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Upaya Zen Center's Dharma Podcast

by 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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Episodes

  1. Ancestral Stories: A Dharma Gate of Intimacy with Our Lives

  2. Zhao Zhou's Mu: The Threshold of Everyday Practice

  3. LOVE and DEATH 2026: Keeping Close (Part 5B)

  4. LOVE and DEATH 2026: Keeping Close (Part 5A)

  5. LOVE and DEATH 2026: The Law of Change and Becoming (Part 4)

  6. LOVE and DEATH 2026: Guided by Grief (Part 3B)

  7. LOVE and DEATH 2026: Guided by Grief (Part 3A)

  8. LOVE and DEATH 2026: Fearless Love (Part 2B)

  9. LOVE and DEATH 2026: Fearless Love (Part 2A)

  10. LOVE and DEATH 2026: Opening the Great Gifts : Opening Session (Part 1)

  11. Ordinary Mind is the Way

  12. The Measure of Our Humanity: BELONGING

  13. Being Real

  14. Grace in Prison

  15. The Measure of Our Humanity: POSSIBILITY

  16. The Open Gate

  17. Varela 2026: Closing Q&A (Part 11)

  18. Varela 2026: Panel Discussion - AI, Experience, and Ethics (Part 10)

  19. Varela 2026: A Conversation with Michael Pollan (Part 9)

  20. Varela 2026: Ethical Considerations in an Age of AI - Panel Discussion (Part 8)

  21. The Metta Sutta: What's Love Got to Do with It?

  22. Varela 2026: In the Grove of Mortality (Part 7)

  23. Varela 2026: Kensho, Joriki, and Ordinary Mind in Zen Practice (Part 6)

  24. Varela 2026: Re/cognizing the Mystical (Part 5)

  25. Varela 2026: The Blind Spot - Part B (Part 4B)

  26. Varela 2026: The Blind Spot - Part A (Part 4A)

  27. Varela 2026: Panel Discussion - Time, Perception, and Not-Knowing (Part 3)

  28. Varela 2026: Reflexive Awareness and Encountering Reality (Part 2)

  29. Varela Contemplative Science Retreat 2026: Opening Session (Part 1)

  30. Dogen Seminar 2026: Our Care-full Attention (Part 7 of 7)

  31. Dogen Seminar 2026: Faculty Reflections (Part 6)

  32. Dogen Seminar 2026: The Four Methods of Guidance (Part 5)

  33. Dogen Seminar 2026: Contemporary Dogen (Part 4)

  34. Dogen Seminar 2026: Dongshan and the Five Ranks (Part 3)

  35. Dogen Seminar 2026: Cultural Legacy (Part 2)

  36. Dogen Seminar 2026: Inspiration for Everyday Life - Opening Session (Part 1)

  37. Vimalakirti, the Avatamsaka Sutra and the Bodhisattva Path

  38. The World We Know is Possible: Cultivating Peace & Compassionate Action

  39. Running Into Time

  40. A Zen and Indigenous Perspective on Spirituality and Governance

  41. The Measure of Our Humanity: WISDOM

  42. Open Dharma: Taking Refuge in Community

  43. Caught in the Self-Centered Dream

  44. The Transformative Power of Suffering: Finding an Appropriate Response

  45. Breathe with Your Ears

  46. Appreciate Your Life: Reflections on Interbeing

  47. The Raft and the Shore

  48. Planting Life 2026: Corn, Culture, and the Living Stars (Part 6b)

  49. Planting Life 2026: Corn, Culture, and the Living Stars (Part 6A)

  50. Planting Life 2026: Rewilding

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

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

HOSTED BY

Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot

Produced by Upaya Zen Center

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