The No-Rank Zendo Podcast

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 removin…

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 hards…

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…

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 mov…

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 "ord…

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 speakin…

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 w…

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 identit…

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…

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 thin…

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 …

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…

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 s…

In 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 in…

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 so…

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 var…