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 514 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 weeks ago, with 24 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 514 episodesIn This Body - Chapter 5
Rinzairoku - Jishu Chapter 19.4
Rinzairoku - Jishu Chapters 19.2 & 19.3
Rinzairoku - Jishu Chapter 19.1.b
Rinzairoku - Jishu Chapter 19.1a
Sozen Nagasawa - Chapter 4
Zen Master Up a Tree
Rinzairoku - Jishu Chapter 18b
Mu Summer 2026
Rinzairoku - Jishu Chapter 18a
Rinzairoku - Jishu Chapter 17
Jishu - 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.