Upaya Zen Center's Dharma Podcast
Buddhist Talk
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.
Location:
Santa Fe, NM
Description:
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.
Twitter:
@upayazen
Language:
English
Website:
https://www.upaya.org/
Email:
upaya@upaya.org
Episodes
Joan Halifax: Seeing Without a Seer…Hearing Without a Hearer
12/4/2023
On the eve of Rohatsu, the celebration of the Buddha’s awakening, Roshi Joan Halifax considers the theme of “breakthrough”. How do we breakthrough our own limiting beliefs and behaviors to […]
Duration:00:46:08
Christiana Figueres: What does the climate crisis teach us?
11/27/2023
“Climate and biodiversity loss could be nature’s invitation to humanity to either fish or cut bait.” Here, Upaya friend and architect of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, Christiana Figueres delivers […]
Duration:00:44:17
Wendy Dainin Lau, MD: Taming this wild horse: listen, study, practice
11/20/2023
As a doctor, Wendy Dainin Lau realized her medical practice was missing something when she began to experience “compassion fatigue”. To deepen her practice in compassion, she ordained as a […]
Duration:00:41:55
Hozan Alan Senauke: The Bodhisattva’s Four Embracing Ways
11/13/2023
In a world at war, how do we begin the difficult work of healing? What is the antidote to hate, conflict, and destruction? Sensei Hozan Alan Senauke discusses the importance […]
Duration:00:44:51
Cyndi Lee: Lifting the Gaze
11/6/2023
Yoga and meditation teacher Cyndi Lee discusses the benefits and limitations of “self-care” culture. She warns against materialistic self-care “bandaids” that enhance our craving for pleasure and are used to […]
Duration:00:38:40
Kathie Fischer: When a fish enters the flowing stream, everything is provided
10/30/2023
What does the evolution of grasses, the schooling behavior of fish, and our dharma practice have in common? Former school teacher and Zen priest Sensei Kathie Fischer beautifully weaves together […]
Duration:00:45:30
Monshin Nannette Overley: The Spiritual Source Shines Clearly in the Light
10/23/2023
Sensei Monshin Nannette Overley guides us straight to our hearts in her teaching on The Sandokai, our Zen ancestor Shitou’s poem on the harmony of oneness and multiplicity. How do […]
Duration:00:42:58
Kathie Fischer: Warm Hand to Warm Hand
10/16/2023
In this warm talk, Sensei Kathie Fischer explores the classic Zen poem The Sandokai, translated at Upaya as “The Identity of Relative and Absolute”. Weaving through the history of Buddhist […]
Duration:00:38:15
One Body Buddha
10/9/2023
What and where is our body? This is the question Sensei Matthew Kozan Palevsky asks us to deeply consider in this probing dharma talk. Is our body, as we commonly experience it, […]
Duration:00:47:42
Rhonda V. Magee: Mindfulness and the Possibility of Living Well Together in Hard Times
10/2/2023
How do we integrate our meditation practice and our collective work for social and racial justice? Mindfulness teacher and law professor Rhonda Magee explores this question in a personal and […]
Duration:00:43:46
Rebecca Solnit: Hope Is a Discipline – On Being Present and Committing to the Future
9/25/2023
In her talk, Rebecca Solnit explores the concept of hope and activism in the face of uncertainty, particularly relating to climate change. She discusses how even so-called “failed” actions can […]
Duration:00:49:31
Ben Connelly: Imagination, Interdependence, and Liberation Practicing Yogacara Buddhism with Vasubandhu’s Three Natures
9/18/2023
“Good news! Everything is of complete, realized nature.” In this energized dharma talk, author and teacher Ben Connelly beautifully articulates Vasubandhu’s teachings of “The Three Natures” – that all things […]
Duration:00:40:25
Alcio Braz: Making Peace with our Ancestors
9/11/2023
In this compassionate talk, Sensei Alcio Braz calls in his ancestors to sit with him and invites us to call in ours, too. This explicit invitation runs counter to the […]
Duration:00:49:47
Natalie Goldberg: The Mind of Writing
9/4/2023
“There’s an integrity to mind if you watch it.” In this fresh talk, Natalie Goldberg shares about giving space to her grief, about her high school friend Phyllis, about time, […]
Duration:00:57:10
Frank Ostaseski: Surrendering to Death
8/28/2023
“Stay close and do nothing.” Frank Ostaseski shares from his deep personal experience walking along so many people in the dying process about what it means to surrender to death. […]
Duration:00:48:25
Zenshin Florence Caplow: She Who Hears the Cries of the World, Stories of Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
8/21/2023
Rev. Zenshin Florence Caplow shares intimate accounts and stories of Kannon or Guanyin, the bodhisattva of compassion. She shares the story of Julie Pryde, the public health administrator of her […]
Duration:00:37:51
Jonathan S. Watts: Using the Four Noble Truths as a Framework for Buddhist Chaplaincy in Japan
8/14/2023
Jonathan Watts shares a framework of an iceberg, in which direct violence (the 1st Noble Truth), on the tip of the iceberg, is masked by structural and cultural violence (the […]
Duration:00:44:30
Monshin Nannette Overley: It’s all alive; It’s all intelligent; It’s all connected; It’s all YOU
8/7/2023
In this heartfelt talk, Sensei Monshin Nannette Overley examines the Buddha’s foundational teaching of dependent co-arising in light of our deep responsibility towards our beautiful and fragile earth, and our […]
Duration:00:39:45
Henry Shukman: The Cart Track: what an obscure early Chan document can teach us about the path of practice
7/31/2023
In this delightfully human talk, Henry Shukman allows us to see how his heart was opened by zen practice. He reflects on the Sattipatthana Sutta and Soko Morinaga’s book “An […]
Duration:00:41:49
Peter Levitt: Yin Mountain: The Immortal Poetry of Three Daoist Women
7/24/2023
Peter Levitt loves what he does. That is so clear from the way he shares the stories and works of Li Ye, Xue Tao, and Yu Xuanji, three Daoist women […]
Duration:00:46:16