Recorded on February 3, 2024.

Roshi Rafe Jnan Martin discusses vows - the vow of the Bodhisattva, our own vows, Zen practice vows, and how vows play out in our lives.  In raising the question - where do vows come from - Roshi Martin brings us to the Jataka tales (past lives of the Buddha), explaining how all the Pali tradition Jataka follow from a single mythic vow that arose when Sumeda (a past life of Gotama Buddha) encountered Dipankara (a Buddha of the more distant past).


Photography: Wooden Standing Buddha by Rafe Martin

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