Oct 21, 2021
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,...
Oct 21, 2021
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...
Oct 14, 2021
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...
Oct 14, 2021
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...