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SPP2026: Zazenkai: Searching For The Ox
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 images as metaphors for und...
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SPP2026: Zazenkai: Searching For The Ox is an episode from Upaya Zen Center by Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya Abbot. In this Zazenkai day dharma talk during the Spring Practice Period, Sensei Ryotan takes up the first two ox-herd...
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Published Apr 27, 2026, 46:32 long, audio available.
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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 images as metaphors for understanding how practice begins and what sustains it. She frames the ox-herding series around a central insight: practice is not about “getting free of the world,” but about “being… Source
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Published Apr 27, 2026 and 46:32 long