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The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Shut UpIn this Teisho, given on June 29th, 2025, Rinzan Osho examines case 71 of theHekiganroku: Goho's, "Shut Up." In Zen training, we learn to travel the pathways beneath our personality construct. What is it? Who are we then? The essential question in Zen is how ill you arise from it?2025-07-1327 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: I Would Ask You To Say ItIn this Teisho, given on June 23rd, 2025, at Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji's Summer Sesshin, Rinzan Osho examines case 70 of the Hekiganroku: Isan's, "I Would Ask You To Say It." How do we find harmony in a world full of dischord? How does Zen training help us to open our ears to listen?2025-07-1332 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastThe Hidden Lamp: Dieu Nhan’s Without WordsIn this Teisho, given on May 18th, 2025, Rinzan Osho examines Dieu Nhan’s Without Words from The Hidden Lamp. When we attach to things, we lose the essence. Zen practice is the practice of presence. Being present, we see that there is nothing to attach to. Then the whole world reveals itself.2025-06-2934 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Kyozan Asks Sancho's NameIn this Teisho, given on April 20th, 2025, Rinzan Osho examines case 68 of the Hekiganroku: Kyozan Asks Sancho's Name. Deep investigation takes us to a place so vast and free that we can feel the relief of "nothing matters." From that place, we can spring forth revived, and with a profound sense that "everything matters." 2025-05-1235 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Ummon's Staff Becoming a DragonIn this Teisho, given on March 2nd, 2025, the final day of No-Rank Zen Temple's Spring Odayaka Sesshin, Rinzan Osho examines case 60 of the Hekiganroku: Ummon's Staff Becoming a Dragon. The staff has swallowed up the universe, where are the mountains, rivers and the great world?2025-04-2137 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastThe Hidden Lamp: Lingzhao's Shining GrassesIn this Teisho, given on March 1st, 2025, the second day of No-Rank Zen Temple's Spring Odayaka Sesshin, Rinzan Osho examines Lingzhao's Shining Grasses. To open to Dharma practice and the deep spiritual life, one has to be willing to do hard things with an everyday mind. 2025-03-3132 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Joshu's "Why Not Quote to the End?"In this Teisho, given on February 28th, 2025, the first day of No-Rank Zen Temple's Spring Odayaka Sesshin, Rinzan Osho examines case 59 of the Hekiganroku: Joshu's "Why Not Quote to the End?" The Real Way is not difficult. It only abhors choice and attachment. So how can we be free to flow in a world of like and dislike?2025-03-1828 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastThe Hidden Lamp: Kakuzan Shido's DaggerIn this Teisho, given on January 26th, 2025, Rinzan Osho examines The Hidden Lamp: Kakuzan Shido's Dagger. Zen training initiates us into a new way of being. How do we respond to the world with authenticity, depth and presence?2025-02-2535 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastThe Hidden Lamp: Ling's QuestionIn this Teisho, given on January 21st, 2025, the fourth full day of No-Rank Zen Temple's January Rohatsu Sesshin, Rinzan Osho examines the Hidden Lamp: Ling's Question. "To be a human being is to live in calamity." How is it that we live a caring spiritual life amidst this?2025-02-1933 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Ummon Stretches Out His HandsIn this Teisho, given on January 20th, 2025, the third full day of No-Rank Zen Temple's January Rohatsu Sesshin, Rinzan Osho examines case 54 of the Hekiganroku: Ummon Stretches Out His Hands. Who are we when we greet the world that is beckoning us forward? How do we respond to its open armed invitiation.2025-02-0931 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastThree Legged Stool: Taking ResponsibilityIn this Dharma talk, given on December 15, 2024, Rinzan Osho talks about the importance of taking responsibility in our work in developing spiritual maturity.2025-01-1537 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Ummon's "Particle After Particle Samadhi"In this Teisho, given on December 2, 2024, the second full day of Chobo-ji's Rohatsu Sesshin, Rinzan Osho examines case 50 of the Hekiganroku: Ummon's "Particle After Particle Samadhi." When we see beyond concepts, we can be open, free and responsive to the great reality, a place where words meet words and spirit meets spirit.2024-12-2931 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastThe Hidden Lamp: Satsujo Sits on the Lotus SutraIn this Teisho, given on November 24th, 2024, Rinzan Osho examines The Hidden Lamp: Satsujo Sits on the Lotus Sutra. When we free our mind, we see that we are intimate with all things . 2024-12-2129 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: The Golden CarpIn this Teisho, given on November 10, 2024, Rinzan Osho examines case 49 of the Hekiganroku: Sansho's "The Golden Carp Out of the Net." What is it when we have dropped the bonds of ego and are truly free? 2024-11-2830 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Ummon's "Beyond the Six"In this Teisho, given on October 17, 2024, Rinzan Osho examines case 47 of the Hekiganroku: Ummon's "Beyond the Six." Taking up our practice on the cushion, stilling the mind, we feel into something beyond, but here. We relax and immerse ourselves in it, so we can rise up in service of that which is beyond the beyond.2024-11-1532 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastPolitics and the Election: Forbearance, Compassion, Caring ActionIn this Dharma talk, given on October 27th 2024, Rinzan Osho takes up the challenge of our current political climate and discusses how we bring ourselves into it as practitioners of the Way.2024-10-3034 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Nansen's "This Flower"In this Teisho, given on August 25, 2024, Rinzan Osho examines case 40 of the Hekiganroku: Nansen's "This Flower." Believing thoughts are substantive, we get confused about what is most intimate. Setting aside descriptions and categories of like and dislike, can we be open to the great reality presenting itself to us directly?2024-10-2727 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Fuketsu and the Dharma Seal of the AncestorIn this Teisho, given on July 28, 2024, Rinzan Osho examines case 38 of the Hekiganroku: Fuketsu and the Dharma Seal of the Patriarch." In practicing music, we train to become musicians, learning from those before us and taking the guidance of a teacher. In Zen, we apply these same principles, training to become a human being.2024-09-2735 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Chosha Went for a WalkIn this Teisho, given on July 15th, 2024, the sixth day of No-Rank Zen Temple's Summer Sesshin, Rinzan Osho examines case 36 of the Hekiganroku: Chosha Went for a Walk." How do we touch everything with the greatest appreciation, even while allowing for preferences?2024-08-3128 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: You Have Not Visited RozanIn this Teisho, given on July 15th, 2024, the third day of No-Rank Zen Temple's Summer Sesshin, Rinzan Osho examines case 34 of the Hekiganroku: Kyozan's "You Have Not Visited Rozan." There are different ways to investigate the question "Where are you from?" Zen training teaches us to delve beyond the relative into the depths of our ineffible origins. Then, we spring back up, encapsulating it all, all at once. 2024-08-0331 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastThe Hidden Lamp: Ziyong's EarthIn this Teisho, given on June 9th, 2024, Rinzan Osho examines The Hidden Lamp: Ziyong's Earth. We reach out to the world in an effort to connect. To do this, we must open up to the mystery and wonder of all things.2024-07-2329 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: The Great Sublime PeakIn this Teisho, given on April 21st, 2024, Rinzan Osho examines case 26 of the Hekiganroku: Hyakujo Sits on the Great Sublimne Peak. Zen often seems like a practice of quietude, but the peak is abustle with life. What is it to be alone on it? 2024-06-1829 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: The Master of Rengehō's StaffIn this Teisho, given on April 18th, 2024, the sixth day of No-Rank Zendo's Spring Sesshin, Rinzan Osho examines case 25 of theHekiganroku: The Master of Rengehō's Staff. Spiritul practice asks us to be our best selves. So what use is so-called "enlightenment?" Though we can see into the deep nature of our existance, how do we carry it forth?2024-05-3031 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Ryuge asks Suibi and RinzaiIn this Teisho, given on April 7th, 2024, the third day of Chobo-ji's Spring Sesshin, Rinzan Osho examines case 20 of the Hekiganroku: Ryuge asks Suibi and Rinzai. What is the meaning of life. From one perspective, we can find no meaning ... yet what is it that speaks to us of the profound meaning-fullness of life.2024-05-0837 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: A Seamless PagodaIn this Teisho, given on March 25th, 2024, the third day of Chobo-ji's Spring Sesshin, Rinzan Osho examines case 18 of the Hekiganroku: Emperor Shukusō Asks About the Style of the Pagoda. In Zen, it is said that we must die to be free. What is it to die? What remains when we do die? What is it to let life spring forth from this great wellspring and to be seamless with all things?2024-04-1231 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Kyosei's Instruction on Pecking and TappingIn this Teisho, given on March 3rd, 2024, Rinzan Osho examines case 16 of the Hekiganroku: Kyosei's Instruction on Pecking and Tapping. Being present and leaning into the direct experience of life is pecking. The whole universe taps back, inviting us to wake up. If we stay vigilant and attentive, in the ripeness of time, the ego barrier will break open. 2024-03-2135 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Haryo's "Snow in a Sliver Bowl"In this Teisho, given on February 11th, 2024, Rinzan Osho examines case 13 of the Hekiganroku: Haryo's "Snow in a Sliver Bowl." Koan introspection invites into a way of being that is always available but that we don't normally access. This way of being opens us up to a more meaningful relationship with the deep nature of things.2024-03-1326 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Obaku's Partakers of Brewer's GrainIn this Teisho, given during No-Rank's Rohatsu sesshin on January 18th, 2024, Rinzan Osho examines case 11 of the Hekiganroku: Obaku's Partakers of Brewer's Grain. Buddhism invites us to know the truth for ourselves. Whatever concepts we have about "truth" only get in the way of the direct experience of something beyond. The role of the so-called "Zen teacher" is not to show what is, but to help clear away the obstructions we have placed in front of ourselves. In this, we are all students to someting that cannot be taught.2024-03-0127 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Bokushu's Empty Headed FoolIn this Teisho, given during No-Rank's Rohatsu sesshin on January 17th, 2024, Rinzan Osho examines case 10 of the Hekiganroku: Bokushus's "Empty Headed Fool." Our modern mind has lost much of its capactiy to feel into and relate to the world in ways that are deep and intimate. Koan study allows us to enter a different way of being and relating if only we are willing to step out of the shallows.2024-02-1630 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastThe Hidden Lamp: Soma Rebukes MaraIn this Teisho, given on January 14th, 2024, Rinzan Osho examines The Hidden Lamp: Soma Rebukes Mara. In this first Teisho given at the new No-Rank Zen Temple, Rinzan Osho examiens the way the judging mindf, caught by right and wrong, like and dislike, limites the full blossoming of our lives.2024-01-2932 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastThe Hidden Lamp: The Goddesss TransformationsIn this Teisho, given on December 13th, 2023, Rinzan Osho examines The Hidden Lamp: The Goddess' Transformations. When we look deeply, there is no foundation for our differences. At the same time, as we become intimate with the deep nature of things, we are more and more amazed and appreciative of the profundity of our living, breathing, uniqueness.2024-01-1224 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastThe Hidden Lamp: Asan's DewdropIn this Teisho, given on November 1st, 2023, Rinzan Osho examines The Hidden Lamp: Asan's Dewdrop. In the face of impermanence and the passing of our own lives, we are confronted with the imparative to let the light inside us shine forth, to give back to a world awaiting our full participation. 2023-12-3024 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastMumonkan: Basho and a StickIn this teisho, given on October 11th, 2023, Rinzan Osho examines the Mumonkan Case 44: Bashio and a Stick. When we get caught in notions such as having and not having, we lose the fundamental vitality of life. What is it to live without such concerns, seemingly separating us from ourselves?2023-11-2520 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastThe Hidden Lamp: Get on and GoIn this Teisho, given on September 6th, 2023, Rinzan Osho examines The Hidden Lamp: Get on and Go. Self-help, psychotherapy and spiritual practice all help us live happier lives, but how do we distinquigh the spiritual call from the normal pursuits of well-being. Allowing ourselves to die to the moment, when the bus comes, we get on and go. 2023-11-0827 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastMumonkan: Kicking Over the PitcherIn this teisho, given on August 23rd, 2023, Rinzan Osho examines the Mumonkan Case 40: Kicking Over the Pitcher. What is spiritual practice that is deeply intimate with the world as it is? What is it to dance with this very life?2023-10-1126 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastThe Hidden Lamp: Ziyong's Last TeachingIn this Teisho, given on July 5th, 2023, Rinzan Osho examines The Hidden Lamp: Ziyong's Last Teaching. In this moment, there is neither birth nor death, so how can there be Nirvana? These are the questions Ziyong asks her disciple as Ziyong lay on her own death bed.2023-09-2725 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastGenjo Roshi - Hekiganroku: "You Have Not Visited Rozan."Genjo Marinello Roshi gave this Teisho during the Aug. 12, 2023, Zazenkai at No-Rank Zendo. This talk examines what makes a good teacher of Zen practice. Is it how many peaks you have climbed?2023-09-0328 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastMumonkan: Joshu Saw Through The Old WomanIn this teisho, given during Chobo-ji's Summer sesshin on June 28th, 2023, Rinzan Osho examines the Mumonkan Case 31: Joshu Saw Through The Old Woman. Our life is limited by conceptualizations and opinions. What is it to really see through? What is it to be deeply intimate?2023-08-3134 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastMumonkan: Well Known RyutanIn this teisho, given during Zazenkai on June 10th, 2023, Rinzan Osho examines the Mumonkan Case 28: Well Known Ryutan. Though we tend to approach the world from an analyitical, rational, and scientific state of mind, this form of knowing and understanding is but like "a single strand of hair held up against the great sky."2023-08-0946 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastThe Hidden Lamp: Satsujo WeepsIn this Teisho, given on June 7th, 2023, Rinzan Osho examines The Hidden Lamp: Satsujo Weeps. Opening to grief opens us to love. When the barriers to love are dropped, love can do what it is called to do: be open to and care for the hurting world.2023-07-2533 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastMumonkan: Neither Mind nor BuddhaIn this teisho, given on May 31st, 2023, Rinzan Osho examines the Mumonkan Case 27: Neither Mind nor Buddha. The mind wants to have something to hold on to. In the end, with full examination of what is, we find that there is nothing. So we are left with a profound sense of the power of the ineffable.2023-07-0825 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastDivine Abidings: EquanimityIn this teisho, given on April 12th, 2023, Rinzan Osho examines the second of the four Divine Abidings: Equanimity (upeksa). Each of the Divine Abidings asks us to take responsibility for how we are in the world. With equanimity, we are asked to create space within ourselves to let all things move and pass through niether clinging to nor rejecting anything.2023-06-1430 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastDivine Abidings: Sympathetic JoyIn this teisho, given on April 5th, 2023, Rinzan Osho examines the second of the four Divine Abidings: Sympathetic Joy (mudita). Each of the Divine Abidings asks us to take responsibility for how we are in the world. With sympathetic Joy, we join with the outflowing of the joyfully blossoming universe.2023-05-3133 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastDivine Abidings: CompassionIn this teisho, given on March 22nd, 2023, Rinzan Osho examines the second of the four Divine Abidings: Compassion (karuna). Each of the Divine Abidings asks us to take responsibility for how we are in the world. With compassion, we turn our minds toward holding that everything matters, caring deeply for all things, and taking responsibility for it.2023-05-1635 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastDivine Abidings: Loving KindnessIn this teisho, given on March 15th, 2023, Rinzan Osho examines the first of the four Divine Abidings: loving kindness (metta). Each of the Divine Abidings asks us to take responsibility for how we are in the world. With loving kindness, we are asked to be warm and tender. Though it may seem that this leaves us exposed and vulnerable, the true nature of this non-conditioned love is that nothing can hurt it, and when we can love in this way, we are truly free. 2023-05-0132 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastThe Hidden Lamp: Satsujo Overthrows HakuinIn this Teisho, given on March 8th, 2023, Rinzan Osho examines The Hidden Lamp: Satsujo Overthrows Hakuin. This teisho explores working with and utilizing koans (case examples). When koans are seen not simply as tools for helping us unpack ourselves but as the very expression of Dharma reality itself, we can dive more fully into the direct experience of koan, becoming intimate, connected and responsive.2023-04-1027 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastMumonkan: Three Pounds of FlaxIn this Teisho, given on March 1st, 2023, Rinzan Osho examines case number eighteen from the Mumonkan: "Three Pounds of Flax." Like a person facing their own death, when confronted with nothingness, the somethingness of life becomes brilliant and profound. Zen practice asks both that we engage the "nothing" and to open to the mysterious "something." We then thunk ourselves into life, taking responsibility for the gift of life, living it freely and fully.2023-03-1925 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastThe Hidden Lamp: Senjo and Her Soul are SeparatedIn this Teisho, given on January 11th, 2023, Rinzan Osho examines The Hidden Lamp: Senjo and Her Soul are Separated. When we deeply investigate ourselves, we will find not one, but many inner truths. Beneath those inner truths is a great "emptiness." But even this "emptiness" is not the fundamental truth. When the ocean waves are as true as the ocean depths, we have still to take responsibility for swimming. 2023-03-0529 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastTenth Precept: On ReverenceIn this Teisho, given on Noivember 9th, 2022, Rinzan Osho continues his examination of the Ten Grave Precepts with Teisho on the Tenth and final Precept: "We will esteem the three treasures, the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha." Religion and spiritual practice asks us to put something larger than ourselves ahead of ourselves. We can do this by showing respect and reverence toward the treasures of our tradition. 2023-02-1937 minThe No-Rank Zendo PodcastNinth Precept: On AngerIn this Teisho, given on Noivember 2nd, 2022, Rinzan Osho continues his examination of the Ten Grave Precepts with Teisho on the Ninth Precept: "We will keep our mind at peace; we will not be directed by anger." Rather than suppressing anger, which leads to energetic congestion and a spiritual bypass, we must learn to create a realm of peace for it to exist in. We must then seeks its root which, ultimately, can lead to compassionate action. 2023-02-1230 minThe No-Rank Zendo PodcastEighth Precept: On GratitudeIn this Teisho, given on October 12th, 2022, Rinzan Osho continues his examination of the Ten Grave Precepts with Teisho on the Eighth Precept: “We will be grateful for our lives; we will not covet or be directed by envy or jealousy.” There are many methods for cultivating a more grateful heart-mind, and all are good. However, it is when we learn how to dip into the deep and unconditional “This” that the most reliable gratitude opens up.2023-02-0628 minThe No-Rank Zendo PodcastSeventh Precept: On HumilityIn this Teisho, given on October 5th, 2022, Rinzan Osho continues his examination of the Ten Grave Precepts with Teisho on the Seventh Precept: "We will be humble; We will not exalt ourselves or judge others." Humility is the practice of seeing that we are all interconnected and that everyone, given their particular circumstances, is doing their best, even as we each need to take responsibility for doing better.2023-01-2932 minThe No-Rank Zendo PodcastSixth Precept: On Silence and SpeechIn this Teisho, given on September 21st, 2022, Rinzan Osho continues his examination of the Ten Grave Precepts with Teisho on the Sixth Precept: "We will remember that silence is precious; we will not gossip or engage in frivolous conversation." Our speech can promote peace or cause harm. In taking responsibility for our speech, we take responsibility for our way of being in the world.2023-01-2229 minThe No-Rank Zendo PodcastFifth Precept: On IntoxicantsIn this Teisho, given on September 7th, 2022, Rinzan Osho continues his examination of the Ten Grave Precepts with Teisho on the Fifth Precept: "We will exercise proper care of our body and mind; we will not be gluttonous or abuse intoxicants." It is essential, in taking responsibility for our lives, that we consider why it is that we use substances. Though it may seem that we use them to turn towards a certain experience, we can also see that it turns us away. True intimacy and freedom come from learning the pathways to the full landscape of our being...2023-01-0931 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastMumonkan: Wash Your BowlsIn this Teisho, given on December 6th, 2022 at Chobo-ji's Rohatsu Sesshin, Rinzan Osho examines case number seven from the Mumonkan: Joshu Says, "Wash Your Bowls." As spiritual practice asks that we set aside our preferences and ideals, it opens us to a shimmering reality that is asking us to care for it. The rigors of long retreat make us ripe for this actualization. 2022-12-1832 minThe No-Rank Zendo PodcastFourth Precept: On HonestyIn this Teisho, given on August 31st, 2022, Rinzan Osho continues his examination of the Ten Grave Precepts with Teisho on the Fourth Precept: "We will honor honesty and truth; we will not deceive." Though there are many layers to this precept, at its heart it asks us to explore our own inner life and to establish a clarity about it so that we can share our "truths" with the world. This is the outflowing of the mystery of life and an expression of our surrender to Tao.2022-11-2829 minThe No-Rank Zendo PodcastThird Precept: On SexIn this Teisho, given on August 24th, 2022, Rinzan Osho continues his examination of the Ten Grave Precepts with Teisho on the Third Precept: "We will be conscious and loving in our relationships; we will not be ruled by lust." In working with the precept on sex, we learn to neither be ruled by lust or afraid of its power. 2022-11-1527 minThe No-Rank Zendo PodcastSecond Precept: On StealingIn this Teisho, given on August 10th, 2022, Rinzan Osho continues his examination of the Ten Grave Precepts with Teisho on the Second Precept: "We will respect others’ property; we will not steal." All religions hold the value that one should not steal. In the Buddhist tradition, this precept can also be held as "not taking what is not freely given." Working deeply with this precept, we can learn the principles of restraint, sharing, sympathetic joy and of not needing to have.2022-11-1325 minThe No-Rank Zendo PodcastFirst Precept: On KillingIn this Teisho, given on August 3rd, 2022, Rinzan Osho begins his examination of the Ten Grave Precept: We will be reverential and mindful with all life; we will not kill or be ruled by violence. In addition to exploring the perennial religious commitment not to kill, Rinzan explores what it means to follow a precept, how to take it on from a creative vital place of personal exploration and transformation. Rather than getting caught in right or wrong, he asks, "Who do we become, when we follow this precept with all our heart and soul." 2022-10-3028 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastThe Hidden Lamp: Yasodhara's PathIn this Teisho, given during August Zazenkai, 2022, Rinzan Osho examines The Hidden Lamp: Yasodhara's Path. Gautama left his pregnant wife behind to pursue the spiritual path. While he journeyed down blind alleys, Yasodhara, his wife, stayed behind. Ultimately, Gautama learned what Yasodhara had known all along: the answer is here. Sit, let the moment gestate, and give birth to that which calls us forth and for which we must take responsibility.2022-10-0627 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastTozan's Five Ranks: Unity AttainedIn this teisho, given on the fifth full day of Summer Sesshin, 2022, Rinzan Osho examines the fifth of Tozan's Five Ranks: Unity Attained.2022-09-2435 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastTozan's Five Ranks: The Arrival at Mutual IntegrationIn this teisho, given on the fourth full day of Summer Sesshin, 2022, Rinzan Osho examines the fourth of Tozan's Five Ranks: The Arrival at Mutual Integration2022-09-1233 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastTozan's Five Ranks: The Coming from Within the RealIn this Teisho, given on the third full day of Summer Sesshin, 2022, Rinzan Osho examines the third of Tozan's Five Ranks: The Coming from Within the Real.2022-09-0433 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastTozan's Five Ranks: The Real Within the ApparentIn this Teisho, given on the second full day of Summer Sesshin, 2022, Rinzan Osho examines the second of Tozan's Five Ranks: The Real Within the Apparent.2022-09-0425 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastTozan's Five Ranks: The Apparent Within the RealIn this Teisho, given on the first full day of Summer Sesshin, 2022, Rinzan Osho examines the first of Tozan's Five Ranks: The Apparent Within the Real.2022-08-1026 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastThe Hidden Lamp: Dipa Ma's Fearless DaughtersIn this Teisho, given on July 6th, 2022, Rinzan Osho examines The Hidden Lamp: Dipa Ma's Fearless Daughters. In practicing Zen we learn mastery over the impulses of the body, mind and heart. What is it to live a fearless life? How can this fearlessness serve as a balm to ease the world?2022-07-1431 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastThe Hidden Lamp: Shotaku's Paper SwordIn this Teisho, given on June 6th, 2022, Rinzan Osho examines The Hidden Lamp: Shotaku's Paper Sword. The practice of Zen asks us to know the suffering of others. The misogyny inflicted upon women is something we mace face, confront and do our best to end. Accessing and opening to spiritual power will give us the strength of Shotaku who used her own spiritual strength to back down a sexual assailant.2022-07-0421 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: The Surangama Sutra and "Unseeing"In this Teisho, given on May 25th, 2022, Rinzan Osho examines The Blue Cliff Record, Case 94: The Surangama Sutra and "Unseeing." Our practice takes us beyond holding onto notions. As soon as we believe we have figured something out, we have made it into something. How does one see the unseen? How does one live it? If we believe we know what peace is, we have lost it. So how do we know peace? And how do we bring peace into a world with such things as school shootings and ecological collapse? 2022-06-1827 min
Simplicity Zen PodcastSimplicity Zen Podcast Episode 28 - An Interview with Rinzan Pechovnik (The Zen Lamp Series)Rinzan Pechovnik is a Rinzai Zen priest and is the teacher at No Rank Zendo in Portland Oregon. Rinzan began his training with the Zen Community of Oregon in 2003, studying under Hogan and Chozen Bays. He began training under Genjo Marinello in 2012, ordained under him in 2013, and was named a Dharma Heir (Inka) in 2019. He works professionally as a trained psychotherapist.More about Rinzan:- https://www.norankzendo.org/portlandzenbuddhismMore about Simplicity Zen Podcast:- https://simplicityzen.com/2022-06-101h 40
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Taiko's "You Fox Devil"In this Teisho, given on May 15th, 2022, Rinzan Osho examines The Blue Cliff Record, Case 93: Taiko's "You Fox Devil." The Buddha taught us to investigate our composite nature and see into the great emptiness. What is this great emptiness really and how does it come forth? We cannot ever fully know it, but we can let ourselves live it.2022-06-0528 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Ummon's "The Old Buddha Communes With a Pillar"In this Teisho, given on March 13th, 2022, Rinzan Osho examines The Blue Cliff Record, Case 83: Ummon's "The Old Buddha Communes With a Pillar." The practice of zen asks us to dissolve our barriers and commune with all things, animate and inanimate, sentient and insentient.2022-05-2127 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Tairyu's "Indestructible Dharma Body."In this Teisho, given on Feb. 27th, 2022, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines The Blue Cliff Record, Case 82: Tairyu's "Indestructible Dharma Body." Facing the fundamental religious question, "What is it when all things die?" we are compelled to face a power greater than ourselves and that, indeed, is our very selves.2022-04-2730 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Joshu's "A Newborn Baby."In this Teisho, given on Jan. 30th, 2022, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines The Blue Cliff Record, Case 80: Joshu's "A Newborn Baby." What is it when the artifice of the ego frame falls away? How do we see the world? How is it to be in the world as the universe? 2022-04-2425 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastGenjo Roshi: "Senjo and Her Soul Are Separated"Genjo Roshi gave the following Teisho on March 12th, 2022, during No-Rank Zendo's Zazenkai: Case 35 from the Mumonkan, "Senjo and Her Soul Are Separated." We are a multiplicity, will the real you please stand up?2022-03-3024 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastRohatsu Sesshin 2022 Closing Teisho: Mumonkan, "Ordinary Mind is Tao."Rinzan Osho gave the following Teisho on January 14th, 2022, closing day of No-Rank Zendo's Rohatsu Sesshin examining Case 19 of the Mumonkan: "Orindary Mind is Tao." We do the hard work of spiritual practice to find the mystery lies in all things already surrounding us and our very natural, caring attention to them.2022-03-3017 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastRohatsu Sesshin 2022 Day 6: Hekiganroku, "Ummon's 'A Sesame Bun.'"Rinzan Osho gave the following Teisho on January 13th, 2022, on day 6 of No-Rank Zendo's Rohatsu Sesshin examining Case 77 of the Hekiganroku: "Ummon's 'A Sesame Bun.'" We long for more complete intimacy with our lives. When the membrane that separates us falls away, we are complete and unseparated.2022-03-2527 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastRohatsu Sesshin 2022 Day 5: Hekiganroku, "Tanka's 'Have You Had Your Dinner?'"Rinzan Osho gave the following Teisho on January 12th, 2022, on day 5 of No-Rank Zendo's Rohatsu Sesshin examining Case 76 of the Hekiganroku: "Tanka's 'Have You Had Your Dinner?'" We work at removing the ego membrane that compels a sense of separateness from the world. Practice brings us closer into intimacy with the great mystery and unknowblae it. 2022-03-2531 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastRohatsu Sesshin 2022 Day 4: The Hidden Lamp, "Zhaozhou and the Old Woman’s Obstacle."Rinzan Osho gave the following Teisho on January 11th, 2022, on day 4 of No-Rank Zendo's Rohatsu Sesshin examining The Hidden Lamp: "Zhaozhou and the Old Woman’s Obstacle." We want to move past hardships, but it is our very hardships that open us up to the wonder of all things and our heart of caring for others.2022-03-0934 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastRohatsu Sesshin 2022 Day 3: Hekiganroku, "Ukyu's Unfair Blows."Rinzan Osho gave the following Teisho on January 10th, 2022, on day 3 of No-Rank Zendo's Rohatsu Sesshin examining Case 75 of the Hekiganroku: "Ukyu's Unfair Blows." The relationship between host and guest exists everywhere. While the teacher is the "host" to a "student," we are all guests on this earth. What is the proper comportment of a host and guest? What is it when host truly meets host?2022-02-2833 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastRohatsu Sesshin 2022 Day 2: Hekiganroku, "Kingyu Osho and the Rice Pail."Rinzan Osho gave the following Teisho on January 9th, 2022, on day 2 of No-Rank Zendo's Rohatsu Sesshin excamining Case 74 of the Hekiganroku: "Kingyu Oshoi and the Rice Pail." How do we cultivate self-mastery and inner peace? How do we enter the subtle and mysterious field where a sense of separated self falls away?2022-02-2028 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastRohatsu Sesshin 2022 Day 1: "Joshu's Mu"Rinzan Osho gave the following Teisho on January 8th, 2022, commemorating the opening day of No-Rank Zendo's Rohatsu Sesshin and, as is our tradition, opening sesshin with Case 1 from the Mumonkan: "Joshu's Mu." We all long for something: to be more intimate, to be more connected, to be more complete. Through the practice of Zazenm, we are invited to open up more and more immediately to the wonder of what simply is beyond objects and beyond division.2022-02-0730 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: "Bodhisattvas in a Bath"In this Teisho, given on Jan. 16th, 2022, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines The Blue Cliff Record, Case 78: "Bodhisattva's in a Bath." In practice, we develop expertise. This could be in a musical instrument, art form or craft. In Zen, we become experts at just sitting. What is it to be an expert at sitting, being, opening to the mystery of things ... and then what do we do with this expertise? 2022-01-2830 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Isan's "I Would Ask You to Say It."In this Rohatsu Sesshin Teisho, given at Chobo-ji on Dec. 7th, 2021, Rinzan Osho examines the Hekiganroku Case 70: Isan's "I Would Ask You to Say It." When asked by the master to say "It" without moving his lips or mouth, Isan replied fully. What is it to be intimate? What is it listen, to share, to commune? What is it to hear the mountain and moon speak?2021-12-1929 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastAutumn 2021 Sesshin Closing Teisho: "Orindary Mind is Tao."In Autumn Sesshin's Closing Teisho, given on Oct. 8th, 2021, Rinzan Osho examines The Mumonkan Case 19: "Ordinary Mind is Tao." We have spent a week in deep practice doing far from what we would "ordinarily" do. So what does Nansen mean when he says, "Ordinary Mind is Tao?" Though often obscured by the busyness of life and our habit-mind propensity to distraction, just this vast everyday mind is the inexplicable it. It is hard to see without training. With training, the everyday is revealed to be extra-ordinarily special.2021-11-1628 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastAutumn 2021 Sesshin Day 6: "A Philosopher Questions the Buddha."In Autumn Sesshin's Day Six Teisho, given on Oct. 7th, 2021, Rinzan Osho examines The Hekiganroku case 65, "A Non-Buddhist Philosopher Questions the Buddha." What lies beyond speaking and not speaking? The Buddha answered with silence. Was this ordinary silence? The philosopher was gratified. Why? What did the Buddha Share? Can each of us offer the same not only in response to a question about spiritual life but as a balm to the suffering world?2021-11-1630 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastAutumn 2021 Sesshin Day 5: Ummon's "One Treasure"In Autumn Sesshin's Day Five Teisho, given on Oct. 6th, 2021, Rinzan Osho examines The Hekiganroku, Ummon's "One Treasure." Hidden in the mountain of form is one treasure. How do we know it? How do we testify to it?2021-11-0230 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastAutumn 2021 Sesshin Day 4: "Nyozen's Pale Moon of Dawn."In Autumn Sesshin's Day Four Teisho, given on Oct. 5th, 2021, Rinzan Osho examines The Hidden Lamp, "Nyozen's Pale Moon of Dawn." We try desperately to hold the strands of our life -- and our identity -- together. What happens when the bottom falls out?2021-11-0227 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastAutumn 2021 Sesshin Day 3: "Fuketsu's One Particle of Dust."In Autumn Sesshin's Day Three Teisho, given on Oct. 4th, 2021, Rinzan Osho examines The Hekiganroku, Case 61, "Fuketsu's One Particle of Dust." The practice of Zen is the practice of bursting through barriers. The path to realization is difficult. Our own mind can often confound us. What is it to "die" on the cushion, and then to truly come alive?2021-10-2127 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastAutumn 2021 Sesshin Day 2: "Ummon's Staff Becoming a Dragon."In Autumn Sesshin's Day Two Teisho, given on Oct. 3rd, 2021, Rinzan Osho examines The Hekiganroku, Case 60, "Ummon's Staff Becoming a Dragon." Our practice invites us to become intimate with all things. Our concept of "intimacy" might invoke certain notions about what this might feel like, but true intimacy allows even this to be swallowed up. When we are so intimate that we allow ourselves to really go beyond, then what?2021-10-2129 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastAutumn 2021 Sesshin Day 1: "The Great Way is Not Difficult"In Autumn Sesshin's Day One Teisho, given on Oct. 2nd, 2021, Rinzan Osho examines The Hekiganroku, Cases 57-59, all of which examine Sosan's Verses of Faith Mind. "The Great Way is not difficult, it only abhors choice and attachment." Choice and attachment are natural, inevitable and necessary aspects of living in the world, and yet when we are caught by them, the fundamental Tao is occluded. How does one live this free from choice and attachment? Joshu responds three times to three monks' inquiries.2021-10-1434 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastAutumn 2021 Sesshin Opening Teisho: "Joshu's No."In Autumn Sesshin's opening Teisho, given on Oct. 1st, 2021, Rinzan Osho examines The Mumonkan, Case 1: "Joshu's No." Traditionally maintained as the Sino-Japanese "Mu" (Chinese "Wu"), Rinzan invites us to work with "No" to wipe away conceptualizations, clinging, preoccupations ... all with a wondering mind. "If not this, then what?"2021-10-1431 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Dogo's "I Would Not Tell You"In this Teisho, given on Sept. 12th, 2021, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines The Blue Cliff Record, Case 55: Dogo's "I Would Not Tell You." In Zen (as in any true spiritual tradition), we are asked to see into the Great Matter of life and death for ourselves directly. Answers from those who have gone before will not satisfy our spiritual hunger. How is it that one might penetrate the great mystery for themselves? 2021-09-2929 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Ummon Stretches Out His HandsIn this Teisho, given on Sept. 11th, 2021, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines The Blue Cliff Record, Case 54: "Ummon Stretches Out His Hands." The path of Zen is the path of intimacy. What is it to be intimate with all things, beyond conception of what is and is not intimacy?2021-09-2136 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastThe Hidden Lamp: "Jiaoan's Sand in the Eye"In this Teisho, given on September 5th, 2021, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines The Hidden Lamp: "Jiaoan's Sand in the Eye." All spiritual religious practice asks that we invest ourselves deeply into something larger than ourselves. In Zen training, we utilize the traditional forms to help shift the small-thinking mind out of the way to open to a great not-knowing This is a forever process, realizing there is nothing to finally understand. Through it we realize the direct and simple functioning "not knowing."2021-09-1333 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastThe Hidden Lamp: Jiyu-Kennett’s "Not Bigger, Not Smaller"In this Teisho, given on August 1st, 2021, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines The Hidden Lamp: Jiyu Kennett's "Not Bigger, Not Smaller." This teisho was given just as the impact of the COVID-19 Delta variant was becoming well known. In the face of this as well as other hardships, how do we think of "enlightenment?" Do we think it is something we can attain, something that we can have more or less of. As Jiyu Kennett says, "It is not something you have; it is something you are, something you do." 2021-08-1623 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Ummon's "Particle after Particle's Samadhi"In this Teisho, given on July 25th, 2021, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines The Blue Cliff Record, Case 50: Ummon's "Particle after Particle's Samdhi." We utilize Zen training to develop our ability to be intimate and present with all that is. From a position such as this, what is it and how do we greet this moment now ... now ... now ...2021-08-0123 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Ummon's "Beyond the Six"In this Teisho, given on July 10th, 2021, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines The Blue Cliff Record, Case 47: Ummon's "Beyond the Six." What is the true nature of reality? How do we find our place in the mystery of being? Though frames of reference can be helpful, the truth is ultimately ... beyond, beyond, beyond ...2021-07-1632 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Nansen's "This Flower"In this Teisho, given on June 12, 2021, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines The Blue Cliff Record, Case 40: Nansen's "This Flower." After the pandemic compelled practice and relationships to rely on video conferencing, in this first in person Teisho in over a year, Rinzan examines what it is to be most intimate, to live as in a dream and to wake up to the great reality sitting right in front of us. What is it to really see "this flower" not as a dream?2021-06-2525 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastHekiganroku: Fuketsu's Iron OxIn this Teisho, given on May 23, 2021, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines The Blue Cliff Record, Case 38: "Fuketsu and the Dharma Seal of the Patriarch." What is it to hold fast? What is it to let go? When all directions are barred, what direction does one go? The life without barriers moves beyond vexations to true freedom. 2021-06-0733 min
The No-Rank Zendo PodcastThe Flower Hall on Buddha's BirthdayIn this Teisho, given on May 9, 2021, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines a case from The Hidden Lamp: Stories from 25 Centuries of Awakened Women "The Flower Hall on Buddha's Birthday." What is it to be born and to die? What is it to live a life of no-birth and no-death? All we have is this eternal moment. So how do we respond to its call to be cared for? We "decorate" the Buddha revealed in all things and at all times. 2021-05-2026 min