Dharma Talk 10/23/16

Oxherding_pictures,_No._7The Trace of Ox Part II. William Yen presents the second part of his talk on The Stages of Dharma Practice.

“The Ten Bulls or Ten Ox Herding Pictures is a series of short poems and accompanying pictures used in the Zen tradition to illustrate the stages of a practitioner’s progression towards the purification of the mind and enlightenment, as well as his or her subsequent return into the world while acting out of wisdom.” Courtesy of Wikipedia