About this episode

Sensei Ryotan discusses the challenges of being present through the lens of the ten ox-herding pictures.

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, offered during Upaya’s Spring Practice Period, Sensei Ryotan explores a central theme of the ten ox-herding pictures: why is simply being present so difficult? Drawing on John Daido […]

People in this episode

Host: Joan Halifax

Guest: Sensei Ryotan

Topics covered

• spiritual journey
• presence
• ox-herding pictures
• Dharma talk
• Zen practice

Keywords

• spirituality
• Zen
• Dharma
• ox-herding
• presence
• practice

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Books & works: the ten ox-herding pictures

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