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Life, Death, and Freedom
In this unique Wednesday Night Dharma Talk before the upcoming Love and Death program, Roshi Joan Halifax and Frank Ostaseski engage in an open dialogue on Life, Death, and Freedom. Departing from sc…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Grace of Bodhisattvas
In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Sensei Dainin interweaves personal story, Buddhist teaching, and contemporary challenges to show how the Bodhisattva vow can be lived — and is urgently needed — i…
Published on 3 months ago
Awareness In Action: We Were Made for This with Rebecca Solnit (Part 10 – August)
In this session of Upaya’s Awareness in Action series, writer and activist Rebecca Solnit joins Roshi Joan Halifax to explore how stories shape reality, the nature of human behavior in crisis, and th…
Published on 3 months ago
Vimalakirti’s Vulnerability: Through Star to Sky to the Eye of Another
In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Sensei James Fushin explores vulnerability as a profound gateway to awakening. Drawing from the Vimalakirti Sutra and physicist Brian Cox’s question—”How do we li…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Silent Illumination and the Practice of Wonderment (Part 2)
In the second part of this two-part Wednesday Night Dharma Talk mini-series, Zen teacher Guo Gu guides us into the embodiment of silent illumination. He begins not with theory but with experience: po…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Awareness In Action: Earth with Terry Tempest Williams & Joan Halifax (Part 9 – August)
In this session of Awareness in Action, Roshi Joan Halifax and Terry Tempest Williams guide participants to witness the world with care, presence, and courage. Roshi Joan opens with the Zen koan—“A m…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Dogen Seminar 2025: Living Transmission Closing Session (8 of 8)
In this closing session of Upaya’s Dogen Seminar, faculty and participants reflect on how ancient teachings become living transmission through courage, friendship, and practice. Roshi Joan reminds us…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Dogen Seminar 2025: Eight Awakenings of Great Beings (7 of 8)
In the seventh session of Upaya’s Dogen Seminar, Sensei Genzan explores Dogen’s Eight Awakenings of Great Beings (Hachi Dainin Gaku), weaving scholarship with lived experience to reveal how Zen pract…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Dogen Seminar 2025: The Art of Contextual Teaching (6 of 8)
In the sixth session of Upaya’s Dogen Seminar, the faculty engage in a rich exploration of Dogen’s use of language, paradox, and poetry as spiritual communication. Heine highlights how paradox functi…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Dogen Seminar 2025: Four Methods of Guidance (5 of 8)
In this fifth session of Upaya’s Dogen Seminar, Norman and Kathie Fischer explore Dogen’s Four Methods of Guidance (Bodaisatta Shishobo), one of the most accessible and transformative fascicles of th…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago