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 1 episode / 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 1 episode / day Avg Length 55 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 12663 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 7 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 37 min Listen on Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

6. 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 1 episode / week Avg Length 46 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

7. 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
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 55 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

8. Everyday Zen Podcast

Dharma Talks from the Everyday Zen Foundation
Podcast everydayzen.org
Email ****@everydayzen.org
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 7.4K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 50 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

9. SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

Dharma talks by Sokuzan from SokukoJi Buddhist Temple in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Podcast sokukoji.org
Host Sokuzan
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 1.3KTwitter Followers 55 Frequency 2 episodes / week Avg Length 54 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

10. 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 / week Avg Length 30 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

11. 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 Play Get Email Contact

12. Buddhist Temple of Toledo Podcast

The Buddhist Temple of Toledo is an independent Soto Zen Buddhist Temple that emphasizes intensive Zen training and includes the Rinzai koan introspection tradition as well as the Lam Rim teachings of Tibetan Buddhism's Gelugpa lineage. The Buddhist Temple of Toledo is an inclusive family-friendly community with an opportunity for authentic Zen practice for all.
Podcast thedrinkinggourd.org
Email ****@buddhisttempleoftoledo.org
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 4.9KTwitter Followers 320 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 41 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

13. 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

14. 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 2 episodes / month Avg Length 43 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

15. 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 39 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

16. O-An Zendo Dharma Talks

This is a podcast of dharma talks given at O-An Zendo near State College, PA, a Soto Zen Buddhist Meditation Center. O-An Zendo is dedicated to the core practice of zazen or sitting meditation.
Podcast oanzendo.podbean.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 377 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 34 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

17. 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 5 episodes / month Avg Length 26 min Since Mar 2013 Listen on Apple Spotify Video Podcast YouTube Play Get Email Contact

18. 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 6 episodes / month Avg Length 21 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

19. Santa Cruz Zen Center Podcast

The purpose of Santa Cruz Zen Center is to embody and communicate the teachings of the Buddha. Our understanding of the non-duality of compassion and wisdom, practice and realization, has been conveyed through the Soto School. The focus of our center is on integrating Zen practice and everyday life.
Podcast sczc.org/podcast
Email ****@sczc.org
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 1.6K Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 2673 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

20. Rochester Zen Center Teisho

Dharma talks by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede and others. Roshi Kjolhede is abbot of the Rochester Zen Center and Dharma heir of Roshi Philip Kapleau.
Podcast rzc.org/news
Email ****@rzc.org
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 1.5K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 46 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

21. 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
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.3 / 5Facebook Followers 1K Frequency 3 episodes / month Avg Length 56 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

22. 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 2 episodes / week Avg Length 46 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

23. 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 / month Avg Length 17 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

24. Muddy Water Zen

You're listening to Dharma talks recorded at Muddy Water Zen Temple in Royal Oak, Michigan; a part of the Korean Taego Buddhist Order. Muddy Water Zen was formed to disseminate and propagate the Dharma, the teachings of Shakymuni Buddha, as recorded in the ancient scriptures, as interpreted and transmitted by the Ancestors, and as experienced personally.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@wowway.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 534Twitter Followers 12 Frequency 6 episodes / year Avg Length 19 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

25. 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 1 episode / week Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

26. 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

27. Minnesota Zen Meditation Center

At MZMC, our practice is Zen Buddhist meditation; our style contains both traditional and contemporary elements. Our mission is to help people experience a deep and quiet joy-a joy that arises whenever we are fully engaged in the work or play of this moment.
Podcast mnzencenter.org
Email ****@mnzencenter.org
Apple Rating 4.2 / 5Facebook Followers 2.5KTwitter Followers 32 Frequency 4 episodes / month Listen on Apple Get Email Contact

28. 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 / month Avg Length 23 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

29. 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 3 episodes / week Avg Length 47 min Since Apr 2018 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

30. 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 / month Avg Length 26 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact