Gentling the Bull Podcast Series

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    The Poems I: Searching for the Bull

    In this series of talks the poems traditionally attached to the Ten Bull Herding pictures will be discussed in terms of the stages of transformation in Zen training. What do they reveal about each stage and how do they impact on our practice of working with the emotional household?

    For more talks on the other Ten Bull Hearding pictures, please visit this link


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    The Poems III Finding the Bull

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