In this Teisho, given on July 25th, 2021, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines The Blue Cliff Record, Case 50: Ummon's "Particle after Particle's Samdhi." We utilize Zen training to develop our ability to be intimate and present with all that is. From a position such as this, what is it and how do we greet this moment now ... now ... now ...

In this Teisho, given on July 10th, 2021, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines The Blue Cliff Record, Case 47: Ummon's "Beyond the Six." What is the true nature of reality? How do we find our place in the mystery of being? Though frames of reference can be helpful, the truth is ultimately ... beyond, beyond, beyond ...

In this Teisho, given on June 12, 2021, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines The Blue Cliff Record, Case 40: Nansen's "This Flower." After the pandemic compelled practice and relationships to rely on video conferencing, in this first in person Teisho in over a year, Rinzan examines what it is to be most intimate, to live as in a dream and to wake up to the great reality sitting right in front of us. What is it to really see "this flower" not as a dream?

In this Teisho, given on May 23, 2021, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines The Blue Cliff Record, Case 38: "Fuketsu and the Dharma Seal of the Patriarch." What is it to hold fast? What is it to let go? When all directions are barred, what direction does one go? The life without barriers moves beyond vexations to true freedom. 

In this Teisho, given on May 9, 2021, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines a case from The Hidden Lamp: Stories from 25 Centuries of Awakened Women "The Flower Hall on Buddha's Birthday." What is it to be born and to die? What is it to live a life of no-birth and no-death? All we have is this eternal moment. So how do we respond to its call to be cared for? We "decorate" the Buddha revealed in all things and at all times. 

In this Teisho, given on April 11, 2021, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines The Blue Cliff Record, Case 32: "Jo Joza Stands Still." In Zen, we engage in a great investigation. This is not an intellectual exercise but a full bodied immersion into the wonder and mystery of all things. When opened up to it ... then what?

In this Teisho, given on March 31, Day 5 of the Spring 2021 Cloud Retreat, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines The Blue Cliff Record, Case 29: Daizui's "It Will be Gone." What is it when all is let go and there is no trace of clinging or conceptualization? Shakyamuni had one teaching, that of absolute freedom.

In this Teisho, given on February 28, 2021, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines "The Blue Cliff Record, Case 23: Hofuku Point to Mount Myohocho." The root of our discipline is to open to a mind of wonder. When we conceptualize, this mind closes. "Alas!"

In this Teisho, given on February 7, 2021, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines "The Hidden Lamp: The Woman Lets It Be." The mantra "Let it be" could be the whole of one's life practice. What happens when we truly and deeply just "let it be?" Is there anything left out? Does it absolve us from responsibility to act?

In this Teisho, given on January 31, 2021, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines "The Blue Cliff Record, Case 19: Gutei's One Finger Zen. The ancient masters intimated at what lies beyond our conception yet is always immediately at hand. How did Gutei express all of this with his one finger? Can you see it not only in his finger but in every day's ordinary events?