Jul 20, 2026 · 40 min · 9 segments
In this talk, we explore what it means to journey with a “genjokoan”, and how Layman Pang merrily blurred the boundaries between east and west, inside and outside, ordinary and holy, difficult and…
Kynan SutherlandHost
Laman Pang is a very important figure in our tradition because he was not only present in the time of so many of the great teachers, but he was a lay practitioner.
So it's worthwhile spending some time with him and I want to travel with him tonight.
He would often wave to people as he left temples or monasteries that he was visiting saying, happy trails, happy trails.
You know, we commit ourselves to this monastic practice all day long here and then we return home and we attend to all of the homely responsibilities that we might have there.
All of which brings to the fore the question of where is our true home? What is it that we leave and what is it that we arrive in? Is home leaving perhaps at the very same time homecoming? So Laman Pang was born in the town of Xinyang, and he grew up in the city of Hanyang.
Laman Pang is a very important figure in our tradition because he was not only present in the time of so many of the great teachers, but he was a lay practitioner.
So it's worthwhile spending some time with him and I want to travel with him tonight.
He would often wave to people as he left temples or monasteries that he was visiting saying, happy trails, happy trails.
You know, we commit ourselves to this monastic practice all day long here and then we return home and we attend to all of the homely responsibilities that we might have there.
All of which brings to the fore the question of where is our true home? What is it that we leave and what is it that we arrive in? Is home leaving perhaps at the very same time homecoming? So Laman Pang was born in the town of Xinyang, and he grew up in the city of Hanyang.
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