Buddhist Temple of Toledo Podcast

This teisho was delivered by Rev. Kensei at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo on October 9, 2026. Rev. Kensei discusses master Hongzhi Zhengiue's text "The Wonder Verified and Fulfilled," published in Taigen Dan Leighton's collection "Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi."

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This teisho was given by the Rev. Rinsen Roshi at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo on July 7, 2026. In this talk Rensen Roshi talks about Buddhist Practice in respect to teachings of Hongzhi Zhengiue.

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A teisho by the Rev. Do'on Roshi on the text from Hongzhi Zhengiue's teaching of plowing the field of your life and your practice -- the 150,000 acres of your life -- and covering the ground you stand on. To learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo, or to make a contribution in support of this pod cast, please visit buddhisttempleoftoledo.org.

This Teisho from the Great Heartland Sangha, given at the Zen Buddhist Temple of Toledo was given by Reverend Shokai on July 10th, 2026. In this Teisho, Reverend Shokai discusses how we can practice revealing our true nature and allow our true self to emerge. This Teisho centers on a poem from Hongzhi Zhengiue - Cultivating The Empty Field.

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How, when we are ultimately alone, do we know ourselves? In the midst of everything, how do we find what is true? And how do we live that way? This teisho was given by the Rev. Kensei Kelly Troyer at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo on July 9, 2026 during July sesshin. In this episode, Kensei reaches teaches from Hongzhi's Cultivating the Empty Field, "A Plowman in the ...