Tozan's Five Ranks: The Coming from Within the Real

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Tozan's Five Ranks: The Coming from Within the Real

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Sep 4, 2022

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In this Teisho, given on the third full day of Summer Sesshin, 2022, Rinzan Osho examines the third of Tozan's Five Ranks: The Coming from Within the Real.

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Sep 4, 2022

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Rinzan Osho is a priest and teacher at No-Rank Zendo, a Rinzai Zen Buddhist Community in Portland, Oregon. His Dharma talks explore various aspects of Rinzai Zen Buddhist practice, spirituality and religion. He emphases practice as a means to develop and cultivate a tender open-heartedness that allows a deep engagement with a troubled world. http://www.norankzendo.org

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Tozan's Five Ranks: The Coming from Within the Real

Tozan's Five Ranks: The Coming from Within the Real

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