I Will Not Tell You

"I Will Not Tell You," from the "Blue Cliff Record," is the latest Teisho by Genjo Marinello Osho of Choboji. Ever clear and penetrating, his talk explores directly our notions of so-called "life and death," with a depth and warmth that is like returning home, after have been lost for a long time.

Genjo Osho shares with us the reason that we practice Zen. He stated "The truth is, here it comes... we separate everything, one thing from another, with our dualistic and conceptual thinking. And there really is no separation, and that's it. That is the whole teaching."

There is no separation. There is no separation. There is no separation. That is the whole teaching? Genjo Osho's point is not "overly simple." It's bigger than the Grand Canyon. Bigger than the State (or state) u live in, Bigger than the United States of America. Bigger that this Earth. Bigger than this Solar System. When I used to live at Dai Bosatsu Zendo, we would often say, "Endless dimension universal life." For some reason, those words have value here and now.

Please consider that there are things which have hooked our attention which have influenced and tricked us into thinking that there is separation, yet there is none to *really* be found. And so Genjo Osho encourages use to practice, practice, practice. Mu, Mu, Mu. Why? So that is not just some intellectual abstraction, but rather the truth which is that we are "being no separation itself," yet we just do recognize it, because of the fog created by our cognitive functions.

I hope that you take the time to listen to the teisho. I think or at least hope that you will enjoy it. The podcast comes at the bargin basement price of Free. You can download it from Switchpod or iTunes in their Podcasting section. Just search Choboji for the easy path there.

May Your Life Go Well,

Jaye Morris, Curator
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