The No-Rank Zendo Podcast

Rinzan Pechovnik is the head priest and primary teacher at No-Rank Zen Temple, a Rinzai Zen Buddhist Community in Portland, Oregon. His Dharma talks explore various aspects of Rinzai Zen Buddhist practice, spirituality and religion. He emphasizes 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

The Hidden Lamp: Lingzhao’s Helping 09/14/2025

The Hidden Lamp: Lingzhao’s Helping 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. /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/38212920

Hekiganroku: Bodhisattva's in the Bath 08/31/2025

Hekiganroku: Bodhisattva's in the Bath 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. /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/38034410

Hekiganroku: Surangama Sutra and "Unseeing" 08/16/2025

Hekiganroku: Surangama Sutra and "Unseeing" 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. /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/37843835

Hekiganroku: Do You Have Them or Not? 08/09/2025

Hekiganroku: Do You Have Them or Not? 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. /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/37741270

Hekiganroku: Shut Up 07/13/2025

Hekiganroku: Shut Up 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? /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/37389495

Hekiganroku: I Would Ask You To Say It 07/12/2025

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 us to open our ears to listen? /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/37386520

The Hidden Lamp: Dieu Nhan’s Without Words 06/29/2025

The Hidden Lamp: Dieu Nhan’s Without Words In this Teisho, given on May 18th, 2025, Rinzan Osho examines Dieu Nhan’s Without Words from The Hidden Lamp. When we attach to things, we lose the essence. Zen practice is the practice of presence. Being present, we see that there is nothing to attach to. Then the whole world reveals itself. /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/37205475

Showing Up to What Is 06/09/2025

Showing Up to What Is Reverend 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. /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/36925940

Bearing Witness: Racism 05/24/2025

Bearing Witness: Racism Reverend 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. /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/36698030

Hekiganroku: Kyozan Asks Sancho's Name 05/12/2025

Hekiganroku: Kyozan Asks Sancho's Name In this Teisho, given on April 20th, 2025, Rinzan Osho examines case 68 of the Hekiganroku: Kyozan Asks Sancho's Name. Deep investigation takes us to a place so vast and free that we can feel the relief of "nothing matters." From that place, we can spring forth revived, and with a profound sense that "everything matters." /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/36534510

Hekiganroku: Ummon's Staff Becoming a Dragon 04/21/2025

Hekiganroku: Ummon's Staff Becoming a Dragon In this Teisho, given on March 2nd, 2025, the final day of No-Rank Zen Temple's Spring Odayaka Sesshin, Rinzan Osho examines case 60 of the Hekiganroku: Ummon's Staff Becoming a Dragon. The staff has swallowed up the universe, where are the mountains, rivers and the great world? /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/36244825

The Hidden Lamp: Lingzhao's Shining Grasses 03/31/2025

The Hidden Lamp: Lingzhao's Shining Grasses In this Teisho, given on March 1st, 2025, the second day of No-Rank Zen Temple's Spring Odayaka Sesshin, Rinzan Osho examines Lingzhao's Shining Grasses. To open to Dharma practice and the deep spiritual life, one has to be willing to do hard things with an everyday mind. /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/35930115

Hekiganroku: Joshu's "Why Not Quote to the End?" 03/17/2025

Hekiganroku: Joshu's "Why Not Quote to the End?" In this Teisho, given on February 28th, 2025, the first day of No-Rank Zen Temple's Spring Odayaka Sesshin, Rinzan Osho examines case 59 of the Hekiganroku: Joshu's "Why Not Quote to the End?" The Real Way is not difficult. It only abhors choice and attachment. So how can we be free to flow in a world of like and dislike? /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/35738695

The Hidden Lamp: Kakuzan Shido's Dagger 02/25/2025

The Hidden Lamp: Kakuzan Shido's Dagger In this Teisho, given on January 26th, 2025, Rinzan Osho examines The Hidden Lamp: Kakuzan Shido's Dagger. Zen training initiates us into a new way of being. How do we respond to the world with authenticity, depth and presence? /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/35424060

The Hidden Lamp: Ling's Question 02/19/2025

The Hidden Lamp: Ling's Question In this Teisho, given on January 21st, 2025, the fourth full day of No-Rank Zen Temple's January Rohatsu Sesshin, Rinzan Osho examines the Hidden Lamp: Ling's Question. "To be a human being is to live in calamity." How is it that we live a caring spiritual life amidst this? /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/35350430

Hekiganroku: Ummon Stretches Out His Hands 02/09/2025

Hekiganroku: Ummon Stretches Out His Hands In this Teisho, given on January 20th, 2025, the third full day of No-Rank Zen Temple's January Rohatsu Sesshin, Rinzan Osho examines case 54 of the Hekiganroku: Ummon Stretches Out His Hands. Who are we when we greet the world that is beckoning us forward? How do we respond to its open armed invitiation. /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/35212970

Three Legged Stool: Taking Responsibility 01/15/2025

Three Legged Stool: Taking Responsibility In this Dharma talk, given on December 15, 2024, Rinzan Osho talks about the importance of taking responsibility in our work in developing spiritual maturity. /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/34868420

Hekiganroku: Ummon's "Particle After Particle Samadhi" 12/29/2024

Hekiganroku: Ummon's "Particle After Particle Samadhi" 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. /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/34641415

The Hidden Lamp: Satsujo Sits on the Lotus Sutra 12/21/2024

The Hidden Lamp: Satsujo Sits on the Lotus Sutra 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 . /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/34562860

Hekiganroku: The Golden Carp 11/28/2024

Hekiganroku: The Golden Carp 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? /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/34193980

Hekiganroku: Ummon's "Beyond the Six" 11/15/2024

Hekiganroku: Ummon's "Beyond the Six" 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. /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/33946387

Politics and the Election: Forbearance, Compassion, Caring Action 10/30/2024

Politics and the Election: Forbearance, Compassion, Caring Action 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. /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/33684812

Hekiganroku: Nansen's "This Flower" 10/27/2024

Hekiganroku: Nansen's "This Flower" 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? /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/33629862

Hekiganroku: Fuketsu and the Dharma Seal of the Ancestor 09/27/2024

Hekiganroku: Fuketsu and the Dharma Seal of the Ancestor 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. /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/33234357

Hekiganroku: Nansen Draws a Circle (a Genjo Roshi teisho) 09/15/2024

Hekiganroku: Nansen Draws a Circle (a Genjo Roshi teisho) 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? /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/33059507

Hekiganroku: Chosha Went for a Walk 08/31/2024

Hekiganroku: Chosha Went for a Walk 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? /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/32847387

Hekiganroku: You Have Not Visited Rozan 08/03/2024

Hekiganroku: You Have Not Visited Rozan 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, encapsulating it all, all at once. /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/32420742

The Hidden Lamp: Ziyong's Earth 07/23/2024

The Hidden Lamp: Ziyong's Earth In this Teisho, given on June 9th, 2024, Rinzan Osho examines The Hidden Lamp: Ziyong's Earth. We reach out to the world in an effort to connect. To do this, we must open up to the mystery and wonder of all things. /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/32259567

Hekiganroku: The Great Sublime Peak 06/18/2024

Hekiganroku: The Great Sublime Peak In this Teisho, given on April 21st, 2024, Rinzan Osho examines case 26 of the Hekiganroku: Hyakujo Sits on the Great Sublimne Peak. Zen often seems like a practice of quietude, but the peak is abustle with life. What is it to be alone on it? /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/31790387

Hekiganroku: The Master of Rengehō's Staff 05/30/2024

Hekiganroku: The Master of Rengehō's Staff In this Teisho, given on April 18th, 2024, the sixth day of No-Rank Zendo's Spring Sesshin, Rinzan Osho examines case 25 of theHekiganroku: The Master of Rengehō's Staff. Spiritul practice asks us to be our best selves. So what use is so-called "enlightenment?" Though we can see into the deep nature of our existance, how do we carry it forth? /episode/index/show/norankzendo/id/31534082

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