Chobo-Ji's Zen Podcast

Rinzai Zen Dharma Talks given at the Seattle Zen Temple Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji or other locations associated with Chobo-Ji.

Jodo Chapter 8 01/11/2026

Jodo Chapter 8 Genjo Marinello Osho presented this Teisho during the Jan. 11, 2026, Zazenkai held at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores the challenge of how to approach someone not on the Way with loving kindness, while not condoning, ignoring, or supporting harmful behavior. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/39700135

Jodo chapter 7 12/07/2025

Jodo chapter 7 Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the seventh day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2025 at Chobo-Ji. This talk examines what we need when we return to daily life after a weeklong sesshin. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/39600925

Rinzan's Rohatsu 25' Teisho 12/06/2025

Rinzan's Rohatsu 25' Teisho Rinzan Pechovnick Osho gave this Teisho on the sixth day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2025 at Chobo-Ji. This talk examines Hekiganroku, Case 91, Enkan and the Rhinoceros Fan. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/39547355

Jodo chapter 6 12/05/2025

Jodo chapter 6 Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the fifth day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2025 at Chobo-Ji. This talk examines the fact that we are all living on the knife edge of life and death. How do we meet our mortality like we are drowned in a deep spring? /episode/index/show/genjo/id/39507360

Sendo Explores Ling's Question 12/04/2025

Sendo Explores Ling's Question Anne Sendo Howels Osho gave this Dharma Talk during the middle day of Rohatsu Sesshin 2025, at Chobo-Ji. This talk, based "Ling's Question" in The Hidden Lamp, explores the necessity of addressing the world's grievous suffering and the calamities that we bring upon ourselves. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/39486835

Jodo Chapter 5 12/03/2025

Jodo Chapter 5 Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the third day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2025 at Chobo-Ji. This talk examines our collective core delusion and the importance of coming down from our mountain top view of reality. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/39480065

Jodo Chapter 4 12/02/2025

Jodo Chapter 4 Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the second day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2025 at Chobo-Ji. This talk examines how to make your own assessments without judgement, and what to prioritize during zazen - slow breathing and our Great Vow. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/39413660

Make A Lap 12/01/2025

Make A Lap Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the first day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2025 at Chobo-Ji. This talk examines how to make a lap for our crazy, convoluted, karmic core and ultimately the whole universe. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/39401025

Jodo Chapter 3 11/09/2025

Jodo Chapter 3 Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the Nov. 9, 2025 Zazenkai held at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores who is the true person underneath all our personalities, roles, ranks, and positions. Who is the naked you? /episode/index/show/genjo/id/38971205

Jodo Chapter 2 10/12/2025

Jodo Chapter 2 Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the Oct. 12, 2025 Zazenkai held at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores how insights arise from the true eye of compassion and explores Genjo's departure from the American Zen Teachers Association (AZTA). /episode/index/show/genjo/id/38786470

Jodo Chapter 1 09/25/2025

Jodo Chapter 1 Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the sixth day of Autumn Sesshin, 2025 at Chobo-Ji. This talk examines how to develop faith in your own deep nature by looking at Zen Master Rinzai's approach. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/38779200

Hekiganroku - Case 100 09/24/2025

Hekiganroku - Case 100 Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the fifth day of Autumn Sesshin, 2025 at Chobo-Ji. What are two very sharp and a multi-generational colonies of branching organisms? /episode/index/show/genjo/id/38709440

In This Body - Case 2 09/23/2025

In This Body - Case 2 Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the middle day of Autumn Sesshin, 2025 at Chobo-Ji. Impermanence is inescapable, sesshin weakens our ego defenses, allowing us to see past our artificial barriers between self and other, life and death. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/38570900

Sitting Long and Getting Tired 09/22/2025

Sitting Long and Getting Tired Gendo Testa Osho gave this Dharma Talk during on the third day of Autumn Sesshin, 2025 at Chobo-Ji. Our deep practice requires sitting long and getting tired, then it becomes easier to sense our deep nature. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/38567175

Hekiganroku - Case 99 09/21/2025

Hekiganroku - Case 99 Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the second day of Autumn Sesshin, 2025, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores one way to approach being awake without attachment to identity. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/38465815

Awake Without Idenity 09/20/2025

Awake Without Idenity Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the first day of Autumn Sesshin, 2025, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores the real possibility of being awake without any attachment to a separate sense of self. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/38465700

Hekiganroku - Case 98 09/14/2025

Hekiganroku - Case 98 Genjo Marinello Osho presented this Teisho during the Sept. 14, 2025 Zazenkai held at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores how to make errors into assets, and the importance of not clinging to axioms. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/38226825

Hekiganroku - Case 97 08/17/2025

Hekiganroku - Case 97 Genjo Marinello Osho presented this Teisho during on the final day of Summer Odayaka, Aug. 17 2025. This talk explores our personal and collective karmic baggage and what we can do to relinquish some of it. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/38079815

Hekiganroku - Case 96 08/16/2025

Hekiganroku - Case 96 Genjo Marinello Osho presented this Teisho during on the second day of Summer Odayaka, Aug. 16, 2025. This talk explores our ego, sub-personalities and the collective unconscious full of gods, archetypes and totems. Are these real or fundamentally empty? /episode/index/show/genjo/id/38050820

Summer Odayaka Day 1 08/15/2025

Summer Odayaka Day 1 Genjo Marinello Osho presented this Teisho during on the first day of Summer Odayaka, Aug. 15, 2025. This talk explores the meaning of Emptiness, No Holiness, No Knowing. We don't know much, but we do know we are a part of one multidimensional fabric. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/37949270

Hekiganroku - Case 95 08/10/2025

Hekiganroku - Case 95 Genjo Marinello Osho presented this Teisho during the Aug. 10, 2025 Zazenkai held at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores the language of the Buddha and sages. Just remember to be deaf, blind and a fool, who knows nothing, but is always kind and helpful. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/37818100

Hekiganroku - Case 94 08/03/2025

Hekiganroku - Case 94 Genjo Marinello Osho 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. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/37669930

Hekiganroku - Case 93 07/13/2025

Hekiganroku - Case 93 Genjo Marinello Osho presented this Teisho during the July 13, 2025 Zazenkai held at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores the difference between mastery and imitation. "Whether singing or dancing we are the voice of the Dharma." - Hakuin /episode/index/show/genjo/id/37483990

Hekiganroku - Case 92 06/26/2025

Hekiganroku - Case 92 Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the sixth day of Summer Sesshin 2025, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores the truth that the Dharma can't be taught but there are many paths to explore and investigate this multidimensional reality. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/37471860

Alive or Dead? 06/25/2025

Alive or Dead? Seifu Singh-Molares Osho gave this Dharma Talk during the fifth day of Summer Sesshin 2025, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores the passing of Seifu's mother into the Vast Void and where do we find all those who have passed this life. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/37642225

In This Body - Case 1 06/24/2025

In This Body - Case 1 Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the middle day of Summer Sesshin, 2025, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores how the Great Death is just the beginning of a Great Life. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/37306880

Hekiganroku_ I Would Ask You To Say It 06/23/2025

Hekiganroku_ I Would Ask You To Say It In this Teisho, given on June 23rd, 2025, at Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji's Summer Sesshin, Rinzan Osho examines case 70 of the Hekiganroku: Isan's, "I Would Ask You To Say It." How do we find harmony in a world full of dischord? How does Zen training help? /episode/index/show/genjo/id/37846490

Hekiganroku - Case 91 06/22/2025

Hekiganroku - Case 91 Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the second day of Summer Sesshin, 2025, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores the relative and transcendent ways to respond to an inquiry. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/37291960

Spiritual Root 06/20/2025

Spiritual Root Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the first day of Summer Sesshin 2025, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores the root of all spiritual practice and how accessing this root is essential to navigating pain and suffering. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/37220660

Hekiganroku - Case 90 06/08/2025

Hekiganroku - Case 90 Genjo Marinello Osho presented this Teisho during the June 8, 2025 Zazenkai held at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores the essence of Prajna. /episode/index/show/genjo/id/36924090

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