Part 4 - The Autobiography of Zen Master Hanshan
Update: 2025-06-15
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Recorded June 15, 2025.
Roshi Martin continues to read and comment on the extraordinary (and quite lively and funny and also truly moving!!) autobiography of Han-shan Te-Ching, a great Ming Dynasty teacher (not to be confused with Hanshan (Cold Mountain) poet of the T’ang era.
Hanshan, an important Ming Dynasty Zen teacher, writes in such a lively, straightforward manner that is moving, funny, profound and deeply human. Hearing from him about the details of his extraordinary life, we get a real sense of what Zen -- and Zen culture -- is truly about. Enjoy.
Referenced: The Autobiography and Maxims of Master Han Shan, translated by
Upasaka Richard Cheung
- Books by Roshi Rafe Martin
- Talks on YouTube
- More information at endlesspathzen.org
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