Dec 19, 2021
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...
Nov 16, 2021
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...
Nov 16, 2021
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...
Nov 2, 2021
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?
Nov 2, 2021
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?