Teisho is a Japanese word meaning “presentation of the shout.” It is the teacher’s direct presentation of the Dharma.
- Dogen’s Mountains and Rivers: East Mountain Walks on the Waters.Karin Kempe on Dogen’s Mountains and Rivers: East Mountain Walks on the Waters
- How Do We Meet Our Life?Karin Ryuku Kempe on case 6 in the Blue Cliff Record, Yun Men’s Every Day is a Good Day
- Letting Go of the Reflected LifeKarin Ryuku Kempe on case 18 in the Transmission of the Light, Sanghanandi to Jayashata, The Mind That Rings
- Song of ZazenKarin Ryuku Kempe on the teachings of Master Hakuin
- Up a TreeKarin Ryuku Kempe on case 5 in the Gateless Barrier, Hsiang-yen’s Man Up a Tree
- Four Postures Sesshin: Lying DownKarin Ryuku Kempe on the practice of lying down.
- Four Postures Sesshin: StandingKarin Ryuku Kempe on the practice of standing.
- Pursuing the Fragrant GrassesKarin Ryuku Kempe on case 36 in The Blue Cliff Record, “Ch’ang Sha Wandering in the Mountains”
- Who Is This?Karin Ryuku Kempe on Bassui’s question, “Who is the Master?”
- Who Is That Other?Karin Ryuku Kempe on case 45 in the Gateless Barrier, Wu-tsu’s “Who is that other?”
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