Enlightenment and the Ten Zen Ox Herding Pictures ~ Shinzen Young

Shinzen shares that the ten zen ox-herding pictures can be interpreted as showing the stages on the path of enlightenment and as the process of truly grasping what consciousness is. He shares that the last three pictures - 8, 9, and 10 - tell us the substance, appearance, and ultimate use of enlightenment. This is a new edit of what used to be a 3-part video. Filmed on the second last evening of a 14-day intensive Jan. 9, 2009, at La Casa de Maria Retreat Center in Santa Barbara. 00:00 - Introduction to the Ten Ox-Herding Pictures 02:25 1. Searching for the Ox 04:24 2. Seeing the Footprints 05:52 3. Seeing the Tush and Tail 06:57 4. Catching the Ox (Kensho, Stream Entry) 08:02 5. Taming the Ox 08:58 6. Riding the Ox Backwards 12:30 7. The Ox Transcended 15:10 8. Self and Ox Transcended (Substance of Enlightenment) 15:37 9. Reaching the Source (Appearance of Enlightenment) 15:57 10. Entering the Marketplace with Hand Outstretched (The Ultimate Use of Enlightenment) 17:39 - The Historical Cloth-Bag Monk 21:15 - An Enlightened Ordinary Person 22:24 - Bodhicitta - The Intense Call to be of Service 24:10 - Kinds of Service