Upaya Zen Center's Dharma Podcast
Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot
4.5from 314 ratings
- 249
- Episodes
- 208
- Transcribed
- 314
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
- 766K
- YouTube views
About 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.
- Publisher
- Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot
- Category
- education · religion & spirituality · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 23 Feb 2025
- Latest episode
- 2 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
208 of 249 episodes have a transcript.
2 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Proliferation of Stories
1 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Measure of Our Humanity: FREEDOM
1 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
FPP 2026 Sesshin Day 6: When Boundlessness Makes a Seven-Pound Shirt
Inside a recent episode
The Proliferation of Stories
Published 2 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It's maybe the most important one that we have. And it's a narrative tool. We're using it for a very clear purpose. As a journalist, I use narrative as a means of elimination. of stewarding attention in a certain way or in a certain direction. So I think the teaching is not that stories are bad. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Upaya Zen Center's Dharma Podcast
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Genryu Clayton Dalton
- Jack Kornfield
- Kathie Fischer
- Sensei Shinzan Palma
- Cynthia Ryotan Kear
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 765,525
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 272 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 42 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 87 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 96
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The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Upaya Zen Center's Dharma Podcast take guests?
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