Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji -- Zen Buddhist Temple

07/22/2026

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07/19/2026

Today's Sangha hike ...

07/15/2026

This week's Temple Happenings ...

In the spirit of our Rinzai practice, Master Linji reminds us of the dance between host and guest. At Chobo-Ji, we are all hosts of this dharma home on Great Plum Mountain. This spring and summer, our sangha has stepped forward beautifully. Through your generosity, we have raised approximately $60,0...

07/14/2026

Get to know your true self ...

Genjo Marinello Osho presented this Teisho during the July 2026 Zazenkai held at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores “What is this?” and “Who is asking?” It's important to rely on one's own investigation of these seminal questions.

07/13/2026

How our language codes our sense of reality ...

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the sixth day of Summer Sesshin, 2026, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores how our language codes our perception of reality.  Zen practice offers us a way to feel reality directly without so much coding.

07/11/2026

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Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the fifth day of Summer Sesshin, 2026, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores reality without getting caught in names and concepts. And explores the fact that no information is lost when we die.

07/08/2026

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Master Rinzai taught that host and guest are not fixed roles but a fluid dance of meeting, where each illuminates the other with no separation. In the unity of the awakened heart, our temple stands as host, and every supporter becomes co-host in this shared house of practice. Our century-old dharma....

07/06/2026

First breakthroughs to deep nature ...

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the middle day of Summer Sesshin, 2026, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores first impressions of deep nature.

07/06/2026

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Anne Sendo Osho gave this Dharma Talk during the third day of Summer Sesshin 2026 at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores the necessity of being mindful and transcending fear of our own death.

06/29/2026

We don't have to teach a seed how to practice or bloom ...

Genjo Marinello Osho gave this Teisho during the second day of Summer Sesshin, 2026, at Chobo-Ji. This talk explores how you don't have to teach a seed to practice or grow.  We are all seedlings of Mind and at sesshin we are present to our growth.