SPP2026: Sesshin Day 5: Returning to the Source

About this episode

In this episode, Senko and Sensei Monshin discuss the concept of returning to the source in Zen practice.

In this fifth-day talk, offered during the Spring Practice Period Sesshin, Senko and Sensei Monshin explore the ninth ox-herding picture, Returning to the Source — the stage where effort ceases and life simply flows. Drawing on Lao […]

People in this episode

Guests: Senko, Sensei Monshin

Topics covered

• Zen practice
• ox-herding pictures
• spirituality
• mindfulness
• Buddhism

Keywords

• Sesshin
• Spring Practice Period
• effort ceases
• life flows
• Buddhism

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: ninth ox-herding picture

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