Upaya Zen Center's Dharma Podcast

The weekly 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.

Eko Hensho - Turning the Light Around: Winter Solstice Talk 12/29/2025

No Other Life 12/22/2025

Wandering in the Treasury of Radiant Light 12/15/2025

Rohatsu: Undivided Activity 12/08/2025

Awareness In Action: Bridging with Tara Brach (Part 14 - November) 12/08/2025

Awakened Action: The Warrior’s Heart, Grandmother’s Wisdom, and the Path of Abundant Possibility (Part 7B) 12/07/2025

Awakened Action: The Warrior’s Heart, Grandmother’s Wisdom, and the Path of Abundant Possibility (Part 7A) 12/07/2025

Awakened Action: Making the Future Now - Presence Under Pressure (Part 6) 12/07/2025

Awakened Action: Moral Beauty and The Great Turning (Part 5) 12/07/2025

Awakened Action: The Divinity Tree and the Practice of Listening (Part 4) 12/07/2025

Awakened Action: Liberating Imagination - Making the Future in the Present (Part 3) 12/07/2025

Awakened Action: The Charnel Ground - Cultivating Courage and Compassion (Part 2) 12/07/2025

Awakened Action: Opening Session (Part 1) 12/07/2025

Open Dharma: The Three Tenets and the Noble Eightfold Path 12/01/2025

Sutra and Suture Have the Same Root 11/24/2025

May We Be Nourished 11/17/2025

Buddha Nature 2.0: Embodying the Four Perfections with Dōgen 11/10/2025

Inner Sangha: Healing and Transformation with the Life and Teachings of Larry Ward 11/02/2025

FPP2025 Sesshin Day 6: Returning Home 11/02/2025

FPP2025 Sesshin Day 5: Effort Without Desire 11/02/2025

FPP2025 Sesshin Day 3: The Dragon Singing in a Withered Tree 11/02/2025

FPP2025 Sesshin Day 2: Practice - Realization 11/02/2025

FPP2025: Sesshin Day 4: Dogen's Unconstructedness in Stillness 10/26/2025

FPP2025 Sesshin Day 1: Entering Through the True Gate 10/26/2025

Fall Practice Period 2025: Sesshin Opening 10/26/2025

FPP2025: The Ordinary Profundity of the Present Moment (Part 5) 10/26/2025

FPP2025: Introduction to the Text: Actualizing the Fundamental Point (Part 3) 10/26/2025

FPP2025: Study of The Great Way (Part 2) 10/26/2025

FPP2025: Actualizing the Fundamental Point – The Heart of Dogen’s Teachings Opening Session 10/26/2025

Awareness In Action: Embodiment with Guo Gu (Part 13 - October) 10/24/2025