In this Teisho, given during Zazenkai on September 9, 2020, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines "The Rinzai Roku, Records of Pilgrimages Chapter 9." Though we may develop some level of acceptance using various techniques, what do we rely on when the last thing has been taken from us. In the context of this Teisho, as Oregon and other areas in the West were faced with ravaging fires and toxic smoke, Rinzan Osho point to the Rinzai Zen teaching of "Always Not Yet." We turn to what is with curiosity. We become it. We know that whatever we are facing, the ineffable IT is exactly THIS.

In this Teisho, given on August, 6 2020, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines the The Mumonkan Case 19, "Ordinary Mind is Tao." There great mystery is already out, ever present in every aspect of our lives. To know this is to live in Tao of No-Doubt. This is living in Great Faith.

In this Teisho, given on August, 5 2020, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines the Rinzai Roku, "Records of Pilgrimages Chapter 3" in which Tokusan is having "One of those days ..." We all have so called "good" days and "bad" days, but our spiritual practice asks us to see through our own conceptions so that there is no good or bad in having good days and bad days.

In this Teisho, given on August 4 2020, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines "The Hidden Lamp: Seven Wise Women in the Charnel Ground." Where do we go when we die? What is left behind? Is anything truly gone? Is there anything that can be left behind? These are questions whose answers can be intimated at through deep investigation of the true meaning of life and death. 

In this Teisho, given on August, 3 2020, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines The Rinzai Roku, Records of Pilgrimages Case 2 in which Obaku asks Rinzai why he plants pines in the deep woods. This question can apply to all of us when, given impermanence, why we bother doing anything. How do we find a deep meaningfulness in life? 

In this Teisho, given on August, 2 2020, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines The Rinzai Roku, Cross Examinations Case XXIV in which Fuke asks for a one piece robe. Though we practice to get something out of it, true practice requires deep faith, and deep faith asks us to die on our cushions. When we let go of our ego restrictions, we open up to the great reality, and can then dance within it with a state of grace and play.

In this Teisho, given on August, 1 2020, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines case 1 from the Mumonkan: "Joshu's Mu." Though we are directed to strive with all our "might and main" to wake up, we must practice with unshakeable faith that the ineffable IT is already here and now. We must show up with full earnestness and acceptance of exactly where we are at, and "in the readiness of time," the truth will be revealed.

In this Teisho, given on July, 19 2020, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines "The Rinzai Roku, Cross Examinatioins Case 21." What is it when we go beyond the polarities of good and bad? More important still, what is it when we go beyond both good and bad and the expansiveness of no-good and no-bad? It is then that we might taste true freedom.

In this Teisho, given on July, 12 2020, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho examines "The Rinzai Roku, Cross Examinatioins Case 19." A monk asks Rinzai, "What is the true face of compassion?" Master Rinzai engages the monk in a dance dissolving barriers of host and guest and of all artifact of rank. In this intimate moment, who gives and who receives?

In this Teisho, given on June, 27 2020, Rinzan Pechovnik Osho gives Teisho from "Cloud Zendo," the virtual zendo used since the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19). What is it that when being roughed up by life's circumstances, we become primed to pop out of our relative mind and into a more intimate connection with all things?