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Sensei Ryotan discusses the first two ox-herding images during a Zazenkai day dharma talk.

In this Zazenkai day dharma talk during the Spring Practice Period, Sensei Ryotan takes up the first two ox-herding images — Searching for the Ox and Finding Traces of the Ox, presenting these […]

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Host: Joan Halifax

Guest: Sensei Ryotan

Topics covered

• Zazenkai
• Dharma talk
• Ox-herding images
• Buddhism
• Spring Practice Period

Keywords

• Zazenkai
• Ox-herding
• Dharma talk
• Buddhism
• Spring Practice Period

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Organizations: Upaya Zen Center

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