70 Best Zen Podcasts

1. 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.
Podcast podbean.com
Email ****@upaya.org
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 21.9KTwitter Followers 11.4KInstagram Followers 7.1K Frequency 4 episodes / week Avg Length 61 min Listen on Apple Spotify 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. Zen Parenting Radio

Zen Parenting is a weekly online radio discussion between a spiritual and emotional mom (Cathy Cassani Adams) and a logical and practical dad (Todd Adams). This zen parenting podcast, conferences, events and coaching provides inspiration and insights on how be more mindful and self-aware in your parenting.
Podcast zenparentingradio.com
Email ****@zenparentingradio.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 12.4KTwitter Followers 2.2K Frequency 5 episodes / month Avg Length 56 min Listen on Apple Spotify Video Podcast YouTube Play Get Email Contact

3. Ancient Dragon Zen Gate Podcast

Ancient Dragon Zen Gate is a community of practitioners committed to being a home for Soto Zen Buddhist meditation practice in Chicago. Our Zen activities - meditation, listening to the Dharma, meeting with our teacher, mindful service to each other - are all practices that help us to be aware that we live every moment on the threshold of a deeper awareness of ourselves and our community.
Podcast ancientdragon.org
Email ****@ancientdragon.org
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 2.1KInstagram Followers 1.1K Frequency 3 episodes / month Avg Length 12665 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

4. San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Public lectures given at San Francisco Zen Center
Podcast sfzc.org
Email ****@sfzc.org
Apple Rating 4.3 / 5Facebook Followers 19.5KTwitter Followers 12.7KInstagram Followers 9.9K Frequency 6 episodes / month Avg Length 39 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

5. Zen Community of Oregon Dharma Talks

These Dharma talks are by Chozen Bays, Roshi and Hogen Bays, Roshi, teachers with Zen Community of Oregon. The talks were given at Great Vow Zen Monastery in Clatskanie, Oregon, and Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple in Portland, Oregon.
Podcast podcasts.apple.com
Email ****@zendust.org
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 2.2KTwitter Followers 86Instagram Followers 1.6K Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 38 min Listen on Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

6. Brooklyn Zen Center

Audio dharma talks from the Brooklyn Zen Center.Our programs are offered free of charge and made possible by the donations we receive. If you would like to support Brooklyn Zen Center, please visit the 'Giving' section of our website at brooklynzen.org.
Podcast podcasts.apple.com
Email ****@brooklynzen.org
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 3.4KTwitter Followers 5.4K Frequency 1 episode / month Listen on Spotify Play Get Email Contact

7. The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast

The Mountains and Rivers Order (MRO) is a Western Zen Buddhist lineage founded by John Daido Loori Roshi. Zen Mountain Monastery in New York's Catskill Mountains offers retreats and residential programs since 1980. The Zen Center of New York City: Fire Lotus Temple is the city branch, offering practice opportunities within the Eight Gates training matrix for home practitioners in the metropolitan area.
Podcast zmm.org/media
Email ****@dharma.net
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 5.5KTwitter Followers 215Instagram Followers 5.5K Frequency 6 episodes / month Avg Length 44 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

8. The Zen Studies Podcast

Learn about traditional Zen and Buddhist teachings, practices, and history through episodes recorded specifically for podcast listeners. Host Domyo Burk is a Soto Zen priest and teacher.
Podcast zenstudiespodcast.com
Email ****@zenstudiespodcast.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 1.1KTwitter Followers 345 Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 31 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

9. Zencare Podcast

Listen to dharma talks from the teachers and guest teachers of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. Buddhist teachings are woven into topics such as contemplative care, engaged Buddhism, social change, meditation and stillness, dealing with addiction, being with suffering, and the arts and challenges of care for the self and others.
Podcast zencare.org
Email ****@zencare.org
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 20.4KTwitter Followers 6.9KInstagram Followers 7.9K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 28 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

10. Zen Commuter

Are you getting ready to start your day? Heading into the car for the daily commute? Why not sit back and use your drive time for introspection time. Host Thom Walters makes your trip to work or errands peaceful and motivational. Each day Monday through Friday Thom will talk about a topic geared to moving your forward in your life.
Podcast zencommuter.libsyn.com
Email ****@zencommuter.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 121Twitter Followers 402 Frequency 3 episodes / month Avg Length 40 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

11. Angel City Zen Center

Weekly public talks recorded live at the Angel City Zen Center
Podcast aczc.org
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 1.1KTwitter Followers 581 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 38 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

12. Village Zendo Teacher Talks

Dharma talks on Zen Buddhism from the Village Zendo in New York City.
Podcast villagezendo.org
Host Enkyo O'Hara
Email ****@villagezendo.org
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 2.6KTwitter Followers 4.4KInstagram Followers 1K Frequency 3 episodes / month Avg Length 27 min Since Mar 2013 Listen on Apple Spotify Video Podcast YouTube Play Get Email Contact

13. Dharma Talks by Dana Kojun Lederhos

Upright Noble Zen is a small community of practitioners dedicated to engaging in Zen practice. Dana Kojun Lederhos provides leadership for this group. Tune in to listen to her Dharma talks.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Host Dana Kojun Lederhos
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 2 episodes / week Avg Length 21 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

14. Zen Nova Scotia

Zen Nova Scotia is a community committed to providing authentic Zen Buddhist practice and teachings to all. Our emphasis and wider purpose is to encourage people to integrate religious practice into their everyday lives.
Podcast podomatic.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Twitter Followers 112 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 17 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

15. Auckland Zen Centre : Weekly Podcasts

The purpose of the Auckland Zen Centre is to foster authentic Zen Buddhist practice, and a vibrant Sangha of committed practitioners, by means of regular formal sittings, live Dharma talks and teishos, dokusan, a full range of ceremonies to mark important days on the Buddhist calendar, community service, social events, activities for families, sesshin and training.
Podcast hipcast.com+ Follow
Email ****@aucklandzen.org.nz
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 511 Frequency 4 episodes / week Avg Length 46 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

16. Houston Zen Center

Houston Zen Center is a place for all people to study and practice meditation in the Zen tradition. Tune in to the podcast to listen to Dharma Talks given at the Zen Center.
Podcast houstonzen.org
Email ****@houstonzen.org
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 2.9KTwitter Followers 408 Frequency 2 episodes / month Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

17. Village Zendo Student Talks

Dharma talks on Zen Buddhism from students of the Village Zendo in New York City.
Podcast villagezendo.org
Email ****@villagezendo.org
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 2.6KTwitter Followers 4.4KInstagram Followers 1K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 23 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

18. Ordinary Mind Zen School Sydney

The Ordinary Mind Zen School Sydney podcast consists of Dharma talks given by Geoff Dawson. He is a Dharma Successor of Charlotte Joko Beck and the teacher of the Ordinary Mind Zen School, Sydney.
Podcast zensydney.com
Email ****@bigpond.com
Apple Rating 4.3 / 5 Frequency 3 episodes / month Avg Length 13 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

19. Boundless Way Zen Temple Dharmacast

Dharma Talks from Boundless Way Temple in Worcester MA
Podcast worcesterzen.libsyn.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 1.7KTwitter Followers 18 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 25 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

20. Chobo-Ji's Zen Podcast

Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji or 'The Listening to the Dharma Zen Temple on Great Plum Mountain' was founded in Seattle, WA by Zen Master Genki Takabayashi. Tune in to the podcast to listen Rinzai Zen Dharma Talks.
Podcast genjo.libsyn.com
Email ****@choboji.org
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 703 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 28 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

21. Sit, Breathe, Bow

This podcast is brought to you by The Kwan Um School of Zen, which is an international organization of more than a hundred Zen centers and groups founded by Zen Master Seung Sahn, the first Korean Zen Master to live and teach in the West. Each week leading Buddhist teachers share life experiences and insights to help guide your meditation practice as well as your life off the cushion.
Podcast kwanumzenonline.org
Email ****@kwanumzen.org
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 7.5KTwitter Followers 2.7K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 40 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

22. Austin Zen Center

The Austin Zen Center community offers a haven of peace and harmony in which to engage in the task of self-discovery through Zen practice. Our wish is that all beings realize their true nature, which is grounded in our inherent wisdom and compassion.
Podcast austinzencenter.org
Email ****@austinzencenter.org
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 3.5KTwitter Followers 13 Frequency 19 episodes / year Avg Length 56 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

23. Zen Meditation and Work Life Balance

Zen Center in Mountain View California.
Podcast kannondo.org
Email ****@kannondo.org
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 1.3KTwitter Followers 5 Frequency 2 episodes / week Avg Length 46 min Since Apr 2018 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

24. 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
Email ****@zmc.org
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 2.6K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 64 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

25. Zen Wisdom for Your Everyday Life

Brenda Eshin Shoshanna is a psychologist, author, speaker and long term Zen practitioner. Her work is dedicated to sharing Zen practice with those of all backgrounds, and integrating the practice with our everyday lives. This podcast is based upon Zen wisdom and Zen koans, a new perspective which puts an end to struggle, conflict and frustration on the spot.
Podcast zenwisdomtoday.com
Email ****@yahoo.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 300Twitter Followers 207 Frequency 25 episodes / year Avg Length 17 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

26. North Carolina Zen Center

Collection of Dharma Talks given by Teshin Sweger at the North Carolina Zen Center. This podcast is interesting as well as insightful.
Podcast nczencenter.org
Email ****@nczencenter.org
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 1.4K Frequency 6 episodes / quarter Avg Length 32 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

27. 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 34 Frequency 12 episodes / year Avg Length 37 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

28. The Zen Studies Society

The Zen Studies Society is a Buddhist community dedicated to realizing and actualizing our true nature. Cultivating an atmosphere of respect, harmony, deep insight, and boundless compassion, we offer the simple yet profound teachings and practice of Zen Buddhism at our mountain monastery and our city temple under the auspices of ZSS.
Podcast zenstudies.org
Email ****@zenstudies.org
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 1.8K Frequency 30 episodes / year Avg Length 40 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

29. Dharma Talk Podcast

Living Zen is the online home of Jokai Blackwell Sensei, a Zen teacher based in California and current Vice Abbot of Yokoji Zen Mountain Center.
Podcast livingzen.com
Email ****@livingzen.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 1 episode / year Avg Length 23 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

30. Appamada

Appamada is a contemporary center for Zen practice, inquiry, and community, located in Austin, Texas. Our focus is on bringing the wisdom and compassion of the Buddha's teachings to contemporary lives, through silent meditation, study, inquiry, and relational practices.
Podcast soundcloud.com
Email ****@appamada.org
Frequency 6 episodes / week Avg Length 54 min Play Get Email Contact