Te-shan Sets Down his Backpack

Recorded March 16, 2024 At the start of this two-day sesshin, Roshi Rafe Jnan Martin delivers the first in a trilogy of teishos on the koans of Te-shan — and the things he carried. Setting down his backpack of brilliant commentaries on the Diamond Sutra, Te-shan personally discovers that even the greatest knowledge is like a drop of water tossed into a vast ravine, compared to realization of his own Mind. Roshi Martin starts with a short review of the koan practice in our combined Dia...