No Gap or Separation

Genjo Osho delivers another remarkable teisho (trans. Place where the truth is), entitled "Kyozan asks Sansho his Name," which is case 68 of the Hekiganroku (Blue Cliff Record).

Using Hakuin's song of Zazen as a starting point, Genjo Osho with clarity points towards the contradiction of All beings being fundementally Buddha, but at the same time, there are so many disturbing things that happen in the world.

Genjo Osho encourages us to embody our so-called "True Nature," and sit on the cushion of Zazen and face ourselves bravely, rather than run from ourselves. He remarks this is truly a "brave act," because in sitting Zazen "we don't find a pretty picture. Everybody is ready to runaway because of what we see" But by our dedicated Zen practice, we have the capacity to move beyond separation into a space of unification with all beings and all things.

This point is dramatically illustrated by Genjo Osho when he expresses how we are all interconnected and as he says that we have the ability to "command the center." He delivers an amazing expression of Dharma when he says, "When you experience the wind chime singing, you begin to realize the wind chimes True Nature within you. It's as though the wind chime is ringing right within your heart. From the Zen prospective there is no separation whatsoever. So when then the wind chime rings, if you open yourself to 'what is it', you ring too. You experience the ringing from inside."

You can download this teisho from either Switchpod or iTunes. Search under "Zen," or "Choboji." Either way it's 100% free to download. I just hope that you enjoy it and that it insires you as much as it inspires and pushes me along in my practice.

Namaste'

Jaye Morris, Curator
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