Finding Your Buddha Smile (Final Chapter) - Part 11: A Springtime Stroll

About this episode

In this episode, Roshi Rafe Martin reflects on the arrival of spring and its significance through a story from the Blue Cliff Record.

Recorded April 11, 2026 Hooray! Spring has come. Ice cracks and melts and rivers once again run free. Green grass and buds on trees magically appear. Blue Cliff Record case 36 presents it like this: One day Ch’ang-sha went for a walk in the hills. When he returned to the gate of the monastery the head monk said, “Master, where have you been?” Ch’ang-sha said, “I have come from strolling about in the hills.” The head monk said, “Where did you go?” “First I went pursuing the fragrant grasses, ...

People in this episode

Host: Roshi Rafe Martin

Topics covered

• spring
• Buddhism
• mindfulness
• nature
• meditation

Keywords

• Buddha Smile
• springtime
• meditation
• Ch’ang-sha
• nature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Blue Cliff Record

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