Beneficial Action, Identity Action
In this third full day of Spring Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Monshin explores the concepts of beneficial action and identity action from Dogen’s Bodhisattva’s Four Methods of Guidance. She identifies beneficial action as “skillfully […]
May 2, 2025 • 49min
SPP2025 Sesshin Day 2: The Four Bodhisattva Vows: The Nourishment of Endless Practice
In this second full day of Spring Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Shinzan explores the Four Bodhisattva Vows as expressions of what Suzuki Roshi described as an “inflexible determination to carry out one’s will […]
May 2, 2025 • 37min
SPP2025 Sesshin Day 1: No Gift, No Giver: Dogen’s Method of Guidance on Generosity
In this talk during the Spring Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Ryotan explores the first of Dogen’s Four Methods of Guidance: Dana (generosity). Dogen himself lived in a tumultuous era of social upheaval, war, […]
