Friday, November 14, 2008

THe Ox-Herder - A Parable for the Journey


THE OX-HERDER

The attached pdf file contains some reflections on the famous Zen Buddhist parable of the Ox-Herder.

These are based on talks by Ishpriya, both from her series 'Heart of Awareness' and her many references to this story in her Pravachans ( talks that outline her teaching) over the past decades and also at the recent Retreat in Die Quelle in August 2008.

This Zen Buddhist parable symbolises our Journey towards enlightenment using a series of 10 pictures.

To view, and print a copy, just click on the pdf file below. If you do not have Adobe Reader then just upload a free version from the Adobe Website, which can easily be found using a search engine e.g. Google.

OXHERDER.pdf