Best Appamada Podcasts (2025)

Mercy has no hands,yet carries the whole mountaindown to the quiet.All are welcome to the river’s edge.Spelling note: Jessica cites from several sources, including by Cynthia Bourgeault.By Appamada

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2025-10-21 I Inquiry I Auden and Haga: active hope I Joel Barna 1:00:39

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W.H. Auden cliphttps://youtu.be/oWtVYYoJFl4?si=MkPur0C6uJFKddz0By Appamada

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2025-10-20 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story | Peg Syverson 57:25

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2025-10-20 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story | Peg Syverson by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-10-19 | Dharma Talk | Grace | Nate Smalley 40:00

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2025-10-19 | Dharma Talk | Grace | Nate Smalley by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-10-15 I Inquiry I Enjoy Your Life I Josh Gifford 1:00:05

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Songs arrive even in the mail boxSongs keep coming even happy to be sad Josephine FosterBy Appamada

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2025-10-13 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story | Peg Syverson 1:17:45

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2025-10-13 | Depth In Practice | Not Two: The Appamada Story | Peg Syverson by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-10-12 | Dharma Talk | American Zen Teachers Association Conference | Peg Syverson 1:00:02

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Recording of Calling Out to Hungry Hearts by Krishna Das courtesy of Upaya Zen Center: https://youtu.be/2wI5zlF2eeQ?si=uK1PoeKDSyJMO_bwBy Appamada

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2025-10-07 I Inquiry I Be like the Buddha was, before the Buddha was Buddha I Trudy Johnston 45:16

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Fred LaMotte'My Ancestry DNA results came in.Just as I suspected, my great great grandfatherwas a monarch butterfly.Much of who I am is still wriggling under a stone.I am part larva, but part hummingbird too.There is dinosaur tar in my bone marrow.My golden hair sprang out of a meadow in Palestine.Genghis Khan is my fourth cousin,but I didn't get h…

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2025-05-12| Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra 1:12:19

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2025-10-06 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra 1:05:50

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2025-10-05 | Dharma Talk | Sin and Repentance | Nate Smalley 42:08

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2025-10-05 | Dharma Talk | Sin and Repentance | Nate Smalley by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-09-30 I Inquiry I Joanna Macy's Bodhisattva Check-in I Joel Barna 55:37

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2025-09-30 I Inquiry I Joanna Macy's Bodhisattva Check-in I Joel Barna by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-09-29 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra 20:18

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2025-09-29 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-09-28 | Dharma Talk | Bodhisattva Check-In | Joel Barna 29:21

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2025-09-28 | Dharma Talk | Bodhisattva Check-In | Joel Barna by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-09-23 I Inquiry I Being ourselves at Gate A-4 I Suzanne Kilkus 55:51

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2025-09-23 I Inquiry I Being ourselves at Gate A-4 I Suzanne Kilkus by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-09-22 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra 1:04:15

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2025-09-22 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-09-15 | Fall '25 Intensive | Shikantaza | Peg Syverson 29:13

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2025-09-15 | Fall '25 Intensive | Shikantaza | Peg Syverson by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-09-16 | Fall '25 Intensive | Nate Smalley 46:10

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2025-09-16 | Fall '25 Intensive | Nate Smalley by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-09-17 | Fall '25 Integrated Intensive | Peg Syverson 34:50

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2025-09-17 | Fall '25 Integrated Intensive | Peg Syverson by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-09-18 | Fall '25 Integrated Intensive | Nate Smalley 40:58

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2025-09-18 | Fall '25 Integrated Intensive | Nate Smalley by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-09-19 | Fall '25 Integrated Intensive | Peg Syverson 44:07

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2025-09-19 | Fall '25 Integrated Intensive | Peg Syverson by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-09-20 | Fall '25 Integrated Intensive | Nate Smalley 42:58

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2025-09-20 | Fall '25 Integrated Intensive | Nate Smalley by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-09-20 | Fall '25 Intensive | Peg Syverson 1:24:50

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2025-09-20 | Fall '25 Intensive | Peg Syverson by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-09-21 | Dharma Talk | Navigating the Dharma with Koans and other Mirrors | Kim Mosley 39:12

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Kim's drawings available at https://blog.kimmosley.com.By Appamada

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2025-09-16 I Inquiry I In the Space of Absence I Flint Sparks 1:02:15

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Thanks to Pádraig Ó Tuama, August 24, 2025 on Substack.By Appamada

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2025-09-14 | Dharma Talk | Who Are the Earth Store Bodhisattvas? | Peg Syverson 29:39

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2025-09-14 | Dharma Talk | Who Are the Earth Store Bodhisattvas? | Peg Syverson by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-05-12 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra 1:12:19

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2025-05-12 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-09-09 I Inquiry I Take Care How You Place Your Feet in the Zendo I Josh Gifford 1:02:25

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2025-09-09 I Inquiry I Take Care How You Place Your Feet in the Zendo I Josh Gifford by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-09-08 | Depth In Practice | Virmalakirti Sutra 1:09:14

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2025-09-08 | Depth In Practice | Virmalakirti Sutra by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-09-07 | Dharma Talk | Worship & Transmission | Nate Smalley 39:39

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2025-09-07 | Dharma Talk | Worship & Transmission | Nate Smalley by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-09-02 I Inquiry I Compassion has no enemies I Trudy Johnston 1:00:23

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2025-09-02 I Inquiry I Compassion has no enemies I Trudy Johnston by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-09-01 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra 1:02:24

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2025-09-01 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-08-31 | Dharma Talk | Practice: What Is It? | Jess 19:12

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Koan was from The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans by Koun Yamada. Case 7: Joshu's Washing the Bowls.Reflection questions:1) What were you looking for when you first entered the monastery/practice/zen center?2) How would you have reacted to this teaching back then?3) Do you notice any resistance from you or a part of you to this?4) How …

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2025-08-26 I Inquiry I suffering and love I Suzanne Kilkus 57:29

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2025-08-26 I Inquiry I suffering and love I Suzanne Kilkus by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-08-25 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra 1:07:29

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2025-08-25 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-08-24 | Dharma Talk | Don't Try Harder; Try Softer and Theory "U" | Joel Barna 41:51

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Some readings referenced in this talk can be found in the Appamada chant book: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c03ced75ffd204418037b7a/t/5c523209898583e0ceeb37bd/1548890634577/Appamada+Chant+Book.pdfBy Appamada

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2025-08-20 I Inquiry I finding yourself in a small room I Josh Gifford 1:02:49

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three poems referenced :You Reading This be ready~ William StaffordStarting here, what do you want to remember?How sunlight creeps along a shining floor?What scent of old wood hovers, what softenedsound from outside fills the air?Will you ever bring a better gift for the worldthan the breathing respect that you carrywherever you go right now? Are y…

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2025-08-18 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra 1:09:32

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2025-08-18 | Depth In Practice | Vimalakirti Sutra by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-08-17 | Dharma Talk | The Sutra that Explains the Profound Secret: The Third Turning of the Wheel of Dharma | Ellen Hippard 41:01

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2025-08-17 | Dharma Talk | The Sutra that Explains the Profound Secret: The Third Turning of the Wheel of Dharma | Ellen Hippard by AppamadaBy Appamada

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2025-08-12 I Inquiry I It’s the Waiting I Flint Sparks 1:00:05

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“The Maples” ~ Marie HoweI asked the stand of maples behind the house,How should I live my life?They said, shhh shhh shhh . . .How should I live, I asked, and the leaves seemed to ripple and gleam.A bird called from a branch in its own tongue,And from a branch, across the yard, another bird answered.A squirrel scrambled up a trunkthen along the len…