A Heart Sutra Journey | Part Thirteen
“No suffering, no cause of suffering, no extinguishing, no path;”
THE TEN OXHERDING PICTURES | 十牛図 | A JOURNEY TO DISCOVER AND MANIFEST OUR TRUE NATURE
The Ten Oxherding Pictures is a metaphoric description of the stages of the spiritual journey.
SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY SIXTEEN
This is the Big Mind revealed in equanimity - no disturbance.
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.