20 Best California Zen Podcasts

1. AudioDharma

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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, visit our website at https://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/.MORE Host Gil Fronsdal
Producer/Network www.audiodharma.org
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Redwood City, California, United States
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 1.6KFacebook 17.5K Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

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Public lectures given at San Francisco Zen Center
Producer/Network San Francisco Zen Center
Email ****@sfzc.org
Location San Francisco, California, United States
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 246Facebook 21.4KTwitter 11.5KInstagram 13.4K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

3. Everyday Zen Podcast

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Dharma Talks from the Everyday Zen Foundation
Host Zoketsu Norman Fischer
Producer/Network Everyday Zen Foundation
Email ****@gmail.com
Location California, United States
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 209Facebook 7.5K Avg Length 55 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. Meditate with Robert Aceves

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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.MORE Host Robert Aceves
Producer/Network Robert Aceves
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Santa Ana, California, United States
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 9Facebook 179 Avg Length 66 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. Berkeley Zen Center Dharma Talks

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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. Visit us on the web at www.berkeleyzencenter.org.MORE Producer/Network Berkeley Zen Center Dharma Talks
Email ****@berkeleyzencenter.org
Location Berkeley, California, United States
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 28Facebook 1.3K Avg Length 53 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. Angel City Zen Center - Beginners Only Podcast

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Weekly public talks recorded live at the Angel City Zen Center
Producer/Network Angel City Zen Center
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Los Angeles, California, United States
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 91Facebook 1.2KTwitter 581 Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

7. Yokoji Zen Dharma Talks

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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.
Host Charles Tenshin Fletcher Roshi
Producer/Network Tenshin Fletcher Roshi
Email ****@zmc.org
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 69Facebook 2.6K Avg Length 62 min Format Long form Since Oct 2014 Get Email Contact

8. Zen Meditation and Work Life Balance - Kannon Do

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Zen Center in Mountain View California
Producer/Network Zen Meditation and Work Life Balance - Kannon Do
Email ****@kannondo.org
Location Mountain View, California, United States
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 13Facebook 1.3KTwitter 5 Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Since Apr 2018 Get Email Contact

9. Heart of Compassion Zen Sangha

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The Heart of Compassion Zen Sangha is a member-community of Everyday Zen and Branching Streams, West Marin, CA.
Host Jaune Evans
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10. Deer Park Dharmacast

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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...MORE Host Chan Phap Khu1edfi
Producer/Network Deer Park Monks and Nuns
Email ****@deerparkmonastery.org
Location Escondido, California, United States
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 125Facebook 859Twitter 3.8KInstagram 16.4K Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Since Sep 2006 Get Email Contact

11. Podcasts Valley Streams Zen Sangha

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A collection of Dharma Talks form Valley Streams Zen Sangha.
Producer/Network Unknown
Email ****@valleystreamszen.org
Location Sacramento, California, United States
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12. Hartford Street Zen Center Dharma Talks

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Founded by Rev. Issan Dorsey and the Gay Buddhist Club in 1980 in San Francisco's Castro district, Hartford Street Zen Center is a neighborhood temple and residential practice center in the Soto Zen tradition of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. HSZC houses an open and supportive community for LGBTQQI people and allies to practice together and deepen our understanding of the Dharma. http://www.hszc.orgMORE Producer/Network Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji
Email ****@hszc.org
Location San Francisco, California, United States
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 4Facebook 1.1KTwitter 34 Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

13. Dharma Talks | Ocean Gate Zen Center - Santa Cruz, Capitola, Aptos

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Dharma Talks from Ocean Gate Zen Center
Producer/Network Ocean Gate Zen Center
Email ****@oceangatezen.org
Location California, United States
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 13Facebook 1.1KInstagram 577 Get Email Contact

14. Dharma Talks by Gilbert Gutierrez

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The talks are recordings of weekly Chan lectures addressed to the Riverside Chan Meditation Group in Riverside, California. Gilbert Gutierrez is one of five lay practitioners who have received Dharma transmission from Venerable Chan Master Sheng Yen.MORE Producer/Network noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
Email ****@riversidechan.org
Location Riverside, California, United States
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 10 Get Email Contact

15. The Zen Room

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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.MORE Host Dawn Culp
Producer/Network The Zen Room
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Gilroy, California, United States
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 49Facebook 1.6KInstagram 1.1K Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

16. Clear Water Zendo

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A Soto Zen temple in Vallejo, CA
Producer/Network Clear Water Zendo
Email ****@sbcglobal.net
Location Vallejo, California, United States
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