On Failure, Despair, Our Times, and the 1,000 Arms of the Bodhisattva of Great Compassion
What we can learn from the story of Avalokiteshvara
Rafe Jnan Martin
Rafe Jnan Martin is a lay teacher in the Harada-Yasutani School of Zen Buddhism. He is founding teacher of Endless Path Zendo, in Rochester, NY, and an award-winning author and storyteller whose work has been cited in Time, Newsweek, the New York Times, and USA Today.
The Highest Teaching
A lay Zen teacher presents a reflection on Chao-chou’s oak tree koan.
The Brave Parrot: Being Small in a Big, Troubled World
What a tale about Buddha’s past life as a bird can teach us about waking up through compassion.
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The Dog’s Tooth
Once, as a Tibetan trader was preparing to leave on his travels, his mother asked him if he would bring her back a relic from India, the land of the Buddha. “I’m too old to make…
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