Recorded on December 3, 2023 during the second full day of the EPZ Rohatsu sesshin.

Roshi Rafe Jnan Martin starts with a discussion of how to engage with teisho.  He then moves to an exploration of the deep realization that emerged from the Buddha's leaving home and koans as an expression of that teaching.


Books and magazine articles referenced:

• A Zen Life of Bodhisattvas
• The Gateless Barrier (Wumen guan | Mumonkan)
• "Koan Ranger", Gary Snyder interviewed by Alan Williamson in Poetry Magazine (May 2008)

The two plum trees
I love their blooming
One early, one later 
- Buson

Photography:  Endless Path Zendo Rohatsu altar, Rafe Martin

• Books by Roshi Rafe Martin
• Talks on YouTube
• More information at endlesspathzen.org