Nov 30, 2019
In this Teisho, given on the seventh and concluding day of Autumn Sesshin 2019, Rinzan Osho examines Case 19 of the Mumonkan: "Ordinary Mind is Tao." Fundamentally, our task is to brush away conceptions of mind and to rest and revel in a state of wonder. In such a state, we do not merely sit back, but spring forward...
Nov 30, 2019
In this Teisho, given the sixth day of Autumn Sesshin 2019, Rinzan Osho examines The Rinzai Rokui: Ascending the High Seat, Chapter Two. In Zen practice, breaking through the ego membrane, we have a direct experience of intimacy and a consequential deepening of care for all things. To dance freely in the Great Mystery,...
Nov 30, 2019
In this Teisho, given the fifth day of Autumn Sesshin 2019, Rinzan Osho examines The Rinzai Rokui: Ascending the High Seat, Chapter One. Rinzai continually invites us live an undivided life. He used Dharma Combat (Mondo) as a tool to invite us to see and flow into the Great Matter of life and death, challenging us to...
Nov 25, 2019
In this Teisho, given the fourth day of Autumn Sesshin 2019, Rinzan Osho examines "The Old Woman of Mount Wutai" from The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women. In seeking true wakefulness, we have to go into what is unknown and unknowable. To do this, we must go straight on, facing...
Nov 25, 2019
In this Teisho, given the third day of Autumn Sesshin 2019, Rinzan Osho examines Case 48 of the Mumonkan: "Kempo's One Way." When engaging in spiritual practice, the mind wants to know if it is doing it right or not. From the deepest perspective, there is no right or wrong. In this way, not knowing is most intimate.