Realizing the Ox
Realizing the Ox: Talks on the Ten Ox Herding Pictures
Created by 12th-century Chinese master Guo-an Shi-yuan, the 10 oxherding pictures, and accompanying poems function to graphically portray the path of enlightenment from the Zen Buddhist perspective. Seiso Sensei will facilitate a discussion that views this series from the realizational perspective of Soto Zen with practical significance for engendering personal growth and for exercising wisdom and compassion for self and others in everyday life.
Resources:
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Pine, R. (1983). P’u Ming’s Oxherding Pictures & Verses. N.Y: Empty Bowl Press.
Sheng-Yen, C. (2001). “The Ten Oxherding Pictures.” In: C. Sheng-Yen, Hoofprint of the Ox. (Chapter 11, 199 – 222). N.Y.: Oxford.
Sheng-Yen, C. (1988). Ox Herding at Morgan’s Bay. Taipei: Dharma Drum Publications.
Sunim, K. (2013). “The Ten Oxherding Pictures.” In: K. Sunim, The Way of Korean Zen, (Chapter 8, 153-172).
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Yamada, M. (2004). Lectures on the Ten Oxherding Pictures. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
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