The No-Rank Zendo Podcast

Dec 28 2024 100 ep. 29 mins 82
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Rinzan Osho is a priest and teacher at No-Rank Zendo, a Rinzai Zen Buddhist Community in Portland, Oregon. His Dharma talks explore various aspects of Rinzai Zen Buddhist practice, spirituality and religion. He emphases practice as a means to develop and cultivate a tender open-heartedness that allows a deep engagement with a troubled world. http://www.norankzendo.org

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Hekiganroku: Ummon's "Particle After Particle Samadhi"

Dec 28 2024 31 mins  
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.

The Hidden Lamp: Satsujo Sits on the Lotus Sutra

Dec 21 2024 29 mins  
In 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 .

Hekiganroku: The Golden Carp

Nov 28 2024 30 mins  
In 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?

Hekiganroku: Ummon's "Beyond the Six"

Nov 15 2024 32 mins  
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.

Politics and the Election: Forbearance, Compassion, Caring Action

Oct 30 2024 34 mins  
In 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.

Hekiganroku: Nansen's "This Flower"

Oct 27 2024 27 mins  
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?

Hekiganroku: Fuketsu and the Dharma Seal of the Ancestor

Sep 27 2024 35 mins  
In 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.

Hekiganroku: Nansen Draws a Circle (a Genjo Roshi teisho)

Sep 15 2024 25 mins  
Genjo Marinello Roshi gave Teisho on the Hekiganroku case 69, "Nansen Draws A Circle," at No-Rank Zen Temple's Sept. 1st Zazenkai. Sadly the recording of this talk was lost. He reprised it during the Sept. 8, 2024 Zazenkai at Chobo-Ji. It explores the Zen enso and its meaning. How do we sit in the middle of the circle of form and non-form?

Hekiganroku: Chosha Went for a Walk

Aug 31 2024 28 mins  
In 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?

Hekiganroku: You Have Not Visited Rozan

Aug 02 2024 31 mins  
In 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, encap