The Whole Body

The latest teisho released by Genjo Marinello Osho is entitled, "The Whole Body is Hand and Eye," which is from case 89 from the Hekiganroku. It has proven itself a very forward leaning talk that I personally found hit home on many points, impacting not only my mind but my heart.

Genjo Osho starts out by saying "You know, we are all unfolding. There is no end to it. And we never arrive at completion of learning or growing. At a certain point our body will definitely wither and dissolve. But then the learning and growing... and the expansion of the Universe does not stop. It continues on in other forms, so there is no end that we can conceive of anyway of this expansion of Universe and Consciousness or Mind if you will. And We all... everyone of us... everyone in this room is part of the current biosphere and part of the current Mind of the Universe manifest as You and Me.

We get in trouble even when we use a word like Mind or word like Universe, because we start getting fixed ideas of what that is. And we think we know when we don't. Lets just suffice to say there is no end to growing and learning. There is no end to expansion. In this physical form called a Human Being we are doing our part and taking a turn at this unfolding and expansion collectively. The next generation or biosphere will pick up where this generation leaves off, its like passing a baton, but there is no end to the race.

In this process of unfolding, growing, expanding that we are all a part of and that we come to this room, the Zendo to ground and root in the soil of the very expansion of the Universe... so that we might better unfold through our own complexities, attachments, delusions, and that we might flower and open as best we can in this incarnation as a Human Being. And this is really not just for our own furtherance or good care but that of the planet.

We are the voice of the planet, for better or worse, you all have heard me say, and what is meant when we say, 'we are the voice of the Dharma.' Indeed we are the voice of the planet. It's incumbent for us to wake up then and to be a respectful voice... a compassionate voice... a caring voice."

Genjo Osho, goes on to expand much more deeply and perhaps in surprising directions on "The Whole Body," and what it means to train in Zen Buddhism. What he says here, is so penetrating that it would be useless for me to say more, except to say I've listened to it a couple times to really let it seep in. The more and more I listen, the more I hear within It. You can as ever listen to the full teisho for free on Chobi-Ji Podcast or go to iTunes. I am sure you will benefit by listening and hearing.

May Your Life Go Well,

Jaye Seiho Morris, Curator
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