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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.

Episodes
503
Running
2005–2026 · 21y
Median length
29 min
Cadence
Fortnightly

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.

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Jishu - Chapter 16 - Rinzairoku

Apr 12, 202628 min

Jishu - Chapter 15 - Rinzairoku

Mar 26, 202630 min

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.

Mar 25, 202617 min

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.

Mar 24, 202627 min

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.

Mar 23, 202628 min

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.

Mar 22, 202629 min

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.

Mar 21, 202629 min

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.

Mar 16, 202625 min

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.

Feb 8, 202623 min

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.

Jan 18, 202619 min

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.

Jan 17, 202626 min

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.

Jan 16, 202632 min

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.

Jan 11, 202619 min

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.

Dec 7, 202521 min

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.

Dec 6, 202533 min

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?

Dec 5, 202521 min

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.

Dec 4, 202529 min

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.

Dec 3, 202523 min

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.

Dec 2, 202525 min

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.

Dec 1, 202522 min
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