20 Best California Zen Podcasts

1. AudioDharma

Dharma talks given by Gil Fronsdal and various guest speakers at the Insight Meditation Center. Each talk illuminates aspects of the Buddha's teachings. The purpose is the same that the Buddha had for his teachings, to guide us toward the end of suffering and the attainment of freedom. To learn more about the Insight Meditation Center,
Podcast audiodharma.org
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Apple Rating 4.7 / 5 Frequency 2 episodes / day Avg Length 41 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Public lectures given at San Francisco Zen Center
Podcast sfzc.org
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Apple Rating 4.3 / 5Facebook Followers 19.5KTwitter Followers 13.1KInstagram Followers 10.5K Frequency 5 episodes / month Avg Length 38 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

3. Meditate with Robert Aceves

Life Coach and Meditation Specialist.Since 1993 life has led Robert Aceves through the path of spirituality, meditation, Zen Buddhism, and recently graduating from the University Of California in Irvine with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and Social Behavior. Robert Aceves has spent years guiding thousands of individuals, couples, and groups to improve their lives through Zen meditation, hypnosis, guided meditations, mindfulness, and many other self-help tools.The purpose of this podcast is to bring this knowledge into your life.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Host Robert Aceves
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 129 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 52 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

4. Angel City Zen Center

Weekly public talks recorded live at the Angel City Zen Center
Podcast aczc.org
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 1.1KTwitter Followers 531 Frequency 4 episodes / month Avg Length 37 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

5. Yokoji Zen Dharma Talks

Monthly Dharma talks by Tenshin Fletcher Roshi at Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center. Yokoji is a year-round Zen Buddhist Training Center in the Southern Californian mountains.
Podcast zmc.org/podcast
Host Tenshin Fletcher Roshi
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Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 2.6K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 64 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

6. Zen Meditation and Work Life Balance

Zen Center in Mountain View California.
Podcast kannondo.org
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 1.3KTwitter Followers 7 Frequency 2 episodes / week Avg Length 45 min Since Apr 2018 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

7. Hartford Street Zen Center Dharma Talks

A Sōtō Zen temple for the LGBTQ community, friends and allies in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood
Podcast hszc.org
Email ****@hszc.org
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 1.2KTwitter Followers 39 Frequency 3 episodes / quarter Avg Length 37 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

8. Berkeley Zen Center Dharma Talks

The Berkeley Zen Center is a Soto Zen Buddhist practice community in Berkeley, California, USA. BZC was founded originally by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi in 1967 and led since that year by Sojun Mel Weitsman Roshi. This podcast includes talks given by various teachers at BZC's weekly Saturday public lecture as well as at sesshin and Dharma classes held at the temple throughout the year.
Podcast berkeleyzencenter.org
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Facebook Followers 1K Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 61 min Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

9. Everyday Zen Podcast

Dharma Talks from the Everyday Zen Foundation
Podcast everydayzen.org
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Facebook Followers 7.4K Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 39 min Play Get Email Contact

10. Heart of Compassion Zen Sangha

The Heart of Compassion Zen Sangha is a member-community of Everyday Zen and Branching Streams, West Marin, CA.
Podcast feeds.buzzsprout.com
Host Jaune Evans
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Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 32 min Play Get Email Contact

11. The Zen Room

Explores individuals as energy bodies living in a vibrational universe. Using energy work such as meditation, Reiki, tuning forks and shifts in perspective and thinking can assist everyone in reaching their potential. This will allow us to move from surviving to thriving. Come join the conversation.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
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Facebook Followers 1.6KInstagram Followers 423 Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 26 min Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

12. Valley Streams Zen Sangha

Soto Zen Meditation in Sacramento. Valley Streams Zen Sangha is a podcast dedicated to sharing the teachings and practices of Zen Buddhism. In each episode, we explore different aspects of Zen, from the basics of meditation to more advanced topics like koan study and the nature of reality.
Podcast valleystreamszen.org
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Facebook Followers 3.5K Frequency 3 episodes / month Play Get Email Contact

13. Deer Park Dharmacast

Dharma from Deer Park Monastery, a meditation practice center in the tradition of the Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. At Deer Park, the resident monks, nuns and lay sangha practice engaged Buddhism and mindfulness in everyday life for the nourishment and development of our spiritual and mental health. Each week, we post a selection of activities of the Deer Park Sangha so that others may share in the realization of awareness and freedom. Deer Park is located in the mountains near Escondido, California and hosts regular Days of Mindfulness open to the public.
Podcast sites.libsyn.com
Email ****@deerparkmonastery.org
Facebook Followers 892Twitter Followers 3.9KInstagram Followers 12K Frequency 9 episodes / year Avg Length 60 min Since Sep 2006 Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

14. Dharma Talks by Gilbert Gutierrez

Riverside Chan Meditation Group. The Dharma Talks by Gilbert Gutierrez podcast is a collection of talks on Zen Buddhism given by Gilbert Gutierrez, a lay Dharma teacher in the Soto Zen tradition. Gilbert Gutierrez received Dharma transmission from Venerable Chan Master Sheng Yen and has been teaching Zen Buddhism for over 20 years.
Podcast dharmatalks.riversidechan.org
Email ****@riversidechan.org
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5 Frequency 5 episodes / year Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

15. Clear Water

A Soto Zen temple in Vallejo, CA. The Clear Water podcast is a weekly show that explores the intersection of mindfulness, meditation, and personal growth.
Podcast clearwaterzen.org
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Facebook Followers 1.2K Frequency 7 episodes / quarter Avg Length 33 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

16. Dharma Talks

Dharma Talks from Ocean Gate Zen Center
Podcast oceangatezen.org
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Facebook Followers 1KInstagram Followers 503 Frequency 6 episodes / year Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact