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
Keido Troy Fernandez: How Will You Plant Your Life: What Could it Mean?
6/5/2023
“And when you go to harvest all that surely will grow, give it away.” Hoshi Keido Troy Fernandez weaves together past and present, questions and stories, dialogue and teachings as […]
Duration:00:46:49
Something’s Happening Here and We Don’t Know What It Is
5/29/2023
In light of the Varela Symposium and his travels, Sensei Matthew Kozan Palevsky is interested in study and knowledge and different ways of knowing. He considers the pitfalls of knowing—how […]
Duration:00:47:29
Rev. Issho Fujita: Zazen as a Way of Harmonizing the Self
5/22/2023
In this photo-worthy and delightfully diagram-aided talk, Rev. Issho Fujita shares his personal story and perspective on zen practice, with an emphasis on the somatic. Issho talks about how zazen […]
Duration:00:45:49
Bhante Sanathavihari: On the Wings of Awakening
5/15/2023
Bhante Sanathavihari enthusiastically and joyfully shares the Ummaggasutta as a way of considering that the Buddhist metaphor of a bird, with one wing of compassion and one wing of wisdom, […]
Duration:00:47:04
Frank Ostaseski: Grief – A Path to Wholeness
5/8/2023
How do we move towards the light of absolute truth while accepting and honoring our very human nature?” In this vulnerable, raw talk, Frank Ostaseski shares his heart with us […]
Duration:00:49:56
Singing the River’s Song Back to the River Part 2
5/1/2023
“The practice was literally saving my life.” In Part 2 of her way seeking mind talk, Sensei Amie Diller recounts heart-filled stories about her time as a resident at Tassajara […]
Duration:00:45:46
Kathie Fischer: Reflecting on the Way of Ling Zhao and her Mother
4/24/2023
In this timely dharma talk in our final days of Spring Sesshin, Sensei Kathie Fischer shares teachings from three wise women who offer a powerful dharmic lesson when faced with […]
Duration:00:36:08
Zenshin Florence Caplow: The Joys and Pitfalls of Helping: Lingzhao & Layman P’ang
4/17/2023
Zenshin Florence Caplow’s dharma talk discusses Lingzhao’s helping, a koan from The Sayings of Layman P’ang which has served as our source text for the Spring Practice Period. In this […]
Duration:00:43:04
Ordinary Mind: Layman Pang and Maurine Stuart, Roshi
4/10/2023
In this improvisational jazz duet-style dharma talk, Senseis Amie Diller and Kathie Fischer explore the resonance between one of their shared teachers Maurine Stuart, Roshi, and the 7th Century celebrated […]
Duration:00:45:36
Monshin Nannette Overley: All Moments Are Equally Precious
4/3/2023
In this honest and courageous talk, Sensei Monshin Nannette Overley investigates the relationship between recalling our intention and where we delegate our attention, especially in lay practice. How do we […]
Duration:00:43:16
HAIKU: The Leap
3/27/2023
“Haiku is about paying attention.” Natalie Goldberg offers a deep dive into the work of Tim Roberts who found haiku after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s at 49. His haiku in […]
Duration:00:33:41
Singing the River’s Song Back to the River
3/20/2023
In this vulnerable and alive (and hopefully only part one of a multi-part series) Way-Seeking Mind talk, Sensei Amie Diller takes us to the LA parking lot where she had […]
Duration:00:43:15
Engaged Attention: Enhancing Daily Life
3/13/2023
A talk that came to her in the middle of several nights, Dr. Laurie Leitch offers us a “bedtime story” style dharma talk. She shares five stories about attention ranging […]
Duration:00:37:33
Begin Again: Precepts for Everyday Life
3/6/2023
“How is practicing the precepts like waking up?” In this practical and story-flush talk, on the night of the first of two jukai ceremonies in 2023, Sensei Mathew Kozan Palevsky […]
Duration:00:53:52
Monshin Nannette Overley: I Offer You This Bodhi Mind
2/27/2023
“Once bodhichitta is awakened in us, it is a treasure that continues to open.” In this beautiful exploration, Monshin Nannette Overley characterizes bodhichitta as “the first impulse or intention towards […]
Duration:00:44:47
Zenshin Florence Caplow: On Courage and Practice
2/20/2023
“It takes so much courage to meet our suffering, to meet our life, raw and unadorned.” In this captivating talk, Zenshin Florence Caplow draws on stories and teachings from encounters […]
Duration:00:38:36
Valerie Brown: The Heart of Sangha: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Teachings on Building Beloved Community
2/13/2023
“We teach what we need to learn the most.” In this humble, participatory, and open-hearted talk, Valerie Brown explores four of Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings on building beloved community: volition, […]
Duration:00:45:34
Dancing with Mara: Revisiting the Life of Buddha
2/6/2023
In this heartfelt talk, Sensei Amie Diller reminds us of the story of Buddha and particularly of Buddha’s relationship with Mara. Even after his enlightenment, Siddhartha was still visited by […]
Duration:00:41:00
Wendy Johnson: Grass Boundless: Inside the Gate, Outside the Gate
1/30/2023
On the fourth night of Winter Practice Period sesshin, Sensei Wendy Johnson explores Case 89 of The Book of Serenity, “Dongshan’s “Place of No Grass.””
Duration:00:43:26
Stepping Off A 100 Foot Pole: Case 79 The Book of Serenity
1/23/2023
“When we all have enough, we can fully let go. When we fully let go, we know what it is to have enough.” In this joyful and moving talk, Sensei […]
Duration:00:46:58