The Book of Rinzai: Kamben VIII
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In this Teisho, given during Zazenkai June 28, 2026, Rinzan Osho examines The Rinzai Roku: Kamben VIII. Rinzai asks is a pillar secular or sacred? What does he means whern he says, "It is just a wodden post?" Is this to dismiss its significance? Or is it to go beyond significance?
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Spring Sesshin: Rinzai Roku Jodo X
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In this Teisho, given during the third full day of Spring Sesshin 2026, Rinzan Osho examines The Rinzai Roku: Jodo X. Rinzai describes four fundamental expressions of deep nature, but these are nothing to rest at, nor is anything attained in their experience. They are helpful, but Zen goes beyond.
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Spring Sesshin: Rinzai Roku Jodo IX
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In this Teisho, given during the Second full day of Spring Sesshin 2026, Rinzan Osho examines The Rinzai Roku: Jodo IX. Here, we have Master Rinzai's most enigmatic and complicated case. Threes and threes and threes ... penetrating this matter, life presents itself as an unfolding fractal with no root.
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Spring Sesshin: Rinzai Roku Jodo VII & VIII
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In this Teisho, given during the first full day of Spring Sesshin 2026, Rinzan Osho examines The Rinzai Roku: Jodo VII and VIII. Zen training points us toward an experience of life (a way of being) that is not divided. We open to this truth and let it express itself through our lives? How does this happen? How can we testify to the truth of Zen?
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Spring Sesshin: Joshu's Mu
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In this Teisho, given during the opening night of Spring Sesshin 2026, Rinzan Osho examines The Mumonkan: Joshu's Mu. Joshu answered the Monk's inquiry, "Does a dog have Buddha Nature or not?" by vocalizing the sound "Mu." Mu translates as a negation: "No" or "Nothing." What is it that Joshu was pointing at? What is this Mu? How do we, as Zen practitioners use it to prod us toward greater intimacy with the ineffible.
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The Book of Rinzai: Jodo VI
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In this Teisho, given on April 5th 2026, Rinzan Osho examines The Rinzai Roku: Jodo VI. When life is a disaster, what do we do? If we come with prescribed approach to everything, we are stuck in preconception. If we don't come with some sense of direction, we are lost. So how do we face a world of troubles?
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The Book of Rinzai: Jodo IV
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In this Teisho, given on March 1st 2026, Rinzan Osho examines The Rinzai Roku: Jodo IV. To be free from the conceit of mind is to be free. To be free is to flow forth with a heart-mind that cares and works for the betterment of the world.
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The Book of Rinzai: Jodo II
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In this Teisho, given on February 27th 2026, Rinzan Osho examines The Rinzai Roku: Jodo I. Rinzan discusses the importance of love as an establishment of inter-being in the world.
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The Book of Rinzai: Jodo I
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In this Teisho, given on February 22nd 2026, Rinzan Osho examines The Rinzai Roku: Jodo I. Here Rinzan Osho introduces the nuances of Rinzai's expression of Zen, always pointing to the True Person of No-Rank and always inviting confidence in his followers.
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The Hidden Lamp: The Goddess and the Flowers
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In this Teisho, given on February 8th 2026, Rinzan Osho examines The Hidden Lamp: The Goddess and the Flowers. ur practice starts with restraint which allows us to see through. Seeing through, we can drop concepts and learn to move freely amidst preferences. This gives space for the development of wisdom and discernment which directs us toward working for what is ... good.
info_outlineReverend Keizan Shaffer gave this Dharma Talk on June 1st, 2025. In it, he explores the meaning of simply showing up and how preoccupation with self can get in the way. When fixated on acheiving certain results, getting things right or having it our way, we lose the flex and flow of life that unfolds just as it is.