Our Teacher

​Rinzan is a Dharma Holder in the Rinzai Zen lineage, being given transmission and authority to teach from Genjo Marinello Roshi of Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji. He began his training with the Zen Community of Oregon in 2003, studying under Hogan and Chozen Bays. He did his first sesshin that year and received jukai from Hogan Bays in 2005. In 2008, Rinzan traveled to China where he studied Buddhist traditions and toured and sat zazen at numerous monasteries and Buddhist sites. While still a member of ZCO, Rinzan served on the board of directors and completed training as a lay Sangha leader. He led a Buddhadharma recovery dialogue group, combining the wisdom of 12-Step traditions with the foundational teachings. He also helped codify lay training principles and laid out a path of practice for lay practitioners preceding jukai.  He left ZCO and began training under Genjo Marinello in 2012, ordained under him in 2014, and was named a Dharma Heir (Inka) in 2019. Rinzan founded No-Rank Zendo as a place of practice that embraces the religious aspects of the Zen Buddhist cultural frame as well as the ordinary, everyday mind that embraces us all. Currently, Rinzan leads sesshin and zazenkai several times a year. He provides dokusan for koan study and enjoys walking and having coffee with sangha members. Rinzan currently makes his living as a privately practicing psychotherapist. He is married to Anne Senryu Pechovnik and has two adult children.