The 8 Best Zen Buddhist Podcasts

A list of the Best Zen Buddhist Podcasts handpicked by our community on Podyssey.

Last Updated: Mar 11th, 2022

  • 1. 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.

    Tenshin Fletcher Roshi

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    Closing the Gap

    1:05:45 | Jan 30th

    Tenshin Roshi talks about case 69 of the Book of Equanimity, "Nansen's Cats and Cows."

  • 2. SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

    Dharma talks by Sokuzan from SokukoJi Buddhist Temple in Battle Creek, Michigan.

    Sokuzan

  • 3. The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast

    The Mountains and Rivers Order (MRO) is a Western Zen Buddhist lineage established by the late John Daido Loori Roshi and dedicated to sharing the dharma as it has been passed down, generation to generation, since the time of Shakyamuni Buddha. Zen M...Show More

    Zen Mountain Monastery

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    Missing It, Seeing It

    42:22 | Jan 31st

    Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt Tremper, New York, Sunday 01/11/2026 From Master Wu-Men’s Gateless Gate, Case 39: Yun-men Says You Missed It Three core aspects of Zen pr...Show More

  • 4. Zencast

    Zencast is a weekly podcast of inspiring Buddhist Dharma talks for all people. Keywords: Zen, Buddhism, Buddhist, Buddha, Dharma, Sangha, Mindfulness, Meditation, Wisdom, Love, Peace, Stillness,Compassion.

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    Zencast 461 - How Are You by Gil Fronsdal

    39:20 | Apr 13th, 2014

    How Are You by Gil Fronsdal  This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Gil Fronsdal

  • 5. The No-Rank Zendo Podcast

    Rinzan Osho is a priest and teacher at No-Rank Zendo, a Rinzai Zen Buddhist Community in Portland, Oregon. His Dharma talks explore various aspects of Rinzai Zen Buddhist practice, spirituality and religion. He emphases practice as a means to develop...Show More

    Rinzan Pechovnik

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    Hekiganroku: Joshu's Three Turning Words

    37:23 | Jan 29th

    n this Teisho, given on January 20th 2026, during winter sesshin (long retreat), Rinzan Osho examines case 96 of the Hekiganroku: Joshu's Three Turning Words. Life presents us with frustrations and th...Show More

  • 6. 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. Zen Community of ...Show More

    Zen Community of Oregon

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    Dew on the Rose - Jomon Martin, Zen Teacher

    30:05 | Feb 3rd

    This talk explores the Buddhist teaching of impermanence as the foundation of liberation and ethical living. Reflecting on the meaning of a “new year,” it examines how fixed ideas about self, time, an...Show More

  • 7. 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.

    Domyo Burk

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    323 – Zazen As Defiant Self-Care

    25:20 | Jan 30th

    Since the term arose in 1950's, "self-care" has referred to a number of different things. If we consider self-care to be things you do to remain physically and mentally healthy, then Zazen – simple, g...Show More

  • 8. Open Sky Zen

    Dharma talks by Zen monk Ven. Lawrence Do'an Grecco, the founder and Guiding Teacher of Open Sky Zen Meditation & Buddhist Studies Group, a nomadic Zen Center in New York City. Lawrence is also a teacher at the Interdependence Project. For more in...Show More

    Open Sky Zen

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    What Zen is, What Zen is Not

    45:08 | Jul 1st, 2014

    Some think that Zen is about following outdated rules, performing rituals, and repeating dead words. But Zen isn't really any of those things--it's something that anyone can practice anytime and anywh...Show More

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