Oxherding Pictures 7 and 8: Forgetting the Ox and Transcending the Ox

If we sincerely walk the path, eventually the practice becomes who we are. We see when we are caught with the old mind—the poisons of greed, aversion or delusion—and a response naturally arises. Aversion, compassion. Delusion, wisdom. One foot, the other foot. As Dogen says, “Continuous practice is the circle of the way. . .Your practice affects the entire earth and the entire sky in ten directions. Although not noticed by you or others, it is so.”