The Buddha Leaves Home - Rohatsu Day 1

Recorded on December 2, 2023 during the first full day of the EPZ Rohatsu sesshin.

Roshi Rafe Jnan Martin on why we sit ...and why the Buddha left home..."going to place he knew not, by a road he knew not of."

Books and articles mentioned:

• The Practice of Chinese Buddhism 1900-1950 by Holmes Welch
• The Wheel of Life: The Autobiography of a Western Buddhist, by John Blofeld
• "It! It! It!" by Peter Coyote, Lion's Roar - December 2016
• A Zen Life of Buddha, Rafe Martin

Photography:  Endless Path Zendo Rohatsu altar, Rafe Martin

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