
Welcome to the Clouds in Water Zen Center Dharma Talks podcast! We post our Sunday dharma talks from various speakers, including talks from 202o to the present.
Clouds in Water is a vibrant and inclusive community in the Soto Zen Buddhist tradition, with a mission to awaken the heart of great wisdom and compassion.
Founded in 1994, we regularly offer meditation, classes, and retreats. We are loc... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 47 | Founded | 8 months ago |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Listeners | Categories | Religion & SpiritualityBuddhism | |||

Date: 2026/04/05. Speaker: Rev. Shodo Spring. At Clouds in Water Zen Center.
Shodo Spring has belonged to the natural world for as long as she can remember. She grew up running half-wild in the fields and woods of northeastern Ohio, with early morni... more
Date: 2026/03/29. Speaker: Dr. Anita MacDonald. At Clouds in Water Zen Center.
Anita MacDonald is a daughter of a Filipino immigrant, professor of Women's studies, and a Marxist professor of philosophy with mixed European ancestry. She was raised es... more
Date: 2026/03/22. Speaker: Rev. Sōsan Theresa Flynn. At Clouds in Water Zen Center.
Sōsan has studied and practiced Sōto Zen Buddhism since 1992, receiving Dharma transmission (full teaching authority) from Joen Snyder O’Neal in 2012. Sōsan's areas ... more
Date: 2026/03/15. Speaker: Rev. Sōkyo Jido Chee Xiong. At Clouds in Water Zen Center.
Sōkyo Chee started practicing at Clouds in Water Zen Center in 2017. In 2021 he received jukai, lay ordination, and in 2025 he was ordained as a Priest-in-Training... more
How this podcast ranks in the Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube charts.
Apple Podcasts | #67 | |
Apple Podcasts | #129 | |
Apple Podcasts | #37 | |
Apple Podcasts | #129 |
Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.
Listeners, social reach, demographics and more for this podcast.
| Listeners per Episode | |
|---|---|
| Gender Skew | |
| Location | |
| Interests | |
| Professions | |
| Age Range | |
| Household Income | |
| Social Media Reach |
A thoughtful collection of Sunday dharma talks and Q&A sessions from a Zen center, frequently addressing how Buddhist practice interfaces with social issues, justice, and community resilience. Core themes across episodes include compassion in action, engaged Buddhism, ethics and precepts, mindfulness in daily life, and responding to collective suffering with courage and clarity. Several talks center on resisting oppression, healing communities after violence, land acknowledgment, and the role of the Bodhisattva in contemporary activism, making it especially relevant for listeners who want spiritual depth paired with practical ethics and social engagement. A notable strength is the integration of personal narrative with broad social concerns... more
Rephonic provides a wide range of podcast stats for this podcast. We scanned the web and collated all of the information that we could find in our comprehensive podcast database. See how many people listen to this podcast and access YouTube viewership numbers, download stats, audience demographics, chart rankings, ratings, reviews and more.
Rephonic provides a full set of podcast information for three million podcasts, including the number of listeners. View further listenership figures for this podcast, including podcast download numbers and subscriber numbers, so you can make better decisions about which podcasts to sponsor or be a guest on. You will need to upgrade your account to access this premium data.
Rephonic provides comprehensive predictive audience data for this podcast, including gender skew, age, country, political leaning, income, professions, education level, and interests. You can access these listener demographics by upgrading your account.
To see how many followers or subscribers this podcast has on Spotify and other platforms such as Castbox and Podcast Addict, simply upgrade your account. You'll also find viewership figures for their YouTube channel if they have one.
These podcasts share a similar audience with this podcast:
1. Fresh Air
this podcast launched 8 months ago and published 47 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.
Our systems regularly scour the web to find email addresses and social media links for this podcast. We scanned the web and collated all of the contact information that we could find in our podcast database. But in the unlikely event that you can't find what you're looking for, our concierge service lets you request our research team to source better contacts for you.
Rephonic pulls ratings and reviews for this podcast from multiple sources, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, and Podcast Addict.
View all the reviews in one place instead of visiting each platform individually and use this information to decide if a show is worth pitching or not.
Rephonic provides full transcripts for episodes of this podcast. Search within each transcript for your keywords, whether they be topics, brands or people, and figure out if it's worth pitching as a guest or sponsor. You can even set-up alerts to get notified when your keywords are mentioned.