W/ Dr Udayan Chakrabarti

This online event will include a talk and question & answer session.

Synopsis: Training in the Zen tradition has for a long time been compared to the difficult task of bull-herding. The bull has tremendous energy & power. It represents the life force of the human being which if not humanized can wreak havoc.

When truly gentled & disciplined, however, this elemental energy is harmonized with Life, which also then represents the Buddha-nature immanent within all to function fully, with warmth & joyful service to others.

The pictures represent the various stages inherent in a serious training process, showing typical signposts & also pitfalls to avoid. Generations of sincere students have for than a millennium found these pictures & what they represent most useful for their development & thus they have tremendous value as a guide along the Way.

This talk will look at some introductory aspects of this very important methodology in Zen training.