Rafe Martin

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,...See more

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. See less