THE TEN OXHERDING PICTURES | 十牛図 | I. SEARCHING FOR THE OX
The search, therefore, begins not as a quaint longing but a desperate need.
SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY SEVENTEEN
Here we see the Absolute from the position of the Relative - where all is interconnected and comprises the Whole.
A Heart Sutra Journey | Part Fifteen
“No gain and thus the Bodhisattva lives prajna paramita,…”
SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY EIGHTEEN
From the perspective of the Absolute, each and everything contains the myriad ten thousand things - thus there is no separation as the two are not distinguished.
A Heart Sutra Journey | Part Sixteen
“…with no hindrance in the mind; no hindrance, therefore no fear.”
THE TEN OXHERDING PICTURES | 十牛図 | II. SPOTTING THE OX'S TRACKS
In silence, when our intellect is exhausted, a path begins to be visible as tracks come to the fore.
SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY NINETEEN
By staying here in this moment, and acting skilfully with what comes up, we put away concepts of easy and hard. Just allow for what is needed in the here and now.
THE TEN OXHERDING PICTURES | 十牛図 | III. SEEING THE OX
As we are following the tracks, deepening our practice, the glue that holds the small self together becomes less and less effectual and at some point, we catch a glimpse of our true nature.