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Oxherding Picture 3: Seeing the Ox

  • Mar 27, 2025
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Openings take us by surprise: "Oh wait! What was that?" Seeing the world as alive, radiant and aware is not something to be engineered through either extreme discipline or careless affectation. Rather, in zazen, we put aside extraneous thought and declare, "I'm available."



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