SPP2026: Zazenkai: Ordinary Mind

About this episode

Sensei Shinzan discusses the ox herding series and its relation to Zen practice during a Zazenkai Day talk.

In this Zazenkai Day talk during Upaya’s Spring Practice Period, Sensei Shinzan surveys the first six pictures of the ox herding series, from the first pull toward practice to the hard won ease of riding the ox home. He then turns […]

People in this episode

Host: Joan Halifax

Guest: Sensei Shinzan

Topics covered

• Zazenkai
• ox herding series
• Zen practice
• mindfulness
• Buddhism

Keywords

• Zazenkai
• ox herding
• Zen
• practice
• mindfulness
• Buddhism
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Upaya Zen Center

More episodes of Podcasts | Upaya Zen Center

• Great Determination · June 8, 2026 · 44 min
• Planting Life, Honoring Traditional Ecological Knowledge · June 1, 2026 · 49 min
• Buffalo Tail: A Story of Continuous Practice · May 25, 2026 · 38 min
• A Raging River: Grief and the Human Condition · May 18, 2026 · 39 min
• The Measure of Our Humanity: IMAGINATION · May 18, 2026 · 1h 29m
• Liberating Intimacy – Softening Barriers to Love · May 11, 2026 · 52 min