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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.
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- 2 weeks ago33 min
Rinzai Roku: Kamben XII
In this Teisho, given during Summer Sesshin July 30, 2026, Rinzan Osho examines The Rinzai Roku: Kamben XII. When asked what his students study at his temple, Master Rinzai says that they do not study Zen or Sutras. They simply become Buddhas and Ancestors.
- 4 weeks ago28 min
The Book of Rinzai: Kamden XI
In this Teisho, given during Summer Sesshin July 29, 2026, Rinzan Osho examines The Rinzai Roku: Kamben XI. When we examine who we are ... who we really are ... we go beyond categories of rank and status. We open up to an immediate activity/engagement with the world around us that is free and authentic.
- Aug 9, 202632 min
The Book of Rinzai: Kamben VIII
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?
- Jun 3, 202633 min
Spring Sesshin: Rinzai Roku Jodo X
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.
- May 31, 202631 min
Spring Sesshin: Rinzai Roku Jodo IX
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.
- May 27, 202626 min
Spring Sesshin: Rinzai Roku Jodo VII & VIII
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?
- May 25, 202634 min
Spring Sesshin: Joshu's Mu
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.
- May 17, 202626 min
The Book of Rinzai: Jodo VI
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?
About The No-Rank Zendo Podcast
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.
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