
Chobo-Ji's Zen Podcast
Genjo Marinello
Show overview
Chobo-Ji's Zen Podcast has been publishing since 2005, and across the 21 years since has built a catalogue of 503 episodes. That works out to roughly 250 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 25 min and 33 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language Religion & Spirituality show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 months ago, with 13 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2022, with 47 episodes published. Published by Genjo Marinello.
From the publisher
Rinzai Zen Dharma Talks given at the Seattle Zen Temple Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji or other locations associated with Chobo-Ji.
Latest Episodes
View all 503 episodesJishu - Chapter 16 - Rinzairoku
Jishu - Chapter 15 - Rinzairoku

The True Person
Seifu Sigh-Molares Osho gave this Teisho on the fifth day of Spring Sesshin, 2026, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores form and formlessness as it relates to our deep nature which is unattached to rank, position, or sense of separate self.

Sozen Nagasawa - Chapter 3
Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the middle day of Spring Sesshin, 2026, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores the importance in Zen training of having a breakthrough into our deep nature as the foundation for further practice.

Jishu - Chapter 14 - Rinzairoku
Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the third day of Spring Sesshin, 2026, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores what we call Buddha and what we call the Devil, what we call purity and what we call defilement. These aspects are a part of one continuum of the fluxuating universal field of Heart-Mind.

Jishu Chapter 13
Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the second day of Spring Sesshin, 2026, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores the difference between effort and striving. Striving creates interference; without effort no growth is possible. Zazen requires effort.

Ground of Being
Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the first day of Spring Sesshin, 2026, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores how Zen practice helps us root in the infinite intimate ground of being to live through our trials and tribulations with more equanimity.

Jishu Chapter 12
Genjo presented this Teisho during a March, Sunday night Dharma Dialogue at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores where does true insight come from, certainly not from dogma, belief, or teachers.

Jishu Chapter 11
Genjo Marinello Osho presented this Teisho during the Feb. 8 2026, Zazenkai held at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores who is listening to this discourse, and what interferes with our confidence and faith in our own experience.

Jishu Chapter 10
Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the final day of Winter Odayaka Sesshin, 2026, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores the different windows of enlightenment and how not to get stuck in one view or another.

Jodo Chapter 9
Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the second day of Winter Odayaka Sesshin, 2026, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores the phases of Zen discourse, and how the Dharma is the puppet master.

Emptiness - No Holiness
Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the first day of Winter Odayaka Sesshin, 2026, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores how to find perfect freedom in the midst of adversity or prosperity.

Jodo Chapter 8
Genjo Marinello Osho presented this Teisho during the Jan. 11, 2026, Zazenkai held at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores the challenge of how to approach someone not on the Way with loving kindness, while not condoning, ignoring, or supporting harmful behavior.

Jodo chapter 7
Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the seventh day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2025 at Chobo-Ji. This talk examines what we need when we return to daily life after a weeklong sesshin.

Rinzan's Rohatsu 25' Teisho
Rinzan Pechovnik Osho gave this Teisho on the sixth day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2025 at Chobo-Ji. This talk examines Hekiganroku, Case 91, Enkan and the Rhinoceros Fan.

Jodo chapter 6
Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the fifth day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2025 at Chobo-Ji. This talk examines the fact that we are all living on the knife edge of life and death. How do we meet our mortality like we are drowned in a deep spring?

Sendo Explores Ling's Question
Anne Sendo Howels Osho gave this Dharma Talk during the middle day of Rohatsu Sesshin 2025, at Chobo-Ji. This talk, based "Ling's Question" in The Hidden Lamp, explores the necessity of addressing the world's grievous suffering and the calamities that we bring upon ourselves.

Jodo Chapter 5
Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the third day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2025 at Chobo-Ji. This talk examines our collective core delusion and the importance of coming down from our mountain top view of reality.

Jodo Chapter 4
Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the second day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2025 at Chobo-Ji. This talk examines how to make your own assessments without judgement, and what to prioritize during zazen - slow breathing and our Great Vow.

Make A Lap
Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho on the first day of Rohatsu Sesshin, 2025 at Chobo-Ji. This talk examines how to make a lap for our crazy, convoluted, karmic core and ultimately the whole universe.