Buddhist Temple of Toledo Podcast

The Dharma Talk was given By Jay Rinsen Weik Sensei at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo.  In this talk, Rinsen Sensei explores the barriers we encounter and create in practice and how the teacher student relationship can help to break through them. To learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo or to make a contribution in support of this podcast, please visit buddhisttempleoftoledo.org. Thank you...

The Dharma Talk was given By Jay Rinsen Weik Sensei at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo.  In this talk, Rinsen Sensei explores the way we use ritual in our own lives, whether spiritual or secular. To learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo or to make a contribution in support of this podcast, please visit buddhisttempleoftoledo.org. Thank you for listening.

This is a Dharma Talk given by the Reverend Jay Rinsen Weik Sensei at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo.  In this talk Rinsen Sensei explores how we navigate the times in between the things that arise in our lives and how it relates to the precepts. If you would like to learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo or to make a donation in support of this podcast please visit buddhisttempleoftoledo.o...

This talk was given on Mother's Day, 2018 at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo.  Join Rinsen Sensei as he explores the pivotal role of mothers in our lives and invites the mothers of the Sangha to voice their perspective.

This Dharma talk was given by the Reverend Jay Rinsen Weik at the Great Heartland Buddhist Temple of Toledo.  In this talk,  Rinsen Sensei talks about case 14 of the Blue Cliff Record.   He reflects on what the causes and conditions are that enable our practice, and how lucky we are to be able to practice.  He also asks what we can take, for a lifetime,  from our practice.  If you would like to le...

This talk was given by Jay Rinsen Weik Sensei at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo in June of 2018.  In this talk, Sensei offers opening comments at the Sangha's first Novice Acknowledgement Ceremony, where 5 postulants make the transition to the Novitiate.  Join Sensei as he explores the nature of the Buddhist priesthood as it exists in its various forms. If you would like to learn more about Buddhis...

The Dharma Talk was given By Jay Rinsen Weik Sensei at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo.  In this talk, Rinsen Sensei explores case 13 of the Blue Cliff Record "Snow in a Silver Bowl". To learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo or to make a contribution in support of this podcast, please visit buddhisttempleoftoledo.org. Thank you for listening.

This Dharma talk was given by the Reverend Jay Rinsen Weik at the Great Heartland Buddhist Temple of Toledo. If you would like to learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo, or to make a contribution in support of this podcast, please visit buddhisttempleoftoledo.org

This Dharma talk was given by the Reverend Jay Rinsen Weik at the Great Heartland Buddhist Temple of Toledo. In this talk, Rinsen Sensei discusses what it means to take refuge in the three treasures of Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. If you would like to learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo, or to make a contribution in support of this podcast, please visit buddhisttempleoftoledo.org  

This is a Dharma Talk given by the Reverend Jay Rinsen Weik Sensei at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo.  In this talk Rinsen Sensei explores Blue Cliff Record Case 15, An Upside Down Statement.  Rinsen Sensei also discusses how having clear ways to relate to our space and each other provides an answer to the question of how we belong. If you would like to learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toled...

This is a Dharma Talk given by the Reverend Jay Rinsen Weik Sensei at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo.  In this talk, Rinsen Sensei explores the teachings of the early 11th Century Chinese teacher Master Hongzhi. If you would like to learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo or to make a donation in support of this podcast please visit buddhisttempleoftoledo.org.

This is a Dharma Talk given by the Reverend Jay Rinsen Weik Sensei at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo.  In this talk Rinsen Sensei explores the Blue Cliff Record Case 11, Gobblers of Dregs. Are there teachers of Zen?  How can one fly through the sky without wings? If you would like to learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo or to make a donation in support of this podcast please visit buddhis...

This Dharma talk was given by the Reverends Jay Rinsen Weik and Karen Do'on Weik  at the Great Heartland Buddhist Temple of Toledo.  In this talk,  Rinsen and Do'on talk about grief, loss and change, and how we can work with and integrate these experiences into our lives, so that they generate compassion rather than suffering.     If you would like to learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo...

This is a Dharma Talk given by the Reverend Jay Rinsen Weik Sensei at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo.  In this talk Rinsen Sensei explores the importance of living as your true self through the Blue Cliff Record Case 12, Three Pounds of Flax. If you would like to learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo or to make a donation in support of this podcast please visit buddhisttempleoftoledo.org.

In this podcast, Rinsen Sensei invites Sangha members to ask questions about practice.

This talk was given by Jay Rinsen Weik Sensei at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo.  In this talk, Sensei explores Case 10 of the Blue Cliff Record. To learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo or to make a contribution in support of this podcast, please visit buddhisttempleoftoledo.org

This is a Dharma Talk given by the Reverend Jay Rinsen Weik Sensei at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo.  In this talk Rinsen Sensei explores practice, death, the precepts, and being and practicing in relationships. If you would like to learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo or to make a donation in support of this podcast please visit buddhisttempleoftoledo.org.

In this Talk, Rinsen Sensei explores how Buddhist practice encounters the very common yet power experience death and dying.  If you would like to learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo or to make a contribution ot this podcast, please visit buddhisttempleoftoledo.org  

This is a Dharma Talk given by the Reverend Jay Rinsen Weik Sensei at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo.  In this talk Rinsen Sensei explores who we are within the Dharma eye with the case of Master Joshu's Four Gates. If you would like to learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo or to make a donation in support of this podcast please visit buddhisttempleoftoledo.org.

This Dharma talk was given by the Reverend Jay Rinsen Weik at the Great Heartland Buddhist Temple of Toledo. In this talk, Rinsen Sensei discusses a quote from Suzuki Roshi's Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. If you would like to learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo, or to make a contribution in support of this podcast, please visit buddhisttempleoftoledo.org

This Dharma talk was given by the Reverend Jay Rinsen Weik at the Great Heartland Buddhist Temple of Toledo. In this talk, Rinsen Sensei discusses a passage from the Hokke-Ten-Hokke, "The Dharma Flower Turns the Dharma Flower" from Master Dogen's Shobogenzo.   If you would like to learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo, or to make a contribution in support of this podcast, please visit bud...

This talk was given by the Rinsen Sensei at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo.  In this talk, Sensei utilizes the Dhammapada and an excerpt from the home liturgy to explore the place of virtue in the practice of the Buddhadharma.   To learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo or to make a contribution in support of this podcast, please visit buddhisttempleoftoledo.org

This Dharma Talk was given by Rinsen Sensei at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo.  In this talk Sensei delves into Case #8 of the Blue Cliff Record, "Suigan's Eyebrows".  To see the deepest truth of ourselves, we need to see it for ourselves.  How do teacher's guide us without just giving it to us?  That which is handed to us, has no power for the road. To learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toled...

This Talk was given by Jay Rinsen Weik Sensei during Ango opening Sesshin on Saturday, March 3rd 2018.  Here Rinsen reminds us that death waits for all of us but not a a frightening enemy.  Death can be encountered and a companion to our lives, reminding us that our time is limited. To learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo or to make donation in support of this podcast, please visit buddh...

Ango is 90 day period in which we resolve to intensify our practice.  In this talk, Rinsen Sensei offers comments for our Spring Ango Opening ceremony.  In this Ango we will be exploring the topic of death and how it functions as a vehicle of the Dharma.