About Us
There are many paths, forms, schools, and styles of Zen, among them monastic, lay, institutional, communal, koan, non-koan, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Rinzai and Soto. All are genuine, all authentic.
The endless path photos (above) remind us that no matter what path we are on, as we keep walking, moving along the ancient Way, the landscape will keep changing. One day—or minute!—we may be trudging through desert surrounded by vast openness, the next walking on a rocky path through mountains, the next strolling along a green forest path. There is no right way. There is only the Way, the landscape itself always new and always–always–changing. Our job is simply to keep going.
Thanks to Alex Sokolow of the Toronto Zen Center for the lovely photos in the slider.Thanks, too, to Ariya Martin for her photo of the Montana trail.
TeacherSensei Rafe Martin, teacher at Endless Path Zendo, has been practicing Zen since 1970. Read More
SesshinSince 2009, Rafe has been leading a unique working person’s, jataka tale sesshin, with Sunyana Graef Roshi, teacher and founder of the Vermont Zen Center, as well as, every Spring, with Taigen Henderson, Sensei, at the Toronto Zen Center. Read More
Talks
- “The Buddha Was a Monkey”
Long ago the Bodhisattva was a monkey. When grown he became leader of a monkey troupe. Read More - “The Golden Bird”
Let’s go back to childhood before we knew were Buddhists, before we really knew much more than that Read More - “The the Temiya Jataka: Persevering through Difficulty”
The Bodhisattva’s work in the tale is astonishing. Read More
- “Lung t'an Blows Out the Candle”
To understand Zen we must look at what makes Zen unique as a Buddhist teaching and practice. Read More - “Great King Goodness”
Through the testing of his resolve and the fires of life experience, the Bodhisattva rises to another level. Read More - “The Zen of Tarzan”
Let me tell you a little story from a youth spent or mis-spent reading Tarzan comics Read More
