Hekiganroku: Ummon's "The Whole Body is Hands and Eyes."
The No-Rank Zendo Podcast
In this Teisho, given on November 2nd, 2025, Rinzan Osho examines case 89 of the Hekiganroku, Ummon's "The Whole Body is Hands and Eyes." By giving ourselves over to the three treasures -- Buddha (the fundamental light inside each of us), Dharma (the teaching of the historical Buddhas, our ancestors and our every day life), and Sangha (our deep communion with all things) -- we devlop a natural responsiveness to the call of the suffering world, and provide it a giving and helping hand.
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Hekiganroku, Medicine and Sickness Cure Each Other
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In this Teisho, given on October 26th, 2025, Rinzan Osho examines case 87 of the Hekiganroku, Medicine and Sickness Cure Each Other. With the right perspective, the whole eart is medicine. When we take the medicine, what do we become?
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The Hidden Lamp: Punna's Offering
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In this Teisho, given on October 21st, 2025, Rinzan Osho examines Punna's Offering from The Hidden Lamp. Gratitude and generosity help free us from the grasp of ego obsession.
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Hekiganroku Everybody Has Their Own Light
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In this Teisho, given on October 26th, 2025, Rinzan Osho examines case 86 of the Hekiganroku Everybody Has Their Own Light. What is the light that shines through all things, indeed is all things? How do we open ourselves to it?
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Hekiganroku: Every Voice is the Buddha's Voice
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In this Teisho, given on August 24th, 2025, Rinzan Osho examines case 79 of the Hekiganroku: Tosu's Every Voice is the Buddha's Voice. If all is Buddha, does that mean discrimination lies outside it?
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The Hidden Lamp: Lingzhao’s Helping
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In this Teisho, given on August 10th, 2025, Rinzan Osho examines Lingzhao’s Helping from The Hidden Lamp. Koan's ask us to explore depths not accessible by normal modes of thinking. In this context, this koan asks us to explore what is it to be of help beyond seeking a particular outcome.
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Hekiganroku: Bodhisattva's in the Bath
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In this Teisho, given on July 27th, 2025, Rinzan Osho examines case 78 of theHekiganroku: "Bodhisattvas in the Bath." The principles of Zazen (Zen meditation) is to melt into the senses to sense beyond the senses.
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Hekiganroku: Surangama Sutra and "Unseeing"
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Genjo Marinello Roshi presented this Teisho during the Aug. 3, 2025 Zazenkai held at No Rank Zendo in Portland. This talk investigates how to explore the inconceivable essence of ourselves and the universe via the experience of Great Death.
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Hekiganroku: Do You Have Them or Not?
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In this Teisho, given on July 5th, 2025, Rinzan Osho examines case 72 of theHekiganroku: Ungan's, "Do You Have Them or Not?." Sometimes, all the artifice and investigation must be put aside. At such a time as this, time to walk the dog.
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Hekiganroku: Shut Up
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In this Teisho, given on June 29th, 2025, Rinzan Osho examines case 71 of theHekiganroku: Goho's, "Shut Up." In Zen training, we learn to travel the pathways beneath our personality construct. What is it? Who are we then? The essential question in Zen is how ill you arise from it?
info_outlineReverend Yuen Kristina Houck gave this Dharma Talk May 11th, 2025. In it, she reflects on her recent experience in the Zen Peacemakers Bearing Witness to Racism retreat in Alabama. Though the layers of suffering are profound, in the midst of Samsara, the ineffable "it" expresses itself through hope, courage, persistence and faith.