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Endless Path Zendo, is a lay Zen Buddhist community. Intimate and non-institutional in atmosphere, we are dedicated to realizing the Buddha Way in the midst of our own ordinary lives, finding our center of gravity in the creativity of Zen, and the Way of the Bodhisattva.
Zen teacher (roshi) Rafe Jnan Martin began traditional Zen practice in 1970, becoming a personal disciple of Roshi Philip Kapleau, author of The Three Pillars of Zen. After Kapleau Roshi’s retirement, he practiced with Robert Aitken Roshi, founder of the Diamond Sangha, then from 2002-2016 worked intensively with Danan Henry Roshi, founding teacher of the Zen Center of Denver and a Kapleau Roshi Dharma Heir as well as a Diamond Sangha Dharma Master.
Rafe received full lay ordination in 2009, and in 2012 received inka—recognition of his successful completion of the Diamond Sangha/ Harada-Yasutani koan curriculum, along with authorization to begin teaching. In 2016 he received full Dharma Transmission as an independent Zen teacher.
An award-winning author and storyteller whose work has been cited in Time, Newsweek, The NY Times, and USA Today, Rafe has a master’s degree in English literature and literary criticism and is a recipient of both national and state awards, including the Empire State Award for the body of his work. His writing has appeared in Tricycle, Lion’s Roar, Parabola, The Sun, and Inquiring Mind, among other journals of religion and myth. He has given talks at Zen and Dharma Centers around the US and Canada, as well as such venues as the American Museum of Natural History, Zuni Pueblo, and The Joseph Campbell Festival of Myth and Story.
His most recent books are A Zen Life of Buddha (Sumeru 2022), The Brave Little Parrot (Wisdom Publications, 2023) and A Zen Life of Bodhisattvas (Sumeru, 2023).
Episode | Date |
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Anniversary Teisho - Roshi Kapleau
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May 04, 2024 |
Which is the True Chi'en
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Apr 27, 2024 |
A Buffalo Passes Through the Window
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Apr 20, 2024 |
The Buddha's Birth -- What does it mean for us today?
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Apr 18, 2024 |
A Teisho for Spring: Ch'ang Sha's Stroll
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Mar 30, 2024 |
Te-Shan Carries His Bowls
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Mar 23, 2024 |
Te-shan Carries His Bundle
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Mar 17, 2024 |
Te-shan Sets Down his Backpack
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Mar 16, 2024 |
Pilgrimage to Buddhist India: Dharma Talk by Rose Martin
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Mar 09, 2024 |
The Diamond Sutra and Being Reviled
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Mar 02, 2024 |
The Buddha Ascends the Rostrum
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Feb 24, 2024 |
The Buddha's Parinirvana (death) and Us
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Feb 17, 2024 |
A Non-Buddhist Questions the Buddha
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Feb 11, 2024 |
Our Great Vow
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Feb 03, 2024 |
Layman Pang's Snowflakes / A Mind of Winter
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Jan 27, 2024 |
Manifesting Suchness - Dogen's Genjokoan
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Jan 20, 2024 |
Lay Practice, Continuous Practice
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Jan 13, 2024 |
Winter Haiku | The Zen Precepts
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Dec 19, 2023 |
The Buddha's Great Enlightenment, Rohatsu Day 3
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Dec 17, 2023 |
The Buddha's Teaching, Rohatsu Day 2
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Dec 16, 2023 |
The Buddha Leaves Home - Rohatsu Day 1
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Dec 14, 2023 |
Dogen's "One Bright Pearl"
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Dec 13, 2023 |
Becoming Fully Human in our Tragic Time
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Oct 28, 2023 |
Bodhidharma and Peace of Mind
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Oct 23, 2023 |
2023 Jataka Sesshin - Day 4: The Gardener Sage
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Oct 17, 2023 |
2023 Jataka Sesshin - Day 3: The Buddha as a Child of an Ogre
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Oct 16, 2023 |
2023 Jataka Sesshin - Day 2: The Buddha as a Tree
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Oct 15, 2023 |
2023 Jataka Sesshin - Day 1: Why Be Human?
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Oct 14, 2023 |
Zen Failure, Zen Creativity
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Sep 16, 2023 |
Dogen's "Fukanzazengi", Koans, and the Lord of the Rings
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Sep 09, 2023 |
Killing a Cat — A Troubling Case
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Jul 29, 2023 |
Zen Bodhisattvas: Maitreya - The Dream Within a Dream
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Jun 24, 2023 |
Zen Bodhisattvas: Kannon, Bodhisattva of Compassion
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Jun 17, 2023 |
Zen Bodhisattvas: Manjusri, Bodhisattva of Wisdom
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Jun 10, 2023 |
Zen Bodhisattvas: Bodhisattva of Wisdom and the Young Woman
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Mar 19, 2023 |
Zen Bodhisattvas: Manjusri - 3x3 front, 3x3 back
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Feb 25, 2023 |