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Saturday dharma talks, including those of our Guest Speakers, are now posted on Youtube. 
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On Sunday, June 11, 2023 Will Holcomb delivered the guest Dharma talk at Vesak Day, held at the Mid-America Buddhist Association in Augusta. 
Click here for a transcript of the talk.

HEARTLAND ZEN​ is a lay meditation practice group dedicated to the teachings of the founder of the Soto Zen tradition, Dogen Zenji, and to the expression of Buddhist principles through speech and action in the wider community.
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An email invitation will be sent to everyone on the Heartland email list every Saturday morning at about 10:10. The service will begin at 10:30 with 30 minutes of meditation, followed by a talk and discussion. If you're not on the list and would like to be added, just respond using the Contact Page.

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Heartland Zen is  a non-profit 501c3 organization.​
​BOARD OF TRUSTEES:
Will Holcomb
Francine Case
​Judy Plank

Our sangha before the Pandemic,
​in early 2020.

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PAST EVENTS
Heartland
​Guest Speakers

​November 11, 2023
"Finding the Mind of Peace"

​SHODO SPRING, Soto Zen priest, psychotherapist, environmentalist . 

DON SLOANE, psychotherapist and Chinese Buddhist scholar, on the"The Origin of Breath Counting."  
Here is a link to Don's talk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJZOw3bPgU0&t=7s

SUSTHAMA KIM
February 18, 2023
Susthama is a psychotherapist and head of the Amida Buddhist Order. She lives in London.Here is a link to Susthama's talk: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=susthama+kim%2C+heartland+zen

​SHODO SPRING
December 10, 2022
Shodo discusses her experience as editor of the book The Mountains and Waters Sutra: A Practitioner's Guide to Dogen's "Sansuikyo," ​written by her teacher, Rev. Shohaku Okamura.​www.youtube.com/watchv=mwVNRn_mbnw&t=2607s

SANTIKARO UPASAKA
JULY 9, 2022
To view Santikaro's talk,
use this link:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOGOwZ7NV8c​
 Seeing With the Eye of Dhamma: The Comprehensive Teachings of Buddhadasa Bhikkhu.

YAYA de ANDRADE
MAY 21, 2022
"Experiences and Reflections on Psychotherapy and Buddhism"
To view Yaya's talk, use this link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVIXWX2XOr4