20 Best California Zen Podcasts
California Zen Podcasts
Here are 20 Best California Zen Podcasts worth listening to in 2025. Subscribe in one place on FeedSpot Reader.
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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,MORE Host Gil Fronsdal
Producer/Network www.audiodharma.org
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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
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 20.4KTwitter 12KInstagram 11.6K Avg Length 38 min 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
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 7.5K Avg Length 41 min Get Email Contact
4. 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.MORE Producer/Network Berkeley Zen Center Dharma Talks
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5. Angel City Zen Center
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Weekly public talks recorded live at the Angel City Zen Center
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6. 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
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7. Zen Meditation and Work Life Balance
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Zen Center in Mountain View California.
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 1.3KTwitter 5 Avg Length 46 min Since Apr 2018 Get Email Contact
8. Yokoji Zen Dharma Talks
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Yokoji is a year-round Zen Buddhist Training Center in the Southern Californian mountains. This podcast is a monthly Dharma talks by Tenshin Fletcher Roshi at Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center.
Host Charles Tenshin Fletcher Roshi
Producer/Network Tenshin Fletcher Roshi
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 2.6K Avg Length 64 min Since Oct 2014 Get Email Contact
9. 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. Deer Park is located in the mountains near Escondido, California and hosts regular Days of Mindfulness open to the public.MORE Producer/Network Deer Park Monks and Nuns
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 869Twitter 3.8KInstagram 13.5K Avg Length 60 min Since Sep 2006 Get Email Contact
10. 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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11. Valley Streams Zen Sangha
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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.MORE Producer/Network Unknown
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12. Hartford Street Zen Center Dharma Talks
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A Sōtō Zen temple for the LGBTQ community, friends and allies in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood
Producer/Network Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji
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13. Dharma Talks
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Dharma Talks from Ocean Gate Zen Center
Producer/Network Ocean Gate Zen Center
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14. Dharma Talks by Gilbert Gutierrez
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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.MORE Producer/Network noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
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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
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16. Clear Water
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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.
Producer/Network Clear Water Zendo
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California Zen shows hosts and producers
| Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | Twitter Handle | Twitter Followers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gil Fronsdal | Host | audiodharma.org | 1 | |||
| Zoketsu Norman Fischer | Host | everydayzen.org | 54 | |||
| Robert Aceves | Host, Life Coach / Psychology & Social Behavior | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raceves8 | 8 | @acevesrobert2 | ||
| Charles Tenshin Fletcher Roshi | Host | zmc.org/podcast | ||||
| Jaune Evans | Host | feeds.buzzsprout.com/1731807 | 22 | |||
| Dawn Culp | Host | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-zen-room | 2 | |||
| Angel City Zen Center | aczc.org/aczcpodcast | 31 | @angelcityzen | 581 | ||
| Berry Crawford | valleystreamszen.org/category/podcasts | 21 | ||||
| Zen Meditation and Work Life Balance - Kannon Do | kannondo.org/podcasts | 20 | @medatwork1 | 5 | ||
| Hartford Street Zen Center | Issan-ji | hszc.org/podcasts | 17 | @issanji | 34 | ||
| Hozan Alan Senauke | berkeleyzencenter.org | 10 | ||||
| Tenshin Fletcher Roshi | zmc.org/podcast | 9 | ||||
| Clear Water | clearwaterzen.org/category/podcasts | 8 | ||||
| Karen Sundheim | berkeleyzencenter.org | 5 | ||||
| Hondo Dave Rutschman | berkeleyzencenter.org | 4 | ||||
| Laurie Senauke | berkeleyzencenter.org | 3 | ||||
| Tenshin Reb Anderson | sfzc.org | 3 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Shosan Victoria Austin | sfzc.org | 3 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Jiryu Rutschman-Byler | sfzc.org | 3 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Tenzen David Zimmerman | sfzc.org | 2 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Sozan Michael McCord | sfzc.org | 2 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Shundo David Haye | sfzc.org | 2 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Kokyo Henkel | sfzc.org | 2 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Keiryu Liên Shutt | sfzc.org | 2 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Gerry Oliva | berkeleyzencenter.org | 2 | ||||
| Furyu Schroeder | sfzc.org | 2 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| BZC News | berkeleyzencenter.org | 2 | ||||
| Carol Paul | berkeleyzencenter.org | 2 | ||||
| Kyoshin Wendy Lewis | sfzc.org | 2 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Ryushin Andrea Thach | berkeleyzencenter.org | 2 | ||||
| Seicho Judy Fleischman | berkeleyzencenter.org | 2 | ||||
| Zengyu Paul Discoe | berkeleyzencenter.org | 2 | ||||
| Dōshin Mako Voelkel | sfzc.org | 2 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Anshi Zachary Smith | sfzc.org | 2 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Eijun Linda Cutts | sfzc.org | 2 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Mary Mocine | berkeleyzencenter.org | 1 | ||||
| Mushim Patricia Ikeda | berkeleyzencenter.org | 1 | ||||
| Ross Blum | berkeleyzencenter.org | 1 | ||||
| Sue Oehser | berkeleyzencenter.org | 1 | ||||
| Susan Marvin | berkeleyzencenter.org | 1 | ||||
| Kodo Conlin | sfzc.org | 1 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Kim Kōgen Daihō Hart | sfzc.org | 1 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Keiryu Liên Shutt and Jisan Tova Green | sfzc.org | 1 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Jisho Lisa Beth Hoffman | sfzc.org | 1 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Jisan Tova Green | sfzc.org | 1 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Gendo Lucy Xiao 玄道 | sfzc.org | 1 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Eli Brown-Stevenson | sfzc.org | 1 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Dojin Sarah Emerson | sfzc.org | 1 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Dawn Neal | sfzc.org | 1 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Chikudo Catherine Spaeth | sfzc.org | 1 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| angel Kyodo williams | sfzc.org | 1 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Ryuko Laura Burges | sfzc.org | 1 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Zoketsu Norman Fischer | sfzc.org | 1 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Zenki Mary Mocine | sfzc.org | 1 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Wendy Johnson | sfzc.org | 1 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Thiemo Blank | sfzc.org | 1 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Shogen Jody Greene | sfzc.org | 1 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Ryushin Paul Haller | sfzc.org | 1 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Mary Duryee | berkeleyzencenter.org | 1 | ||||
| Onryu Mary Stares | sfzc.org | 1 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Br. Man Tue | sites.libsyn.com/18882/site | 1 | @dpcast | 3.8K | ||
| Sr.Áo Nghiêm | sites.libsyn.com/18882/site | 1 | @dpcast | 3.8K | ||
| Marc Lesser | sfzc.org | 1 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Koshin Steven Tierney | sfzc.org | 1 | @sfzc | 12K | ||
| Ellen Webb | berkeleyzencenter.org | 1 | ||||
| Hannah Meara | berkeleyzencenter.org | 1 | ||||
| Karen Decotis | berkeleyzencenter.org | 1 | ||||
| Marie Hopper | berkeleyzencenter.org | 1 |
