A Zen Life of Bodhisattvas - Softcover

Martin, Rafe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1896559999 ISBN 13: 9781896559995

Publisher: Sumeru Press Inc., 2023

Synopsis

Drawing on myth, legend, Zen koans, and Buddhist folklore, as well on his own more than 50 years of formal Zen practice and over 10 years of Zen teaching, in this companion volume to A Zen Life of Buddha, (Sumeru 2022), award-wining author Roshi Rafe Jnan Martin looks at the nature and role of bodhisattvas, the wise and compassionate beings at the core of Zen Buddhism and at the heart of Zen practice. Along the way he explores such questions as: What are bodhisattvas? Are they real? Who are the specific bodhisattvas central to Zen? How do they function? How are they different from Buddhas? From The Buddha? What's the connection between bodhisattvas and our own Zen practice? What's their connection with our ordinary lives?

About this title

About the Author

Rafe Jnan Martin, founding teacher of Endless Path Zendo, Rochester, New York, is a lay Zen priest and teacher in the Harada-Yasutani koan line. A personal disciple of Roshi Philip Kapleau, (The Three Pillars of Zen) and editor of his final books, he later trained for a time with Robert Aitken Roshi, founder of the Diamond Sangha, receiving Dharma transmission from Danan Henry Roshi, a Kapleau Roshi Heir and DiamondSangha Dharma Master. Rafe's writings have appeared in Tricycle, Lion's Roar, Buddhadharma, Parabola, Inquiring Mind, and The Sun, as well as in other noted journals of religion and myth. His books have been cited in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, and USA Today. He is arecipient of the Empire State Award.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sumeru Press Inc.
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1896559999
• ISBN 13: 9781896559995
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 198