This podcast presents weekly updates from the Great Heartland Buddhist Temple of Toledo including talks from Sunday service, sesshin, and other events.
Examining What Is Beyond Difficult or Easy: Realizing the Gift Of the Moment
33 mins; April 02, 2026
Perfect Enlightenment Stands Upon the Impossible
27 mins; March 26, 2026
The Basis of Sickness
25 mins; March 18, 2026
Pulling The Thread Of Sesshin
47 mins; March 05, 2026
Vimalakirti Sutra Chapter 7: The Goddess
40 mins; February 26, 2026
Blue Cliff Record Case 52: Chao Chou Lets Asses and Donkeys Cross + Sayings of Layman P'ang
37 mins; February 19, 2026
Through fear, Fearlessness
39 mins; February 12, 2026
Great Compassion of the Bodhisattva
27 mins; February 06, 2026
Not Knowing Is Universal Love
33 mins; January 29, 2026
A Sense of The Coming Year for 2026 (Abbot's Annual Address)
37 mins; January 22, 2026
Blue Cliff Record Case 8 Part 2: Suigan's Eyebrows
29 mins; January 15, 2026
Blue Cliff Record Case 8: Suigan's Eyebrows
22 mins; January 08, 2026
Blue Cliff Record Case 6: Yun Men's Every Day Is a Good Day Part 3
25 mins; January 01, 2026
Find Your Peak
39 mins; December 25, 2025
Blue Cliff Record Case 6: Yun Men's Every Day Is a Good Day (Part 2)
27 mins; December 18, 2025
Blue Cliff Record Case 6: Yun Men's Every Day Is a Good Day
20 mins; December 11, 2025
Blue Cliff Record Case 5 - Hsueh Feng's Grain of Rice
21 mins; December 04, 2025
Blue Cliff Record Case 4 - Deshan Carrying His Bundle
31 mins; November 27, 2025
Blue Cliff Record Case 3 - Master Ma Is Unwell
28 mins; November 20, 2025
This Precious Human Life
34 mins; November 13, 2025
Blue Cliff Record Case 2 - The Ultimate Path Is Without Difficulty
40 mins; November 06, 2025
Dwelling Peacefully with Discomfort
36 mins; October 30, 2025
Abiding in the Bardo of Life
35 mins; October 24, 2025
What Happens At Death: The Bardo State
36 mins; October 16, 2025
What Happens At Death
33 mins; October 09, 2025
Blue Cliff Record Case 1 - The Highest Meaning of the Holy Truths
22 mins; October 02, 2025
Reflections on Summer Practice
35 mins; September 25, 2025
The Buddha's Final Teaching
36 mins; September 18, 2025
Bring Forth the Mind that Abides Nowhere
34 mins; September 11, 2025
Go Get Some Water
21 mins; August 31, 2025
Mumonkan Case 1 - Joshu's Dog
24 mins; August 21, 2025
Mumonkan Case 1.2 Pt 1 - Joshu's Dog
35 mins; August 14, 2025
Mumonkan Case 48 - Kempo's One Way
33 mins; August 07, 2025
Mumonkan Case 47 – Tosotsu's Three Barriers
32 mins; July 31, 2025
Mumonkan Case 46 – Stepping Forward from the Top of a Pole
26 mins; July 24, 2025
Mumonkan Case 45 – Who is That One?
33 mins; July 17, 2025
Mumonkan Case 44 – Basho and a Stick
26 mins; July 10, 2025
Mumonkan Case 43 - Shushan's Short Bamboo Staff
25 mins; July 03, 2025
Mumonkan Case 42 - Manjushri's Woman In Meditation
30 mins; June 26, 2025
Mumonkan Case 41 - Bodhidharma Puts the Mind to Rest (Part 2)
34 mins; June 19, 2025
Mumonkan Case 41 – Bodhidharma Puts the Mind to Rest (Part 1)
31 mins; June 12, 2025
Mumonkan Case 40 - Kicking Over the Sippy Cup
41 mins; June 05, 2025
Mumonkan Case 39 – Unmon and a Mistake in Speech
28 mins; May 29, 2025
Mumonkan Case 38 Part 2 - A Buffalo Passes Through A Window
27 mins; May 22, 2025
Mumonkan Case 38 Part 1 - A Buffalo Passes Through A Window
29 mins; May 15, 2025
Mumonkan Case 37 – The Oak Tree in the Front Garden **Room Echo Present**
35 mins; May 08, 2025
Mumonkan Case 36 – Meeting a Person of the Tao Along the Way
28 mins; May 01, 2025
Mumonkan Case 35 - Seijo's Soul is Separated
22 mins; April 24, 2025
Mumonkan Case 34 - Wisdom Is Not The Tao
20 mins; April 18, 2025
Mumonkan Case 33 – No Mind, No Buddha
31 mins; April 10, 2025
Mumonkan Case 32 – The Buddha Responds to an Outsider
46 mins; April 03, 2025
Mumonkan Case 31 – Joshu Sees Through an Old Woman
22 mins; March 27, 2025
Mumonkan Case 30 – Mind is Buddha
28 mins; March 20, 2025
Mumonkan Case 29 – Not the Wind, Not the Flag
21 mins; March 13, 2025
Do Not Take This Precious Opportunity for Granted
30 mins; March 05, 2025
Reflections On a 21st Century Hermitage
33 mins; February 27, 2025
Mumonkan Case 28 - Ryotan's Name Echoed Long
31 mins; February 20, 2025
Being Friendly with Nots
33 mins; February 13, 2025
Seeing the True Reality of Things
53 mins; February 07, 2025
Realizing the Nonself
61 hours 49 mins; January 30, 2025
Mumonkan Case 27 - Not Mind, Not Buddha
40 mins; January 23, 2025
Blue Cliff Record Case 69 - Nansen's Circle
31 mins; January 16, 2025
Stilling the Wild Horse
33 mins; January 08, 2025
On Samadhi: Being The Peace The World Needs Right Now
35 mins; January 02, 2025
Mumonkan Case 26 – Two Monks Roll Up the Blinds
29 mins; December 26, 2024
Mumonkan Case 25 - The Sermon of the Third Seat
32 mins; December 19, 2024
Mumonkan Case 24 - Abandon Words and Speaking
35 mins; December 16, 2024
Mumonkan Case 23 – Huineng's "Neither Good nor Evil"
32 mins; December 05, 2024
Samadhi (with a Brief Discussion of Dharma Combat)
52 mins; November 28, 2024
Mumonkan Case 22 – Kasho and a Flagpole
36 mins; November 21, 2024
Mumonkan Case 21 – Unmon's Kanshiketsu
27 mins; November 14, 2024
Mumonkan Case 20 – A Man of Great Strength
35 mins; November 07, 2024
Mumonkan Case 19 - Ordinary Mind is the Way
32 mins; October 31, 2024
Mumonkan Case 18 – Tozan's Three Pounds of Flax
30 mins; October 24, 2024
Mumonkan Case 17 - The National Teacher's Three Calls
36 mins; October 17, 2024
Mumonkan Case 16 - The Sound of the Bell and the Seven Panel Robe
21 mins; October 10, 2024
Mumonkan Case 15 - Tozan's Sixty Blows (*Audio Issues, See Description*)
37 mins; October 03, 2024
Mumonkan Case 14 - Nanken Kills the Cat
32 mins; September 26, 2024
Mumonkan Case 13 - Tokusan Carries His Bowls
33 mins; September 19, 2024
Mumonkan Case 12 - Zuigan Calls Himself "Master"
22 mins; September 12, 2024
How Do You Practice When The World Is On Fire?
41 mins; September 05, 2024
Dissolving the Self
41 mins; August 29, 2024
MN 62 Sutta: The Greater Discourse of Advice to Rahula (Continued)
35 mins; August 22, 2024
MN 62 Sutta: The Greater Discourse of Advice to Rahula
48 mins; August 15, 2024
Practicing with Illness and Practicing in Community
38 mins; August 08, 2024
The Essence of Zen Practice
21 mins; August 01, 2024
The Four Means of Embracing Others
30 mins; July 25, 2024
Dogen's Guidelines on Practicing the Way (Paragraphs 2 and 3)
21 mins; July 18, 2024
Home Hermitage and Binary Dualism
34 mins; July 11, 2024
Loosening the Chains of the Mind
16 mins; July 04, 2024
The Clothing of Liberation
32 mins; June 27, 2024
Dharmacakra Sutra: Setting in Motion the Wheel of Truth
37 mins; June 21, 2024
Understanding the Daily Liturgy: The Stages of the Mahayana Path (Part 28) – The Heart Sutra Question & Answer
52 mins; June 17, 2024
Understanding the Daily Liturgy: The Stages of the Mahayana Path (Part 27) – The Heart Sutra
105 hours 14 mins; June 13, 2024
Understanding the Daily Liturgy: The Stages of the Mahayana Path (Part 12.5b) – The Home Altar Continued
69 hours 5 mins; June 10, 2024
Understanding the Daily Liturgy: The Stages of the Mahayana Path (Part 12.5a) – The Home Altar
