About this episode

Sensei Shinzan discusses the seventh and eighth stages of the Ten Ox-Herding Pictures in a Dharma Talk during Upaya's Spring Practice Period.

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, offered during the fourth day of Upaya’s Spring Practice Period sesshin, Sensei Shinzan guides us through the seventh and eighth stages of the Ten Ox-Herding Pictures — two […]

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Host: Joan Halifax

Guest: Sensei Shinzan

Topics covered

• Dharma Talk
• Zen Buddhism
• Practice Period
• Ox-Herding
• Self
• Spiritual Growth

Keywords

• Dharma Talk
• Zen
• Ox-Herding
• Spirituality
• Practice Period
• Self
• Buddhism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Upaya Zen Center

Books & works: Ten Ox-Herding Pictures

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