Podcast appearances and mentions of autumn sesshin

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the final day of Autumn Sesshin, 2024, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores the pinnacle of Zen practice, how to bring our depth into daily life. 

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the middle day of Autumn 2024 Sesshin at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores what is the sap of the tree of Dharma.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the sixth day of Autumn Sesshin, 2023, at Chobo-Ji. What comes after truly seeing past ego and ecstasy? Come in the light of day and do what needs doing. (Note: if you are looking for Hekiganroku - Case 40, it will appear as a transcription in the Autumn, 2023, issue of Plum Mountain News.) 

Gendo Testa Osho gave this Dharma Talk during the third day of Autumn Sesshin 2023, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores how the medicine we need, shows up when we are ready to receive it.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the first day of Autumn 2023, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores how to move gently from muddled thoughts to a deep Bodhisattva or Tathagata heart-mind.

Welcome to StoneWaterZen TalksThis talk was recorded during the annual Stonewaterzen Autumn Sesshin in Crosby Hall.John Suigen Kenworthy Sensei received Dharma Transmission from Dr. David Keizan Scott Roshi, founder and leader of StoneWater Zen Sangha and Abbot of Fell End Farm in the Lake District. For more information about  Stomewaterzen,  our weekly schedule and retreats please visit our website  https://www.stonewaterzen.org/If you find these talks valuable please consider supporting Stonewaterzen by donating.To donate simply use the link belowhttps://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=VME4SMQZC6CWUWe rely on your support to continue sharing this life changing practice.

Welcome to StoneWaterZen TalksThis talk was recorded during the annual Stonewaterzen Autumn Sesshin in Crosby Hall.Gavin Mokuin Strathie Sensei received Dharma Transmission from Charles Tenshin Fletcher Roshi, Abbot of Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center in California. For more information about  Stomewaterzen,  our weekly schedule and retreats please visit our website  https://www.stonewaterzen.org/If you find these talks valuable please consider supporting Stonewaterzen by donating.To donate simply use the link belowhttps://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=VME4SMQZC6CWUWe rely on your support to continue sharing this life changing practice.

Welcome to StoneWaterZen TalksThis talk was recorded during the annual Stonewaterzen Autumn Sesshin in Crosby Hall.Dr. David Keizan Scott Roshi is the founder and leader of StoneWater Zen Sangha and Abbot of Fell End Farm in the Lake District.For more information about  Stomewaterzen,  our weekly schedule and retreats please visit our website  https://www.stonewaterzen.org/If you find these talks valuable please consider supporting Stonewaterzen by donating.To donate simply use the link belowhttps://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=VME4SMQZC6CWUWe rely on your support to continue sharing this life changing practice.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the sixth day of Autumn Sesshin, 2022. This case on Obaku's "Brewer's Grain" explores how there is no one who teaches Zen.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the fifth day of Autumn Sesshin, 2022. This case on "Joshu's Four Gates," explores how much can we remain open to the full spectrum of who we really are.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the third day of Autumn Sesshin, 2022. This case on "Suigan's Eyebrows," explores how much we should speak and when we should shut up. Zen masters are thieves; they steal delusions and each other's thunder.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the second day of Autumn Sesshin, 2022. In this case, examining Hogen's "You are Echo," Genjo explores the simple truth that each one of us is already a Buddha and No Buddha.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the first day of Autumn Sesshin, 2022. In this case examining Joshu's Mu, Genjo explores how to soak in the Intimate Infinite when at times we feel like a very dry, brittle sponge.

This Teisho, on Case 23 of the Mumonkan, was given by Genjo Osho on the sixth day of Autumn Sesshin 2021. It examines transcending our shame and attachment to good and bad by becoming sincere followers of the Way.

This Teisho, on Case 22 of the Mumonkan, was given by Genjo Osho on the fifth day of Autumn Sesshin 2021. It examines the warm, moist, intimacy of infinite depth that is cellularly available to all followers of the Way.

This Teisho on Patacara, as told in the Hidden Lamp, was given by Genjo Osho on the middle day of Autumn Sesshin 2021. It examines the Buddhist perspective on how to face this matter of life and death, and the fact that we lose everyone and everything if we live long enough.

This Teisho on Case 21 of the Mumonkan was given by Genjo Osho on the third day of Autumn Sesshin 2021. It examines how hearing our inner sage is hampered by our own internal constipation.

This Teisho on Case 20 of the Mumonkan was given by Genjo Osho on the second day of Autumn Sesshin 2021. It examines the qualities of great strength from a Zen perspective, and speaks of Carolyn's path of rehabilitation.

This Teisho on Case 1 of the Mumonkan was given by Genjo Osho on the first day of Autumn Sesshin 2021. It examines the Zen approach to our fundamental nature.

In this Teisho, given the fifth day of Autumn Sesshin 2019, Rinzan Osho examines The Rinzai Rokui: Ascending the High Seat, Chapter One. Rinzai continually invites us live an undivided life. He used Dharma Combat (Mondo) as a tool to invite us to see and flow into the Great Matter of life and death, challenging us to live fully, in an authentic and attuned manner.

In this Teisho, given on the seventh and concluding day of Autumn Sesshin 2019, Rinzan Osho examines Case 19 of the Mumonkan: "Ordinary Mind is Tao." Fundamentally, our task is to brush away conceptions of mind and to rest and revel in a state of wonder. In such a state, we do not merely sit back, but spring forward into life.

In this Teisho, given the sixth day of Autumn Sesshin 2019, Rinzan Osho examines The Rinzai Rokui: Ascending the High Seat, Chapter Two. In Zen practice, breaking through the ego membrane, we have a direct experience of intimacy and a consequential deepening of care for all things. To dance freely in the Great Mystery, sometimes giving and sometimes receiving, is the true call of compassion. 

In this Teisho, given the fourth day of Autumn Sesshin 2019, Rinzan Osho examines "The Old Woman of Mount Wutai" from The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women. In seeking true wakefulness, we have to go into what is unknown and unknowable. To do this, we must go straight on, facing each moment with curiosity and wonder.

In this Teisho, given the third day of Autumn Sesshin 2019, Rinzan Osho examines Case 48 of the Mumonkan: "Kempo's One Way." When engaging in spiritual practice, the mind wants to know if it is doing it right or not. From the deepest perspective, there is no right or wrong. In this way, not knowing is most intimate.

In this Teisho, given the second day of Autumn Sesshin 2019, Rinzan Osho examines Case 47 of the Mumonkan: "Tosotsu's Three Barriers." There are no barriers. Everything is manifest in full. Yet the mind creates barriers. Zazen and the study of Zen koans draw out the barriers we create for ourselves so that they may combust.      Read More

In this Teisho, given the first full day of Autumn Sesshin 2019, Rinzan examines Case 46 of the Mumonkan: "Step Forward the Top of a Pole." The paradox of spiritual life is that we are seeking that which is already manifested in full. The dual action In practice, of throwing our whole life into what rises before us while at the same time cultivating Great Doubt (“What is this?”), opens us up to realize there was nowhere to go and nothing to do from the get go. If this is so ... how do you show it?

In this first Teisho, given opening night of Autumn Sesshin 2019, Rinzan examines case one of the Mumonkan: "Joshu's Mu." Zen retreat asks us to deepen our practice. With fewer distractions, it becomes easier to throw our lives into what is in front of us with both profound determination and a sense of ongoing inquiry. In such a way, we can open up to the truth that is already manifested in full. 

David Keizan Scott Roshi of the Stonewater Zen Sangha gives a Dharma Talk during the Stonewater Autumn Sesshin 2019 in Crosby Hall.

Tony Shinro Doubledays Dharma Talk at the Stonewater Autumn Sesshin 2019 at Crosby Hall.

David Keizan Scott Roshi of the Stonewater Zen Sangha gives a Dharma Talk during thel Stonewater Autumn Sesshin 2019 in Crosby Hall.

Tony Shinro Doubledays Dharma Talk at the Stonewater Autumn Sesshin 2019 at Crosby Hall.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the sixth day of Autumn Sesshin 2019. This talk explores our ability to see with the same eye and hear with the same ear as Buddha. And examines what keeps us from seeing this way more frequently.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the fifth day of Autumn Sesshin 2019. This talk explores what's needed and expected in koan study. It also examines the Head and Tail of Zen practice - deep perception blended with deep samadhi.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the third day of Autumn Sesshin 2019. This talk explores the downside of Buddhist practice, learning how to sit in the midst of the deepest, fear, regret, doubt, anger, pain, fatigue and not move.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the middle day of Autumn Sesshin at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores the cases "The Old Woman and the Pure Land" and "Manseong's No Cultivation" from the Hidden Lamp: Stories from 25 Centuries of Awakened Women. This talk examines the difference between attainment and realization.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the third day of Autumn Sesshin at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores Case 17 of the Book of Equanimity and examines: "Attach to the smallest distinction however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart."  Is there such a thing as free-will and choice? 

Rinzan Pechovnik Osho Gave this Dharma Talk exploring Case 26 off the Blue Cliff Record on 09/28/2017, Day 6 of Autumn Sesshin at Dai Bai Zen Cho Bo Zen Ji. In it, he shares in the sesshin experience of sitting with, facing and breaking through barriers. When we move beyond the fundamental barrier of ego separation, we are one with all things and never truly alone.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during on the first day of Autumn Sesshin, 2017. This talk examines this matter of life and death from the perspective of both the relative and absolute.  Genjo left sesshin the following day to be with his mother in hospice.

2017 Autumn Sesshin day 2 Text cited: "Zen Dawn: Early Zen Texts from Tun Huang, translated by by J.C. Cleary."

Autumn Sesshin 2017 Day 5

Day Five of Autumn Sesshin at Stroud Monastery, April 2016

Day Three of Autumn Sesshin at Stroud Monastery, April 2016 Note the kookaburra chorus at approx 20 mins!

Day One of Autumn Sesshin at Stroud Monastery, April 2016

Day Two of Autumn Sesshin at Stroud Monastery, April 2016

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the middle day of Autumn Sesshin 2015 at Chobo- Ji. This case examines our adult spiritual rebirth when we first transcend our narrow egoistic perspective.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on Sept. 29th, 2014 at Chobo-Ji, the third day of Autumn Sesshin.  This talk explores Case 29 of the Mumonkan, where the Sixth Chinese Zen Ancestor chastises two monks. The heart of Zen training is not found in what can be said or explained.

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the occasion of the third day Chobo-Ji’s Autumn Sesshin, 2013.  This talk investigates Zen Master Rinzai's view of sleeping when tired and having nothing to teach. (Please listen past the end of this Teisho for a message from Genjo Osho.)

This Teisho by Genjo Marinello Osho was given on the Sept. 26th the 3rd day of Autumn Sesshin 2011 in the new Practice Center Zendo. It examines a discourse of Rinzai about leaving our burning house, Jishu Chapter 11, part 2.  Genjo also explores the term Spiritual Bypassing.

  Teisho given on the 5th day of Autumn Sesshin 2010 at ChoBoJi by Genjo Marinello Osho on Case 31 of the Mumokan concerning Zen Master Joshu and the necessity to go straight on.  

This Teisho was given on the first day of Autumn Sesshin 2009. In this Dharma Talk Genjo Marinello Osho talks about transcending thoughts of mortality and immortality.

This Teisho on the 70th Case of the Hekiganroku was given on the third day of Autumn Sesshin 2008 at the DaiBaiZan ChoBoJi Zen Temple, Seattle, WA. In this case Zen Master Isan asks his monks how they will speak about the inconceivable.